Quote by Bertrand Russell
Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the phys

Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little; it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover. – Bertrand Russell

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What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer. – Bertrand Russell

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Dogmatism and skepticism are both, in a sense, absolute philosophies one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or ignorance. – Bertrand Russell

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Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. – Bertrand Russell

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Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. – Arthur Stanley Eddington, The Nature of the Physical World

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Go down deep enough into anything and you will find mathematics. – Dean Schlicter

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[G]eometry is not true, it is advantageous. – Henri Poincaré

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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful? – Pliny the Elder, Natural History

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