How Numbers Relate to the World

E.th.ph. talks about numbers and their fundamentally artificial nature. To claim that the numbers are more fundamental than everything else is a religious (metaphysical) statement. On the other hand, time is a-numerical.

Hyperreality: https://youtu.be/iG8OBbOtmbY It From Bit: https://youtu.be/UJt5G4cNMlk Nature of Knowledge: https://youtu.be/ZmqZXuSKRqM

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00:00 Intro 00:36 What is a number 02:44 False assumptions behind numbers 04:59 Why do numbers seem to "work" 07:29 Religious belief in numbers 09:05 Mathematics is just a language 11:20 Intrinsic contradiction in numbers 13:40 Time versus numbers 15:27 Esoteric outro ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEy4vge1dt4