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Quotes from Mathematicians in Love — Rudy Rucker

born 1946 United States

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7 quotes

Mother Nature doesn’t want power-tripping greedheads looking up her skirts.

Mathematicians in Love (2006)

People always have bad news for you when they call you “sir.”

Mathematicians in Love (2006)

My roommate says anyone who mails bombs to computer scientists can’t be all bad.

Mathematicians in Love (2006)

There’s only one way that people change the past, Bela. They stop thinking about it. They move on.

Mathematicians in Love (2006)

“Do you know computer science?”
“I know it’s for lamers who can’t handle real math.”

Mathematicians in Love (2006)

Although my mood swings were the logical and deterministic results of my inputs, they were dismayingly hard for me to foresee, let alone control.

Mathematicians in Love (2006)

In a sense mathematics is quite objective: the same deductions can become known to everyone who starts with the same axioms and definitions; the same abstract forms can be universally perceived. So it’s perfectly possible to talk math with a cockroach from Galaxy Z.

Mathematicians in Love (2006)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Rudy Rucker (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.