You have to figure out what your own aptitudes are. If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you don’t, you’re going to lose. And that’s as close to certain as any prediction that you can make. You have to figure out where you’ve got an edge. And you’ve got to play within your own circle of competence.

数学的统一性不是幻觉，而是等待被揭示的现实。

The real tragedy of the poor is that they can do nothing but wait for the rich to give them something.

Science progresses by constantly questioning and refining our understanding.