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To: Pietro
I can't recall who once said: "God is a mathematician."
101 posted on 01/07/2002 12:55:34 PM PST by onedoug
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To: onedoug
No, God is an artist who paints w/ numbers (not to be confused w/ our dim approximations).
103 posted on 01/07/2002 12:59:09 PM PST by Pietro
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To: onedoug
I can't recall who once said: "God is a mathematician."

Some mathematician, no doubt.

107 posted on 01/07/2002 1:08:30 PM PST by dead
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To: onedoug
"I can't recall who once said: "God is a mathematician.""

I think it was Eddington, as others have probably already answered. I think Earnst Mach was closer to the truth in saying that God would have no need of mathematics. Just as we have no need of mathematics to add one and one, as we can directly visualize the answer.

117 posted on 01/07/2002 1:26:11 PM PST by Aurelius
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Maybe our universe is a little bump on a Hobbit's nose in another reality. We may never know for sure:^)
118 posted on 01/07/2002 1:29:00 PM PST by Eternal_Bear
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