Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week 15 “ Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.” ―  Henri Poincaré Triggered by the use of a variation  of the quote by Robert Fuchs on LinkedIn. As opposed to   poetry : “ Poetry is the art of giving different names to the same thing.” “L a Mathématique est l’art de donner le même nom à des choses différentes. ” ―  Henri Poincaré In 1908, the Fourth International Congress of Mathematicians was held in Rome. During the Congress, the mathematician Jean-Gaston Darboux presented an address written by Henri Poincaré entitled “L’avenir des mathématiques,” and Poincaré included the paper as a chapter in his book Science et Méthode. An authorized English translation by George Bruce Halsted appeared as the chapter “The Future of Mathematics” in The Foundations of Science, first published in 1913. ... Out of context, it is possible to misinterpret “giving the same name to different things” as saying that words in mathematics are us...

2nd Quote of the Week 18 " The road to AI is paved with good attentions. " ― Alan Bipe Malaphorism triggered by the title of Gary Marcus' blog  "The Road to AI We Can Trust".

Quote of the Week 40 " The gurney is the reward. " ― Malapropism I came across this malapropism of the zen proverb and title of the 1987 book " The Journey is the Reward " on Steve Jobs thirty years ago when working for NeXT. The January 1991 issue of MacWorld attributes the origin to Apple employees suggesting alternative company slogans following the company's announcement of the discontinuation of profit sharing.