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The title is alluding to an old article called „The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences“ by physicist Eugene Wigner. https://en.w
by _Microft 3y ago
The title is alluding to an old article called „The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences“ by physicist Eugene Wigner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness_of_Mathematics_in_the_Natural_Sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness...
- balder1991 3y agoAnd "considered harmful" was popularized by the Dijkstra’s article "GOTO Statement Considered Harmful".
- ASalazarMX 3y agoMost people recognize the reference, it's a very overused reference, hence PCs complaint.
- WithinReason 3y agoI think at this point everyone knows that.
- PotatoPancakes 3y agoRelevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
- CaptainNegative 3y agoI think at this point everyone's seen this comic.
- Jverse 3y agohttps://xkcd.com/2501/ https://xkcd.com/2501/