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Re:The man who tried to redeem the world with logic by stareatgoats on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @08:11AM (#36417453)
This is a wonderful, well written story about people at the center of our profession in the early days. People more versed in CS history might be more familiar with the story than I was.

In a way it explores a problem, or an understanding of the world which is still very much alive and well, but fraught with the same problems that Pitts experienced: The notions that we as humans can understand (and therefore command) reality at its core, using logic and mathematics.

I don't have an issue with exploring the power of logic and mathematics to the fullest, but I'm now convinced that for our own mental wellbeing it would be beneficial to understand that everything has its limits: we can never understand and command everything.

Reality will always surprise us, because reality is always larger.

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Re:The man who tried to redeem the world with logic by YeGoblynQueenne on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @01:15PM (#36421418)
To understand, yes. Who said anything about "to command"? And "therefore", even?

Science is the quest for knowledge. That's all. It's greed and arrogance that try to boss everyone around and end up destroying the world.

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Re:The man who tried to redeem the world with logic by jxramos on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @01:25PM (#36421553)
in brief, reality is a mystery with unbounded depths.
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