The Arts and the Humanities Deal With the Real Stuff

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"I guarantee there's no formula that I know of to make my wife happy. It is not easy, but yet quantum mechanics is," he said. "You could spend a lifetime understanding Beowulf and not even scratch the surface of its beauty." He added: "The arts and the humanities are far harder than rocket science"

What matters isn't how much faith you have, but what you're putting your faith in.

In this forum episode, University of San Diego mathematics professor, Satyan Devadoss, talks about how he trusts in Christianity for the same reasons that he trusts in quantum mechanics — not because he is has zero doubt about their veracity, but because he has faith that they are the best explanations for what he sees in the world.

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