If the current Pope declares that Goldbach's conjecture is true, but provides no proof, then...

[Boojatta]

Poll question: If the current Pope declares that Goldbach's conjecture is true, but provides no proof, then...

[Random_Australian]

1. Then, with respect to whether or not it is true, absolutely nothing changes.

As for the Catholic reaction, I would expect some would believe, some wouldn't, but most wouldn't care.

A few people would ridicule the Pope. Big suprise there.

[Jim__]

2. Catholics are under no obligation to believe the pope's statements about Goldbach's conjecture.

My guess is that most of them would not know, or care, what the hell he was talking about.

You might want to read up on the concept of papal infallibility.

[smoogatz]

3. If the late Pope John Paul II returned from the dead and declared

Canada the winner, would most people hit their cable boxes with a rolled-up copy of the New Yorker, or continue to mow the lawn?