John von Neumann — "I think that a good deal of the 'mathematical thinking' that goes on in our head…"

I think that a good deal of the 'mathematical thinking' that goes on in our heads is not mathematics at all, but rather thinking about physical analogies.
John von Neumann — John von Neumann Modern · Computer architecture, game theory

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From his writings, reflecting on the nature of mathematical intuition.

Date: 1940s-1950s

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