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I chose the name pi because it's an irrational number (one with no discernable pattern). yet scientists use this irrational number to come to a "rational" understanding of the universe. to me, religion is a bit like that, "irrational" yet with it we come together we come to a sound understanding of the universe.
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Yann Martel
I chose the name pi because it's an irrational number (one with no discernable pattern). yet scientists use this irrational number to come to a "rational" understanding of the universe. to me, religion is a bit like that, "irrational" yet with it we come together we come to a sound understanding of the universe.
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