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A mathematician is an individual who believes that prophesying that his dog will die if he deprives it of food constitutes a prediction.Bill Gaede
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Proof' is the hallmark of religion.Bill Gaede
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College is the grinding machine of the Mathematical Establishment, a conveyor belt that takes individuals from one cookie cutter to another so that the product comes within tight control limits out of the assembly line.Bill Gaede
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A mathematician is an individual who calls himself a 'physicist' and does 'physics' and physical experiments with abstract concepts.Bill Gaede
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The literature [Nobel] laureate of this year has said that an author can do anything as long as his readers believe him. A scientist cannot do anything that is not checked and rechecked by scientists of this network before it is accepted.Unknown
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There were several key American scientists that favorably reported on Nazi eugenics after visiting Hitler's Germany in order to provide it cover.A.E. Samaan
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Why do we put up with it? Do we like to be criticized? No, no scientist enjoys it. Every scientist feels a proprietary affection for his or her ideas and findings. Even so, you don’t reply to critics, Wait a minute; this is a really good idea; I’m very fond of it; it’s done you no harm; please leave it alone. Instead, the hard but just rule is that if the ideas don’t work, you must throw them away. .Carl Sagan