The last level of metaphor in the Alice books is this: that life, viewed rationally and without illusion, appears to be a nonsense tale told by an idiot mathematician.
[T]he more the public is confused, the easier it falls prey to doctrines of pseudo-science which may at some future date recieve the backing of polit… - Martin Gardner
[T]he more the public is confused, the easier it falls prey to doctrines of pseudo-science which may at some future date recieve the backing of polit…
- Martin Gardner
A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful? - Martin Gardner
A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful?
The computers are not replacing mathematicians; they are breeding them. - Martin Gardner
The computers are not replacing mathematicians; they are breeding them.
The sudden hunch, the creative leap of mind that "sees" in a flash how to solve a problem in a simple way, is something quite different from general … - Martin Gardner
The sudden hunch, the creative leap of mind that "sees" in a flash how to solve a problem in a simple way, is something quite different from general …
Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scient… - Martin Gardner
Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scient…
All mathematicians share... a sense of amazement over the infinite depth and the mysterious beauty and usefulness of mathematics. - Martin Gardner
All mathematicians share... a sense of amazement over the infinite depth and the mysterious beauty and usefulness of mathematics.
If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneron… my answer is “How should I know?”… I am not dismayed by ultimat… - Martin Gardner
If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneron… my answer is “How should I know?”… I am not dismayed by ultimat…
Wouldn't the sentence 'I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-and-Chips sign' have been clearer if quotat… - Martin Gardner
Wouldn't the sentence 'I want to put a hyphen between the words Fish and And and And and Chips in my Fish-and-Chips sign' have been clearer if quotat…
The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does. - Martin Gardner
The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does.
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