#math

If you can't test it, it's not theorics -- it's metatheorics. A branch of philosophy. So, if you want to think of it this way, our test equipment is what defines the boundary separating theorics from philosophy. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#philosophy #religion #science #religion

There cannot be a language more universal and more simple, more free from errors and obscurities...more worthy to express the invariable relations of all natural things [than mathematics]. [It interprets] all phenomena by the same language, as if to attest the unity and simplicity of the plan of the universe, and to make still more evident that unchangeable order which presides over all natural causes ↗

— Joseph Fourier

#mathematics #religion #science #nature

It is the definition of the word 'object' which destroys all religions. ↗

— Bill Gaede

#gaede #general-relativity #mathematics #quantum-mechanics #religion

If you've got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've got 71 cents left; But if you've got seventeen grand and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've still got seventeen grand. There's a math lesson for you. ↗

— Steve Martin

#wealth #math

I failed math twice, never fully grasping probability theory. I mean, first off, who cares if you pick a black ball or a white ball out of the bag? And second, if you’re bent over about the color, don’t leave it to chance. Look in the damn bag and pick the color you want. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#math

You know a lot about math," I said. You know a lot about math? What type of statement was that? Right along the lines of "Hey, you have hair and it's red and curly." Real smooth. ↗

— Katie McGarry

#echo-and-noah #echo-emerson #katie-mcgarry #noah-hutchins #pushing-the-limits

The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#math #mathematical #problem-solving #thinking #math

You have this weird look on your face," he said. "Like you're doing really complicated math in your head. ↗

— Rachel Hawkins

#math

When Republicans recently charged the President with promoting 'class warfare,' he answered it was 'just math.' But it's more than math. It's a matter of morality. Republicans have posed the deepest moral question of any society: whether we're all in it together. Their answer is we're not. President Obama should proclaim, loudly and clearly, we are. ↗

— Robert B. Reich

#class-warfare #conservatism #economics #liberalism #mathematics

Most people would have probably lost count around seven. This was, Harry knew from his extensive reading on logic and arithmetic, the largest number that most people could visually appreciate. Put seven dots on a page, and most people can take a quick glance and declare, “Seven.” Switch to eight, and the majority of humanity was lost. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#mathematics