Charles Seife Quotes

• Zero is powerful because it is infinity’s twin. They are equal and opposite, yin and
  yang. They are equally paradoxical and troubling. The biggest questions in science
  and religion are about nothingness and eternity, the void and the infinite, zero and
  infinity. The clashes over zero were the battles that shook the foundations of philosophy,
  of science, of mathematics, and of religion. Underneath every revolution lay a
  zero – and an infinity.

  Charles Seife

  Zero, Powerful, Philosophy

  Charles Seife (2000). “Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea”, p.2, Penguin

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• Contrary to what our brains are telling us, there's no mystical force that imbues a winner with a streak of luck, nor is there a cosmic sense of justice that ensures that a loser's luck will turn around. The universe doesn't care one whit whether you've been winning or losing; each roll of the dice is just like every other.

  Charles Seife

  Winning, Justice, Luck

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• If you want to convince the world that a fish can sense your emotions, only one statistical measure will suffice: the p-value.

  Charles Seife

  World, Want, Emotion

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• If you want to get people to believe something really, really stupid, just stick a number on it.

  Charles Seife

  Stupid, Believe, Numbers

  Charles Seife (2010). “Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers”, p.8, Penguin

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