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"If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is" - John von Neumann [1]

Saw this quote on an art blog showing SEMs of diatoms [2]

[1] https://butdoesitfloat.com/Diatoms [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatom

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Yay John von Neumann, genius of geniuses, also said Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.


Yep, 10x that for real life.




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