The Stars Taught Men Math

In the winter months, I wake up most mornings when it is still dark out and go walk my dogs. Many days I have a clear view of the eastern sky. Since I'm waking up at about the same time every day, it's like I am looking at a frame of a film that's running at 1 frame per 24 hours.

Since many of the changes that take place are so gradual that they're unnoticed day-to-day, they suggest that unaided human senses and memory are insufficient for perceiving the apparent motion of the heavens. They suggest better tools and record keeping would improve the observations significantly.

It's not difficult to imagine simple, but effective tools and techniques for making more accurate observations. A long record of those observations would begin to show patterns.

Given enough time, the mathematical knowledge will emerge from those patterns. As Plato pointed out mathematics is already in us as it's already in the night sky.