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Quote by William Thurston

“Experience has shown repeatedly that a mathematical theory with a rich internal structure generally turns out to have significant implications for the understanding of the real world, often in ways no one could have envisioned before the theory was developed.”

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William Thurston

William Thurston was a renowned mathematician known for his groundbreaking contributions to geometric topology. His research involved the classification of three-dimensional manifolds and the Poincaré conjecture, which had a profound impact on the mathematical community. more

“Governments are based pincipally on force and deception. Democratic governments are based chiefly on deception, other governments on force. And democratic governments, if you get too uppity, give up on the deception and resort to brute force, as a lot of us found out in the sixites. Those who didn't find out in the sixites will find out in the near future because we're going to have a rerun.”

Ifs Giving Government Found Force Giving Up Democratic Deception Resorts Brutes Brute Force Democratic Government Reruns

Author:Robert Anton Wilson

“...compartmentalization of occupations and interests bring about a separation of that mode of activity commonly called 'practice' from insight; of imagination from executive 'doing.' Each of these activities is then assigned its own place in which it must abide. Those who write the anatomy of experience then suppose that these divisions inhere in the very constitution of human nature.”

Writing Humans Interest Imagination Practice Human Nature Activity Constitution Insight Separation Executives Division Occupation Anatomy

Author:John Dewey

“Citizens as conceived by governments are persons who admire the status quo and are prepared to exert themselves for its preservation. Oddly enough, while all governments aim at producing men of this type to the exclusion of all other types, their heroes in the past are of exactly the sort that they aim at preventing in the present. Americans admire George Washington and Jefferson, but imprison those who share their political opinions.”