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Re:A New Largest-Known Prime Number by function_seven on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:01PM (#18738407)
Because mathematicians are terrible at supernatural investigation. Not enough rules in the framework.
Re:A New Largest-Known Prime Number by james_s_tayler on Friday December 21, 2018 @11:30PM (#18738919)
Well look at Godels Incompleteness Theorem... Not every statement in mathematics actually even has a proof inside mathematics. So math doesn't even have the tools to fully investigate itself.
Re:A New Largest-Known Prime Number by function_seven on Saturday December 22, 2018 @12:22AM (#18739080)
That's an awesome point. The poor saps have to hand-waive around axioms within their own field. No way they're going to accept divine interventions and invisible dragons in some other line of work :)
Re:A New Largest-Known Prime Number by rohit2412 on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:27PM (#18738531)
Because supernatural is by definition super-natural.

If it was real and explainable by science, we won't call them supernatural