Marilyn vos Savant is an American magazine columnist who has the highest recorded intelligence quotient (IQ) in the Guinness Book of Records.
In one of her columns, she was asked ...
When in our lives are we going to use proofs? |
Her reply was ...
"You will need them every day, I hope, without knowing it. Geometry is beautifully logical, and it teaches you how to think and prove that things are so, step by step by step. Proofs are excellent lessons in reasoning. Without logic and reasoning, you are dependent on jumping to conclusions or - worse - having empty opinions."
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