(2) "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.". (By non Neumann and Feynman)
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@michael_nielsen Both quotes are used as excuses to not try to understand something.
@sigfpe The great benefit of the vN quote (to me) was realizing that even a great mathematician like vN had to go through quite a slog
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@michael_nielsen I just noticed that how to interpret vN was a stackexchange question: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/11267/what-are-some-interpretations-of-von-neumanns-quote … Interesting to see variations. -
@sigfpe Of course, anyone who wants to do mathematics seriously needs to know that; for me, the vN quote crisply distills that point of view - 1 more reply
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