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#1 2010-01-09 08:58:38
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How proofs are made
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#2 2010-01-09 10:59:31
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Re: How proofs are made
The truly sad part is the years later.
Will all this take me a very long time to learn - grasshopper
Only a lifetime, perhaps a little longer - Master Po
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#3 2010-01-11 07:02:13
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Ooh, I haven't seen this before. I know how I'm spending my next hour or two. 
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
#4 2013-04-16 12:49:30
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I didn't get it
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#5 2013-04-16 19:10:56
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An antiquated concept.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.