The Mathematical Turn Human beings have an incredible capacity to perceive pattern in nature. The perceived similarity is converted into a separate thing, the pattern, that the things have in common. The pattern, in other words, is in my mind, and that something conforms to a pattern is not a property of the thing, but a property of my mind when I focus attention on the thing. Somebody else might not even consider that thing as conforming to that pattern.
Different beings attribute patterns in different ways.
If I consider two other beings regarding the same object as conforming to the same pattern, then I am perceiving a pattern in their response to that thing, even if I myself may not consider that object as conforming to that pattern. If one of those beings happens to be myself, and I consider the two of us in regard to the same object as conforming to the same pattern, then obviously I do consider that object as conforming to that pattern. I am writing about pattern because it is a central topic in all my thoughts. I have not read the article in quite a long time, so here is what I am going to do. I am going to say why I think mathematics has a great deal to do with patterns, and why it may even deserve to be called the science of patterns, then I am going to read the article with fresh eyes, and then I will get back to you on what I think at that point.