Top 5 Yuri Manin Quotes
#1. A proof only becomes a proof after the social act of "accepting it as a proof".
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#2. Most likely, logic is capable of justifying mathematics to no greater extent than biology is capable of justifying life.
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#3. A proof becomes a proof after the social act of accepting it as a proof. This is true of mathematics as it is of physics, linguistics, and biology.
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#4. To put it simply, we first explain what we are talking about, and then explain why what we are saying is true (pace Bertrand Russell).
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#5. A good proof is one that makes us wiser.
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