Do not imagine that mathematics is hard and crabbed, and repulsive to common sense. It is merely the etherealization of common sense.

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Math is not hard and it is not repulsive to common sense. Math is merely the etherealization of common sense. Traditional logic and reason are not hard or repulsive, they are merely the etherealization of common sense.

Source: 1St Baron Kelvin

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