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> [Some of the justifiable critiques has been by - been so successful in telling this story, you know, there's a danger of saying, oh, well, you know, we don't need to worry about this because that's absolutely not the case.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/some-of-the-justifiable-critiques-has-been-by-been-so-successful-in/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

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## More by Keith Devlin

> [ I saw the first one \[video with Hans Rosling \] when he did - I think it was his first one - in 2006,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/i-saw-the-first-one-video-with-hans-rosling-when-he-did-i-think-it/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [Calculus works by making visible the infinitesimally small.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/calculus-works-by-making-visible-the-infinitesimally-small/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [“Arithmetic and number theory study patterns of number and counting. Geometry studies patterns of shape. Calculus allows us to handle patterns of motion. Logic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/arithmetic-and-number-theory-study-patterns-of-number-and-counting/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [I firmly believe that mathematics does not exist outside of humans. It is something we, as a species, invent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/i-firmly-believe-that-mathematics-does-not-exist-outside-of-humans-it/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [Hans Rosling typically would go into the room, and he would ask the audience questions. Often they had to answer them with clickers or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/hans-rosling-typically-would-go-into-the-room-and-he-would-ask-the/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [Some of the justifiable critiques has been by - been so successful in telling this story, you know, there's a danger of saying, oh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/some-of-the-justifiable-critiques-has-been-by-been-so-successful-in/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [Though the structures and patterns of mathematics reflect the structure of, and resonate in, the human mind every bit as much as do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/though-the-structures-and-patterns-of-mathematics-reflect-the/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [I certainly do care about measuring educational results. But what is an 'educational result?' The twinkling eyes of my students, together with their heartfelt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/i-certainly-do-care-about-measuring-educational-results-but-what-is/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [In fact, we tend to think things have been getting much worse. In fact, over the last 50 years, almost everything in the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/in-fact-we-tend-to-think-things-have-been-getting-much-worse-in-fact/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [ In fact, when you try to use \[Hans Rosling\] data to predict the future, all sorts of problems arise. But what it does do… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/in-fact-when-you-try-to-use-hans-rosling-data-to-predict-the-future/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [Outside observers often assume that the more complicted a piece of mathematics is, the more mathematicians admire it. Nothing could be further from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/outside-observers-often-assume-that-the-more-complicted-a-piece-of/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [Mathematical thinking is not the same as doing mathematics - at least not as mathematics is typically presented in our school system. School math…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/mathematical-thinking-is-not-the-same-as-doing-mathematics-at-least/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [Just as music comes alive in the performance of it, the same is true of mathematics. The symbols on the page have no more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/just-as-music-comes-alive-in-the-performance-of-it-the-same-is-true/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [Given the brief - and generally misleading - exposure most people have to mathematics at school, raising the public awareness of mathematics will always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/given-the-brief-and-generally-misleading-exposure-most-people-have-to/)

[Keith Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-devlin/)

> [There can be very little of present-day science and technology that is not dependent on complex numbers in one way or another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-devlin/there-can-be-very-little-of-present-day-science-and-technology-that/)

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