The Universe Is Not Made of Mathematics

In their seeking of simplicity, scientists fall into error. They mistake their abstract concepts describing reality - for reality itself. The map for the territory. This leads to dogmatic overstatements, paradoxes and mysteries such as quantum gravity. To avoid such errors, we should evoke the thinking of philosopher Alfred North Whitehead and conceive of the universe as a universe-in-process, where physical relations beget new physical relations, writes Michael Epperson.