See? Sex isn’t so great

Of all escapes from reality, mathematics is the most successful ever … All other escapes — sex, drugs, hobbies, whatever — are ephemeral by comparison.

Gian-Carlo Rota (1932 – 1999), mathematician
Quoted from: Edward Dolnick, The Clockwork Universe, 2011

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