John Von NeumannIf people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.
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If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is. Albert Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. He believed that the universe was made up of simple patterns, but that the human mind was too complex to see those patterns.
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