We should leave our minds open, but not so open that our brains fall out. There is nothing that can be said by mathematical symbols and relations which cannot also be said by words. The converse, however, is false. Much that can be and is said by words cannot successfully be put into equations, because it is nonsense. A major obstacle to science is not ignorance but knowledge.
Computers are useless.
They can only give you answers. The more familiar the parts, the more striking the new whole. But I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in the mysterious universe without having any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell, possibly. It doesn't frighten me.