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Rigor and Intuition

May 11, 2018

Two panels: intuition without rigor is a formless blob; rigor without intuition is a lifeless skull.

Content note: Skull imagery.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-05-11-rigor-and-intuition/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Top] "Intuition Without Rigor" (a shapeless blue blob with eyes) | [Bottom] "Rigor without Intuition" (a skull)

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Logic & Proof › RigorMath Culture › Nature of MathLogic & Proof › Proofs & Theorems
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