... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is. And since mathematics, in its own way, also performs this function, it is not only aesthetically charming but profoundly significant. It is an art, and a great art.
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Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.
Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.
Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.
Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.
A mask of gold hides all deformities.
A mask of gold hides all deformities.
Touch a scientist and you touch a child.
Touch a scientist and you touch a child.
When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then read more
When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.
Always the more beautiful answer who asks the more beautiful question.
Always the more beautiful answer who asks the more beautiful question.
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them read more
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little.
In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." read more
In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
