"Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance." — Morris Kline
"Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance."
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Morris Kline
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13 Quotes by Morris Kline
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[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on…
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Perhaps the best reason for regarding mathematics as an art is not so much that it affords an outlet for…
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On all levels primary, and secondary and undergraduate - mathematics is taught as an isolated subject with few, if any,…
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The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity,…
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Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition.
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Mathematics is a body of knowledge, but it contains no truths.
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Universities hire professors the way some men choose wives - they want the ones the others will admire.
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A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.
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The writing in mathematics text is not only laconic to a fault; it is cold, monotonous, dry, dull, and even…
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A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written.
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The stone that Dr. Johnson once kicked to demonstrate the reality of matter has become dissipated in a diffuse distribution…
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There is no rigorous definition of rigor.
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More Ignorance Quotes
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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
— Isaac Asimov
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If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
— Isaac Asimov
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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that…
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Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of…
— Isaac Asimov
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning…
— Isaac Asimov
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
— Francis of Assisi
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Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.
— Mary Astell
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India saw from the beginning, and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never…
— Sri Aurobindo
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which…
— Teresa of Avila
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If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church,…
— Teresa of Avila
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The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the…
— Richard Bach
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the…
— Lord Acton
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