It is argued that physics is best served by mindless mathematics. Its dedication to a mechanical interpretation of the universe makes it a science for the study of mindless action. In contrast to this way, physics equations are infiltrated by many inventive ideas from the minds of physicists. The insertion of those ideas into equations either as new properties or new interpretations of properties, defeats the role of mindless mathematics to keep physics an empirical science. It is concluded that those ideas that are inventions of the mind need to be removed from physics. It is expected that the new physics will follow the guidance of empirical evidence. It is asserted that everything we will ever learn about the mechanics of the Universe will be learned from empirical evidence.
James A Putnam