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#1

“God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it.”
― Simon Singh, Fermat’s Last Theorem: The compelling biography and history of mathematical intellectual endeavour

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#2

“if a message protected by quantum cryptography were ever to be deciphered, it would mean that quantum theory is flawed,”
― Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

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#3

“Similarly, if you’re trying to prove something mathematically, it’s possible that no proof exists.”
― Simon Singh, The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

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#4

“if N is large enough, it is virtually impossible to deduce p and q from N, and this is perhaps the most beautiful and elegant aspect of the RSA asymmetric cipher.”
― Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

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#5

“Enigma was considered invulnerable, until the Poles revealed its weaknesses.”
― Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

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#6

“This apparently innocuous observation would lead to the first great breakthrough in cryptanalysis.”
― Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

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#7

“A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems.”
― Simon Singh, The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

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#8

“Meaning lies as much
in the mind of the reader
as in the Haiku.”
― Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

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#9

“In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.”
― Douglas Hofstadter, I Am a Strange Loop

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#10

“I would like to understand things better, but I don’t want to understand them perfectly.”
― Douglas R. Hofstadter, Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern

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#11

“This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance.”
― Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

tags: abstraction, generality, prototypes, specificity

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#12

“I enjoy acronyms. Recursive Acronyms Crablike "RACRECIR" Especially Create Infinite Regress”
― Douglas R. Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

tags: acronym, self-referential, strange-loop

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#13

“Please, Oh please, publish me in your collection of self-referential sentences!”
― Douglas R. Hofstadter, Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern

tags: self-reference, self-referential

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#14

“A term meant to convey a person's inability to make sense of the numbers that run their lives.”
― Douglas R Hofstadter

tags: innumeracy, john-allen-paulos, math, mathematics

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#15

“We are all egocentric, and what is realest to each of us, in the end, is ourself.”
― Douglas R. Hofstadter, I Am a Strange Loop

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#16

“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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#17

“Maybe I’ll post a consumer review. “Brought product to surface of Mars. It stopped working. 0/10.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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#18

“I guess you could call it a "failure", but I prefer the term "learning experience".”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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#19

“As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

tags: humor

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#20

“If ruining the only religious icon I have leaves me vulnerable to Martian vampires, I'll have to risk it.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

tags: humor

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#21

“I'm calling it the Watney Triangle because after what I've been through, shit on Mars should be named after me.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

tags: funny, humor

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#22

“Everything went great right up to the explosion.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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#23

“Once I got home, I sulked for a while. All my brilliant plans foiled by thermodynamics. Damn you, Entropy!”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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#24

“They say no plan survives first contact with implementation. I’d have to agree.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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#25

“I don’t want to come off as arrogant here, but I’m the best botanist on the planet.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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#26

“Things didn’t go exactly as planned, but I’m not dead, so it’s a win.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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#27

“They’re not much different from kitchen trash bags, though I’m sure they cost $50,000 because of NASA.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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#28

“Astronauts are inherently insane. And really noble.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

tags: astronaut, astronauts, cosmonaut, cosmonauts, space-exploration

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#29

“The worst moments in life are heralded by small observations.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

tags: foreboding, foreshadowing, observations, worst-times

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#30

“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but 'That's funny...”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: attributed-no-source

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