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> [But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a prioriargument that the world must be organised to mathematical principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-smolin/but-in-spite-of-the-obvious-effectiveness-of-mathematics-in-physics-i/)

[Lee Smolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-smolin/)

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> [“What, to use Noble Laureate Wigner's classic phrase, accounts for the 'unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics'?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-s-collins/what-to-use-noble-laureate-wigner-s-classic-phrase-accounts-for-the/)

[Francis S. Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-s-collins/)

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