(urth) barrington interview

Marc Aramini marcaramini at gmail.com
Wed Oct 8 08:20:23 PDT 2014


Thus the paradox of dualism, to which Wolfe definitely adheres.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gene was an engineer.  AN ENGINEER.  Engineering is not a soft science.
> Angles, physical properties, stress analyses, knowledge of quantifiable
> variables, structural integrity which might not be universals but are
> rigidly adhered to - just because Wolfe believes in God doesn't mean he
> thinks a modern playdough cross section will support a tile roof on our
> planet at room temperatures.
>
> As far as your last statement, I have a feeling it is more likely he feels
> God is outside the ability of man to circumscribe by any rational or
> irrational means and cannot be limited by language (the tale of the cock
> and the angel, for example.
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Lee <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Apologies. I didn't mean to imply any particular person in this
>> discussion is
>>
>> speaking entirely from emotional motivation..
>>
>> >On the universality of math:
>>
>> I disagree. I find ample evidence to the contrary in his literary work
>> and to some degree
>>
>> his interviews. But that's just my opinion.
>>
>>
>>
>> Still, perhaps we can agree that Gene Wolfe believes in God? If so and if
>> Gene Wolfe believes
>>
>> in the universality of math, wouldn't that mean the Gene Wolfe believes
>> God can be
>>
>> described by a mathematical equation?
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