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Defined broadly enough, mathematics encompasses everything.


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Data, data everywhere, but not a thought to think.



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I think, therefore I laugh.



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Innumeracy and pseudoscience are often associated, in part because of the ease with which mathematical certainty can be invoked, to bludgeon the innumerate into a dumb acquiescence.



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