Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions.

  • -- Eric Temple Bell 埃里克·坦普尔·贝尔

欧几里得告诉我,没有假设就没有证据。因此,在任何论证中,都要检验假设。

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Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

开始挑战你自己的假设。你的假设就是你观察世界的窗口。每隔一段时间把它们擦干净,否则光线就不会进来。

There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.

有一种假设是,如果你年轻漂亮,你会得到所有这些机会,这些机会远远超出了你的音乐基础。

Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not.

当埃斯库罗斯被遗忘时,阿基米德将被记住,因为语言会消亡,而数学思想不会。

One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.

一个人不能真的用数学定理来辩论。