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Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.
Alan Turing (1912-1954), in a letter to Robin Gandy in 1954
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[...] This snippet from Douglas Adams‘ 2001 interview with American Atheists (subsequently reproduced in The Salmon of Doubt) perfectly describes my attitude towards belief and religion (see also: this quote from Alan Turing): [...]
Douglas Adams on belief « Computing: The Science of Nearly Everything
31 December 2012 at 7:06 pm