Charles Seife quotes
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“Zero is powerful because it is infinity’s twin. They are equal and opposite, yin and yang. They are equally paradoxical and troubling. The biggest questions in science and religion are about nothingness and eternity, the void and the infinite, zero and infinity. The clashes over zero were the battles that shook the foundations of philosophy, of science, of mathematics, and of religion. Underneath every revolution lay a zero – and an infinity.”
-- Charles SeifeSource : Charles Seife (2000). “Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea”, p.2, Penguin
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“Contrary to what our brains are telling us, there's no mystical force that imbues a winner with a streak of luck, nor is there a cosmic sense of justice that ensures that a loser's luck will turn around. The universe doesn't care one whit whether you've been winning or losing; each roll of the dice is just like every other.”
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“If you want to convince the world that a fish can sense your emotions, only one statistical measure will suffice: the p-value.”
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“If you want to get people to believe something really, really stupid, just stick a number on it.”
-- Charles SeifeSource : Charles Seife (2010). “Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers”, p.8, Penguin
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“If you want to shine like the sun, first burn like the sun.”
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Source : "In Rare, Blunt Speech, Saudi King Criticizes Syria Vetoes" by Rick Gladstone, www.nytimes.com. February 10, 2012.
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Source : A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1976). “Bhagavad-Gita as it is: Abridged edition with translations and elaborate purports”
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