David Berlinski Quote

Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic.


The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea that Rules the World (ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2000)


Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic.

Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic.

Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic.

Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic.