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by win311fwg 172 days ago
Math isn't a language, of course. What we oft refer to as "standard notation" is, but it is as earthy as all the others.
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> of course

It's reasonable to disagree, but let's not pretend that some alternative is the obvious choice.

The laws of physics as a program and math as its language is just as good as any other framing. And its a short logical hop to expect that more than one civilization would discover that language.