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Serge Lang
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“Last time, I asked: "What does mathematics mean to you?" And some people answered: "The manipulations of numbers, the manipulation of structures." And if I had asked what music means to you, would you have answered: "The manipulation of notes?”
Serge Lang (1927–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.”
Serge Lang (1927–2005) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: HIV and AIDS: Have We Been Misled?; Questions of Scientific and Journalistic Responsibility," Yale Scientific (Fall 1994), reprinted in Challenges (Springer, 1997, , p. 70
“I don't like the nonsense that passes for rational discourse so often in our society. I am very much bothered by the inaccuracies, ambiguities, code words, slogans, catch phrases, public relation devices, sweeping generalizations, and stereotypes, which are used (consciously or otherwise) to influence people.”
Serge Lang (1927–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source