 Liao: |
Doesn't mathematics show that the entire universe can be reduced to a dot? |
| Bill: |
That's non-sense. How could that be? |
| Liao: |
Unfortunately, words fail me. I can only explain a small fraction of the things that I intuitively realize. Never let the parts of you that are intuitive be too tightly tied by by the parts of you that are verbal. Words are just too limited, but sometimes mathematics is better.
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| Bill: |
When people describe things as inexplicable, I often think they are being intellectually lazy . . .
Words such as "deep" and "mysterious" have been used by many sloppy thinkers. |
| Liao: |
Someday even children will understand how a dot, line, circle, and sphere are essentially
the same and everything came from one thread.
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| Bill: |
What non-sense! |
| Liao: |
Liao: Hmm. I love the word "nonsense" because to gain wisdom, we've gotta go beyond sense.
Real mathematics is not about sensing, it's about following threads of thought
to level where conclusions might seem quite senseless, but surprisingly true. |
