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John Allen Paulos on Science

born 1945 United States

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The whole weight of science is the prima facie evidence against a miracle having occurred.

Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don’t Add Up (2008)

Too often, this concern for the big picture is simply obscurantist and is put forward by people who prefer vagueness and mystery to (partial) answers. Vagueness is at times necessary and mystery is never in short supply, but I don’t think they’re anything to worship. Genuine science and mathematical precision are more intriguing than are the “facts” published in supermarket tabloids or a romantic innumeracy which fosters credulity, stunts skepticism, and dulls one to real imponderables.

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences (1988)

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