Why is it so hard to describe consciousness with words? How math might help us capture our experiences.

The idea that language is a clumsy, imperfect tool for capturing the depth and richness of our experiences is ancient. For centuries, a steady stream of poets, philosophers, and spiritual practitioners have pointed to this indescribability, the difficult fact that our experiences are ineffable, or larger than what words can communicate.
But as a frenzy of developments across AI,…