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#26 2011-03-31 03:47:07
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Re: Some sums
I think it is just the opposite. I think people breakdown sometimes from lack of exertion.
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.
#27 2011-03-31 03:53:42
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Yes, they may not even know it until they try to exert.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
#28 2011-03-31 04:01:54
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Re: Some sums
No danger of that. Most do not ever exert themselves.
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.
#29 2011-03-31 04:18:21
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Hmmm, that's right.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."