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Mathematicians may be mathochistic, but logicians are setistic.
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In my opinion, a mathematician, in so far as he is a
mathematician, need not preoccupy himself with philosophy-an
opinion, moreover, which has been expressed by many philosophers.
--Henri Lebesgue
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A pure mathematician was hired to do some research in animal
science. During a seminar given to a group of animal scientists,
the mathematician started with "Consider a spherical cow...
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How do you find enough time to do all the things you
want to do? Well, there are 24 hours in every
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day.....And, if that's not enough, you've always got
the nights.
--Ron Graham