I'm neither a mathematician, nor a coder. But, your question sounds like a version of the perennial provenance-of-Mathematics conundrum. Plato described Socrates leading an uneducated slave boy to deduce some theorems of geometry. From that example, Plato concluded that all knowledge is remembrance of eternal patterns of logic. And some genius mathematicians agree that their own amazing additions to the lexicon of abstract reckoning came to them intuitively & instantaneously like a miraculous vision. I'm not convinced of Plato's notion that the immortal soul is repeatedly reincarnated with access to a priori knowledge. But, it seems clear to me that the basic logic of the Cosmos (e.g geometric ratios & relationships) is somehow embedded & embodied in the human physique, including the brain.If we hypothetically said there was a god or god(s) do we invent software algorithms or do we adapt natural patterns that come from nature for use in our own problems. — turkeyMan
Tesla who ~(~)invented AC said he recieved information from extra-natural creatures. — turkeyMan
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