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		dieselgate on Nov 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017) "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 edit link

hyperthesis on Nov 25, 2023 [–]

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

nlitened on Nov 25, 2023 | [–]

Yep, 10x that for real life.

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