From: g@crcomp.net   
      
   The Horny Goat wrote:   
   > Don wrote:   
   >   
   >>    Pope Leo proclaimed his primary duty is to spread the gospel instead   
   >>of solving the world's problems. When a reporter recently asked Leo for   
   >>his opinion on a current event in USA politics, Leo declined to answer.   
   >>The mathematicians in our midst may find Leo's BS degree in mathematics   
   >>interesting.   
   >   
   > As someone with a math degree (followed by a combined MBA/computer   
   > science credential - admittedly from the 80s) I'd be interested in   
   > learning more.   
   >   
   > Any online links on this point that might prove interesting?   
      
   Jesus Christ is identified as the incarnate Logos in the Gospel of John.   
   Pope Leo's mathematical degree compliments Catholicism's centrality in   
   Logos.   
      
      
      
      
      
   Addendum:   
      
   This morning's news alludes to another positive outcome from a   
   mathematically minded Pope. As stated by me earlier in another thread:   
      
       Usury is always immoral because it's fruit is always the same:   
       riots followed by aristocrats using their military to impose order.   
       Usury requires a modicum of mathematical intelligence but demands   
       complete subservience to Mammon.   
      
   Although the glutenous nature of compound interest is intuitively   
   obvious to me personally, many people seem to struggle with even   
   simpler math. Pope Leo's perhaps the first pontiff to comprehend the   
   math behind compound interest.   
      
       Pope Leo XIV condemns usury, a grave sin that speaks to the   
       corruption of the human heart   
      
       Pope Leo XIV on Saturday condemned usury, a practice that is   
       sometimes an extremely grave sin that speaks to the corruption   
       of the heart of those who see others only as “objects of   
       exploitation.”   
      
       Usury can be defined as charging too much interest on a loan, a   
       practice that has existed since ancient times. Traditionally,   
       the Catholic Church taught that the sin of usury was the act of   
       demanding any benefit or profit for the sole purpose of lending.   
      
       (excerpt)   
      
          
      
   Michael Hudson's religious affiliation is unknown to me. Hudson does an   
   excellent job of deconstructing the false categories of mind polluting   
   Western economic thought. "Savings" is one such falsehood.   
       Hudson speaks of people who earn money in their sleep - people who   
   earn money without any effort nor fiscal discipline on their part. For   
   instance, nobody delayed instant gratification to "save up" the   
   millions made on meme coins after Trump's election.   
      
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