In No Other Branch Of Mathematics Is

As Bertrand Russell Once Wrote, Two Plus Two Is Four Even In The Interior Of The Sun.

One Would Be Hard Put To Find A Set Of Whole Numbers With A More Fascinating History And More Elegant Properties Surrounded By Greater Depths Of Mystery--and More Totally Useless--than The Perfect Numbers.

If You Ask Me To Tell You Anything About The Nature Of What Lies Beyond The Phaneron… My Answer Is “how Should I Know?”… I Am Not Dismayed By Ultimate Mysteries… I Can No More Grasp What Is Behind Such Questions As My Cat Can Understand What Is Behind The Clatter I Make While I Type This Paragraph.

It Is Part Of The Pholosophic Dullness Of Our Time That There Are Millions Of Rational Monsters Walking About On Their Hind Legs, Observing The World Through Pairs Of Flexible Little Lenses, Periodically Supplying Themselves With Energy By Pushing Organic Substances Through Holes In Their Faces, Who See Nothing Fabulous Whatever About Themselves.

There Are, And Always Have Been, Destructive Pseudo-scientific Notions Linked To Race And Religion; These Are The Most Widespread And Damaging. Hopefully, Educated People Can Succeed In Shedding Light Into These Areas Of Prejudice And Ignorance, For As Voltaire Once Said: "men Will Commit Atrocities As Long As They Believe Absurdities."