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Quote by David Hilbert

“Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.”

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David Hilbert, a German mathematician born on January 23, 1862, and died on February 14, 1943, was one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century. He is renowned for his contributions to the foundations of mathematics, geometry, number theory, and functional analysis. more

“A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on. Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: "You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong." Knight turned the machine off and on. The machine worked.”

Trying Understanding Seeing Students Broken Machines Spokes Statistics Knights Cycling Novices Lisp

Author:Danny Hillis

“When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.”

Should May Turns Originals Appearance Statistics Indication

Book:Aphorisms

Source: Aphorisms

“And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.”

Matter States Happens Cures Manage Statistics Foreseen

Book:The Genuine Works of Hippocrates

Source: The Genuine Works of Hippocrates

“The thing with high-tech is that you always end up using scissors.”