A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat
which isn't there.
-- Charles Darwin
which isn't there.
-- Charles Darwin
Related:
- There's a blind man looking for a shadow of
doubt... - The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect
if there is,
at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good... - A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Charles... - A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
Thomas... - A Parable of Modern Research:
Bob has lost his keys in a room which is dark except for one
brightly lit corner.
"Why are you looking under the light, you lost them... - I have called this principle, by which each slight variation,
if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection... - Cats with blue eyes are invariably deaf.
--
Charles... - Charles Darwin was a naturalist who wrote the organ
of the species... - Poor man, he just stands and stares at a yellow flower
for minutes at a time.
He would be far better off with something to do. ...
From the same category:
- The most important thing in an argument, next to being right,
is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that... - I like it better in
the dark... - Well, here's something to occupy you and keep your mind off things.
It won't work, I have an exceptionally large mind.... - Q: How do you tell a woman with PMS from a woman without PMS?
A: Beats the hell out of me... - cat: [from `catenate' via {{UNIX}} `cat(1)'] vt.
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