Perplexity Massive data loss.... The great math mystery "Math works so well to describe reality because math is all there is." just 32 numbers and a bit of math Lex Fridman & Dennis Hoffman The Case Against Reality (In Kindle) This may be the wrong question: Does math work so well because it's how we perceive reality or is math a fundamental property of the Universe? Missing is the idea that consciousness itself is essential and that a mathematical description of consciousness could be "fundamental" - more "fundamental" than what we think of as "reality." "The elegance of math meets the messiness of reality" - but this is a clue to how we simplify reality for efficiency. 

Perplexity Mentioned in "The Creative Way of Being" Details in this video.

 Here is my Perplexity thread , which dives deeply into Buddhism. For those who claim that Buddhism is not a religion, it's essential to go beyond the basics (Noble Truths, 8 Fold Path) and look at what actual, practicing Buddhists believe. A few things pop out: Nothing written down until over 400 years after death of Buddha. Reincarnation, even the divinity of Budhdha a theme Other gods feature in the stories There is no definitive proof of the Buddha's existence from his own time; the combination of later textual and archaeological evidence, along with the historical impact of Buddhism, leads most scholars to accept that Siddhartha Gautama was a historical figure. However, many details of his life and career as recounted in Buddhist traditions are difficult to verify historically. Approximately 22 years passed between the death of Jesus and the first Pauline epistles. The Pali Canon is the oldest written account of Siddartha's life, written 454 years after Buddha's de