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Quote: mathematicians want to improve their conjectures without refuting them; yields a monotonous increase of truth

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mathematics by proofs and refutations

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TEACHER: … Moreover, they [most mathematicians] are particularly incapable of improving … their conjectures without refutations; never by reducing falsehood … horror of counterexamples.   Google-1   Google-2

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