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William Lane Craig on the unexpected applicability of mathematics to nature

  You might remember that Dr. Craig used a new argument in his debate with Lawrence Krauss in Melbourne, Australia. My notes on the debate record it thus: The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics: The underlying structure of nature is mathematical – mathematics is applicable to nature Mathematical objects can either be abstract objects or useful fiction Either way, there is no reason to expect that nature should be linked to abstract objects or fictions But a divine mind that wants