“When we do mathematics, we touch immortality.”
There is the ontological position that mathematical truths are &quot;out there&quot;, independent of us, and we are merely &quot;discovering&quot; them. As such, they&#x27;re eternal, and you could argue then that you &quot;touch immortality&quot;.<p>But apart from that, I find this sort of talk unhelpful. It&#x27;s a bit like Schopenhauer who thought that instrumental classical music gave access to the innermost truth of the universe (I&#x27;m paraphrasing from memory here) - what hogwash.<p>Lastly, the headline has not much to do with the article, has it?