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Tadashi Tokieda's Special Kind of Magic

The Joy of x

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Why Mathematicians Are Afraid of Being Wrong

Mathematicians, more than any people, are afraid of being wrong. So they try to say something em correct, but sometimes at the expense of guessing something right. That'se's also a necessary part of our profession, because we really have to guard against those leaks, right time. But still, if if your main goal in life is to never notice, i'm not saying it's important to be right, i'm says it's important not to be wrong"

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