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Thursday, January 26, 2006

rigour

Why are physicists skeptical of mathematical rigour?
I think that they view it like viscosity. It slows you down. And there's only a limited amount of time, so if you move too slowly, you won't get to where you want to go.
But as you learn if you try to drive on ice, too little friction can result in you going in the totally wrong direction and smashing into a tree!

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