[UA] God in the Machine

[Susan Dohnim]

>From: "Walter F. Croft" <monkey at oco.net>
>
>I find this stuff interesting being a mathematics buff and also working in
>the computer field.
>
>Another interesting mathematical theory to possibly inspire us for UA would
>be the Continuum Problem. The very problem that drove Georg Cantor to
>insanity. Cantor was also interested in proving the existence of God, and
>went about it by defining varying "levels" or "degrees" of Infinity. He was
>greatly influenced by some of the occult traditions of Kabbalah.
>Interestingly, his theorem, Cantor's Theorem about sets of numbers, was
>later picked up by Gödel, who also became paranoid and insane during his
>lifetime due to his mathematical research.
>
>So, from a UA point of view:
>
>What really drove these geniuses over the edge?  Could it be a form of
>mathematical magick they were involved in? And if so, then what is the
>magick of numbers? And what does "infinite" really mean to the occult
>underground? Could infinity pose a threat to the Invisible Clergy because
>they know their time will certainly end at some point.
>
>Just some thoughts, my mind could go on and on, perhaps this will be the
>basis for my first UA adventure.....
>
>Walter

I find myself forced to make the obligatory reference to the movie "Pi" -- 
though I'm sure all of you have seen it already. If through some twist of 
fate you have not, and the above intrigues you as a UA plot idea . . . 
you've got to check it out.

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