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Sat Apr-12-08 07:48 PM
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Poll question: If the current Pope declares that Goldbach's conjecture is true, but provides no proof, then... |
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Sat Apr-12-08 09:11 PM
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1. Then, with respect to whether or not it is true, absolutely nothing changes. |
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As for the Catholic reaction, I would expect some would believe, some wouldn't, but most wouldn't care.
A few people would ridicule the Pope. Big suprise there.
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Sun Apr-13-08 08:47 AM
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2. Catholics are under no obligation to believe the pope's statements about Goldbach's conjecture. |
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Edited on Sun Apr-13-08 08:48 AM by Jim__
My guess is that most of them would not know, or care, what the hell he was talking about.
You might want to read up on the concept of papal infallibility.
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Sun Apr-13-08 12:49 PM
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3. If the late Pope John Paul II returned from the dead and declared |
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Canada the winner, would most people hit their cable boxes with a rolled-up copy of the New Yorker, or continue to mow the lawn?
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