fergusrush
2008-04-29 09:38:36
“What reason do we have to suppose that God might not exist?” Well, his being invisible, inaudible, intangible, nonaromatic, flavorless, and undetectable by any known instrument is a pretty good start.
I believe Mr. Berlinski has previously noted that arguments such as this can also be used against mathematics and its objects. I find it strange that Mr. Derbyshire, the author of a book about algebra, apparently fails to see the irony of denying the immateriality of “God” while implicitly accepting the immateriality of numbers and other mathematical concepts.
