Frasi di John Allen Paulos
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John Allen Paulos è un matematico statunitense.

✵ 4. Luglio 1945
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“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”

Preface (p. xiii; quoting Voltaire)
Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don’t Add Up (2008)

“Almost any bunkum has some partial validity, and we regularly read into the confusing mess what we want to see.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Conclusion (p. 202)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)

“Always be smart; seldom be certain.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Conclusion (p. 201)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)

“There is a fine line between public expressions of faith and aggressive declarations thereof, and religious tolerance is inversely proportional to the latter.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Origine: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 50, “Which Way Mecca?” (p. 198)

“There are, of course, innumerable abuses, countless possible misinterpretations, and depressingly many biased studies, but, done right, the process works; it yields knowledge.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Origine: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 42, “New Survey Reveal Changing Attitudes” (p. 180)

“The fashion pages have always puzzled me. In my smugly ignorant view, the articles appear to be so full of fluff and nonsense as to make the astrology columns seem insightful by comparison.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Origine: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 40, “Top Designs for the Busy Working Woman” (p. 173)

“Gullible citizens are a demagogue’s dream.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Section 4, “Science, Medicine, and the Environment” Chapter 38 “More Dismal Math Scores for U.S. Students” (p. 165)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)

“Two dangers threaten the world—order and disorder.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Origine: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 27, “Special Investigator Says Full Story Not Told” (p. 123; quoting Paul Valéry)

“When the law’s on your side, pound the law. When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. And when neither is on your side, pound the table.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Section 3, “Lifestyle, Spin, and Soft News” Chapter 23, “Tsongkerclintkinbro Wins” (p. 106)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)

“Even the most superficial of a newspaper reveals an important aspect of human psychology: our preoccupation with the short term.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Origine: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 21, “Researchers Look to Local News for Trends” (p. 96)

“One can and should debate whether the tests in question are appropriate for the purposes at hand, but one shouldn’t be surprised when normal curves behave normally.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Section 2, “Local, Social, and Business Issues” Chapter 11, “Company Charged with Ethnic Bias in Hiring” (p. 61)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)

“Having been involved in a couple of lawsuits as an expert probability witness and having observed that a prudent skepticism is often less prized than an indefensible certainty, I turned down preliminary requests from both sides to testify.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Origine: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 9, “Fraud Alleged in Pennsylvania Senate Race” (p. 45)

“Our two most basic political ideals—liberty and equality—are, in their purest forms, incompatible. Complete liberty results in inequality, and mandatory equality leads to a loss of liberty.”

John Allen Paulos libro A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

Section 1, “Politics, Economics, and the Nation” Introduction (pp. 7-8)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)

“Humor, since it depends on so many emotional, social, and intellectual facets of human beings, is particularly immune to computer simulation.”

Origine: Mathematics and Humor: A Study of the Logic of Humor (1980), Chapter 3, “Self-Reference and Paradox” (p. 51)

“Appreciating humor—even recognizing it—requires human skills of the highest order; no computer comes close to having them.”

Origine: Mathematics and Humor: A Study of the Logic of Humor (1980), Chapter 3, “Self-Reference and Paradox” (p. 50)

“After all, one must have some grasp of logic even to recognize a non sequitur.”

Origine: Mathematics and Humor: A Study of the Logic of Humor (1980), Chapter 2, “Axioms, Levels, and Iteration” (p. 19)

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