If a `religion` is defined to be a system of ideas that contains unprovable statements, then Gödel taught us that mathematics is not only a religion, it is the only religion that can prove itself to be one.
John D. BarrowEnglish cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician 29 November 1952 — |
Between Inner Space and Outer Space |
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