Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions.

  • -- Felix Klein 菲利克斯·克莱恩

每个人都知道曲线是什么,直到他学习了足够多的数学知识,对无数可能的例外感到困惑。

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Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.

教育不是改造学生,不是娱乐学生,也不是培养专业技术人员。它是使他们的思想不安,开阔他们的视野,激发他们的智慧,如果可能的话,教他们正确地思考。

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.

只要数学定律适用于现实,它们就是不确定的;只要它们确定,它们就不适用于现实。

It is possible to build a virtual-reality generator whose repertoire includes every possible environment.

构建一个包含所有可能环境的虚拟现实生成器是可能的。

In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.

在数学上,我们早就控制不住自己,放弃了一场无望的竞赛。

The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.

第一次世界大战证明了世界是多么混乱。抑郁症再次证明了这一点。

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

如果你不能说服他们,那就迷惑他们。