As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.

  • -- Abraham Robinson 亚伯拉罕·鲁滨逊

据我所知,只有一小部分数学家,甚至包括那些柏拉图主义者,接受这样的观点,即可能存在真实但不可知的数学事实。

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I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much.

我很惊讶为什么每个人都想知道我的爱情生活。他们低声对我说:‘跟我说实话?是真的吗?“谁在乎呢?因为我们有这份工作,我们就得告诉每个人我们在做什么,或者和谁睡觉?这有点荒谬,但这就是为什么每个人都爱说谎。

And so the idea was, well maybe you can take an Atari video game machine, where people plug in a game cartridge, and plug in a modem, and tie that into a telephone, and essentially turn that game in the machine into an interactive terminal.

所以我们的想法是,也许你可以把雅达利的视频游戏机,人们把游戏盒插进去,把调制解调器插进去,把调制解调器和电话连接起来,把游戏机里的游戏变成一个互动终端。

If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources.

如果信息是真实的,如果它可以被证实,如果它真的很重要,报纸需要愿意承担与使用不明来源相关的风险。

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

当我们处于少数时,勇气的考验就来了。当我们占多数的时候,宽容的考验就来了。

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea.

作家的任务是能够从一个想法中创造出一些东西。

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

少数人有时是对的;大多数人总是错的。