Get Used to Don't Understand

From Weekly I/O#109


"In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them." — John von Neumann

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This reflects how important it is to build your own intuition beyond theory and practice. Honestly, this quote also helps me accept how absurd our politics and society sometimes seem. I don't understand many things happening in society, and I'm not sure if I genuinely want to. But I might just get used to it.


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