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Re: [ANN][RIC] Riecoin, new prime numbers POW coin, CLIENT UPDATE v0.8.7 AVAILABLE
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Bigtruck45
on 18/03/2014, 23:14:02 UTC
Just to be a pedantic dick I don't think this is science, it's math (and math is most definitely not science), which is fine too.  Smiley

A mathematician and a scientist are given an identical problem: Prove that all odd numbers greater than 2 are prime numbers. They proceed:
Mathematician: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is not a prime - counterexample - claim is false.
Scientist: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is an experimental error, 11 is a prime, ...