Maths, science, culture and religion

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Einstein on mathematics and physics applied to religion

Einstein’s famous aphorism “as far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality” 

could be paralleled by “as far as religious symbols (and norms) refer to observable reality (and rules that can be enforced) they are not certain; as far as they are certain they do not refer to observable reality (and rules that can be enforced).”