Man is a creature of habit. If he did not have habits, he would need to spend a lot of time consciously thinking about what he has to do. He would have to evaluate every thought before he spoke of it and before he acted upon it. He would have to evaluate every course of [...]
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A creature of habit
Posted in culture, Science, tagged free will, habit, methods, responsibility, Science, superstition, theorems on June 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Truth, beauty and necessity
Posted in Philosophy, Science, tagged beauty, Poincare, truth on June 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I believe it was Poincare who said, “It is not necessary that a theorem be true, but it is necessary that it be beautiful.” At first sight this seems to be an odd thing to say ; for, surely, the whole practical value of a theorem lies, not in its appearances, but in its truth. [...]
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