Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Problem With Modern Math.

Anthony Chaikin says that the problem with modern math is that so few mathematicians are believers in God.  This has led to a view of math that denies free will and sees math as nothing more than the manipulation of symbols.  Chaikin notes that prominent mathematicians of the past such as Descartes, Pascal, Newton, and Leibniz were believers, as well as recent mathematicians such as Cantor and Godel.  If modern mathematicians refuse to recognize God this goes along with the decline of mathematics.

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