Your number is up. My word!

Pythagoras of Samos believed that the ultimate reality of nature is number.

He had perhaps a greater insight than he realised, because as we know today, numbers and associated theories and laws have formed the fundamental foundation necessary for the success of modern science. Not only that, but somehow we discovered that there are certain numbers that seem to underpin the very reality of our physical universe. Consider the numbers pi and e. Both are transcendental numbers which mean that they are infinitely long and have no pattern to their decimal places. Pi, which is the number that represents the ratio of a circles diameter to its circumference is from memory is approximately 3.141592635. It has been calculated to in excess of 8 billion decimal places, yet still there is no pattern. Each discovered extra decimal place is as unpredictable as the previous one and it is one of the few truly random numbers in the universe. It continues with infinite decimal places of unpredictable numbers which has led some mathematicians to believe that discovering pi's secret will help them better understand the universe. I suspect that the infinitude of Pi is perhaps a statement of the omnipotence of God.

e is also a transcendental number and it represents the natural logarithm.

These transcendental numbers are universally profound and fundamental in the reality that we experience.

I suspect Pythagoras was nearly right with his statement that the ultimate reality of nature is number but only partly. Of course, number is fundamental in this world, however word encompasses number, though number cannot encompass word. That is you can express number in language but you cannot express word in mathematics. In a sense number is a subset of word. Therefore word is the greater of the two in real terms, and suggests a very high likelihood on the prime importance of word above all else.

Word can express wisdom, emotion, knowledge, fact, beauty, and of course mathematics. From the spoken word amazing things have happened both throughout history and in our own individual lives. If you subscribe to the Christian belief with respect to origins, then the universe was brought into existence by the very words of God. With words we can bring a person out of the utmost despair with verbal expressions of love and encouragement, or we can destroy their happiness and send them to the pits of misery with venomous words of hate. With words we can speak the truth that sets people free, or we can bind them in ignorance with lies. With words we can appease an angry nation, or incite them to bloody war.

Word can educate or oppress, and despite the language barrier between races, can bring together a global community.
In his gospel account, John of the first century writes that "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God". I find it no surprise that the word has such power because the Word is the ultimate power in the universe, and predates all history and all matter.
Pi is an amazing transcendental number, but the Word even transcends it!