Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions.

  • -- Eric Temple Bell 埃里克·坦普尔·贝尔

欧几里得告诉我,没有假设就没有证据。因此,在任何论证中,都要检验假设。

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No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.

无论一个数学定理看起来多么正确,一个人永远不应该满足于它没有什么不完美,直到它也给人一种美丽的印象。

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

开始挑战你自己的假设。你的假设就是你观察世界的窗口。每隔一段时间把它们擦干净,否则光线就不会进来。

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

现代物理学不可能用完全决定论来预测任何事情,因为它从一开始就涉及概率。

Physics is based on the assumption that certain fundamental features of nature are constant.

物理学的基础是假定自然界的某些基本特征是不变的。