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am_Unition  ·  2151 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Strong Law of Small Numbers

Well this isn't fair because everybody already knows that there exists no known set of functions, mappings, transformations etc. that generates prime numbers.

What kills me is when mathematicians turn to wordsmithing:

    Superficial similarities spawn spurious statements.

    Capricious coincidences cause careless conjectures.

    Early exceptions eclipse eventual essentials.

    Initial irregularities inhibit incisive intuition.

And when I say "kills me", I secretly love it.