Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.
I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.
It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.
I realized that you could formulate theories about human and social phenomena in language and pictures and whatever you wanted on the computer, and you didn't have to go through this straitjacket, adding a lot of numbers.
To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be.
We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.
The kinds of things that we can make mistakes about are essentially unlimited in number.
A belief may be larger than a fact.
I love the idea of numerology, but I don't really believe in it. But I like thinking about what numbers convey.
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