Young Man, In Mathematics You

The Most Vitally Characteristic Fact About Mathematics Is, In My Opinion, Its Quite Peculiar Relationship To The Natural Sciences, Or More Generally, To Any Science Which Interprets Experience On A Higher Than Purely Descriptive Level.

Kurt Godel's Achievement In Modern Logic Is Singular And Monumental - Indeed It Is More Than A Monument, It Is A Landmark Which Will Remain Visible Far In Space And Time. ... The Subject Of Logic Has Certainly Completely Changed Its Nature And Possibilities With Godel's Achievement.

Anyone Who Attempts To Generate Random Numbers By Deterministic Means Is, Of Course, Living In A State Of Sin.

Young Man, In Mathematics You Don't Understand Things. You Just Get Used To Them.

Any One Who Considers Arithmetical Methods Of Producing Random Digits Is, Of Course, In A State Of Sin. For, As Has Been Pointed Out Several Times, There Is No Such Thing As A Random Number - There Are Only Methods To Produce Random Numbers, And A Strict Arithmetic Procedure Of Course Is Not Such A Method.