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"Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them."
by rustybolt 2y ago
"Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them."
- JadeNB 2y agoOften attributed to von Neumann.
- runlaszlorun 2y agoIs it not?
- JadeNB 2y ago> Is it not? I'm not sure I understand the question. Yes, it is often attributed to him. If you mean "is it not true that he said it?", I don't know, but my suspicion, as with many such famous quotes, is that he probably at best said something like, or reminiscent of, it.
- mkl 2y agoBecause he actually said it, according to this: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#:~:text=Young%20man%2C%20in%20mathematics%20you%20don%27t%20understand%20things.%20You%20just%20get%20used%20to%20them https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann#:~:text=Young....
- ufocia 2y agoSounds like he was talking about quantum physics.