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To: BroJoeK
They believed instead they were discovering the Mind of God.

I have often thought, half jokingly, that "Math is my religion" . But I think that it is actually a serious idea. And an impetus for this notion is that mathematics is, or represents, the "Mind of God", insofar as it is an ultimate authority, notwithstanding its evidently intricate structure.

... presented for your consideration ...

75 posted on 03/02/2017 9:47:04 PM PST by dr_lew (I)
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To: dr_lew
dr_lew: "I have often thought, half jokingly, that 'Math is my religion' ."

It's only a "religion" if you believe it despite contrary evidence, which as a scientist you are forbidden to do.
Scientists do not "believe", they merely conditionally accept as reliable, data & ideas which can be strongly confirmed until better data or ideas come along.
In fact, math at best is merely a model (think of a model ship) of some parts of reality, it's not the reality (the Ship) itself.
Remember Newton's laws of motion still apply perfectly well, but as Einstein & others point out, they are only a rough approximation of what's really going on.
Thus we can see that our science is imperfect at best, and even if it could be 100% accurate, would still be just a model, not God's created reality.

80 posted on 03/04/2017 4:57:44 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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