As u/JuanTitor points out, when you take this pure math and try to apply it to our universe to make predictions, that requires interpretation and thus that process is art not science. The science part comes in when you verify this mathematical model against observations. Even if it checks out, it should only be accepted provisionally, not as truth. The absolute truth is unknowable through science.

As u/JuanTitor points out, when you take this pure math and try to apply it to our universe to make predictions, that requires interpretation and thus that process is art not science. The science part comes in when you verify this mathematical model against observations. Even if it checks out, it should only be accepted provisionally. It is a theory about the truth, not truth itself.