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Quote of the day by German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss: “When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false” – a simple explanation of why truth is often simpler than it seems |

Science July 11, 2026

Carl Friedrich Gauss (Image: Wikipedia) Most people assume that if an idea sounds complicated, it must also be profound. Carl…