I don't like the nonsense that passes for rational discours… - Serge Lang

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I don't like the nonsense that passes for rational discourse so often in our society. I am very much bothered by the inaccuracies, ambiguities, code words, slogans, catch phrases, public relation devices, sweeping generalizations, and stereotypes, which are used (consciously or otherwise) to influence people.

Serge Lang

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Serge Lang (May 19, 1927 – September 12, 2005) was a French-born American mathematician.

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