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Mathematicians won the war.

Mathematicians broke the Japanese codes and built the A-bomb.

Mathematicians… like you.

In medicine or economics,

in technology or in space,

battle lines are being drawn.

To triumph we need results — publishable, applicable results.

Now, who among you will be the next Morse,

the next Einstein?

Who among you will be the vanguard of democracy, freedom and discovery?

Today we bequeath America’s future into your able hands.

Welcome to Princeton, gentlemen.

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— A Beautiful Mind (2001)

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2009.09.11 Friday ACHK

Memory

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I have collected in this book memories extending over fifty years.

I am well aware that memory is unreliable.

It not only selects and rearranges that facts of our lives, but also embroiders and invents.

I have checked my version of facts wherever possible against other people’s memories and against written documents.

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— Freeman Dyson’s Disturbing the Universe

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2009.09.05 Saturday ACHK

Nerd 2

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… depression is not a malfunction, but a mental adaptation that brings certain cognitive advantages …

So what could be so useful about depression? Depressed people often think intensely about their problems. These thoughts are called ruminations; they are persistent and depressed people have difficulty thinking about anything else.

Analysis requires a lot of uninterrupted thought, and depression coordinates many changes in the body to help people analyze their problems without getting distracted.

Various studies have found that people in depressed mood states are better at solving social dilemmas.

… depression is nature’s way of telling you that you’ve got complex social problems that the mind is intent on solving. Therapies should try to encourage depressive rumination rather than try to stop it, and they should focus on trying to help people solve the problems that trigger their bouts of depression.

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— Depression’s Evolutionary Roots, Scientific American, by By Paul W. Andrews and J. Anderson Thomson, Jr. ,

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飽歷滄桑後, 你會變得幽默.

— Me

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2009.08.31 Monday ACHK

Difference

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The difference that makes no difference makes no difference.

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做沒有作用的事情, 是浪費時間.

千萬不要為勤力而勤力.

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— Translated by Me

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2009.08.30 Sunday copyright ACHK

一切是創造

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李克勤 關淑怡

作曲:盧東尼    填詞:盧永強    編曲:盧東尼

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(李)
倘有點金術　都有運用難度
倘有飛天術　都要力氣飛高
但朝和暮　人多聲聲怨道
天氣沒有估計那麼好

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倘有登天路　需控制踏雲霧
倘有隱身力　都要唸咒確保
日星移換　神仙都需要做
可笑是世間卻羨慕

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(李)
心朝目標　信念是同步

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天隨人願　等到你亦老

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仙凡合壁　與日月齊步
創造自我一套
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(李)
天意非天造　好與壞是人造

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假借天之命　將錯誤卸得清

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自古人事　成功得失每步

一切在你手裡是創造
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(李)
倘有登天路　需控制踏雲霧

(關)
倘有隱身力　都要唸咒確保

(合)
日星移換　神仙都需要做
可笑是世間卻羨慕

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2009.08.29 Saturday ACHK

醫生

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當年, 有個學生問我, 如果將會讀醫, 哪中六應該選 Pure Maths 還是 Biology 呢?

我答 Biology.

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之後, 她覺得對 Pure Maths 較有興趣, 而 Biology 的東西很枯燥.

重點是如果要入醫學院, Biology 並非必修科.

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所以, 她次次見到我, 都埋怨我令她選錯 Biology.

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她考入了醫學院.

近日她發現, 如果沒有A Level的Biology, 現在會好徬徨, 讀醫會辛苦很多.

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她今天致電致謝.

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2009.08.27 Wednesday copyright ACHK