“The ultimate reason for teaching kids to write a proof is not that the world is full of proofs. It's that the world is full of non-proofs, and grown-ups need to know the difference. It's hard to settle for a non-proof once you've really familiarized yourself with the genuine article.”
― Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
― Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
“People often complain that no one likes facts and numbers and reason and science anymore, but as someone who talks about those things in public, I can tell you that's not true. People love numbers, and are impressed by them, sometimes more than they should be.”
― Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
― Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse
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