Cutting unnecessary elements can lead to a more concentrated and understood result
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Cutting unnecessary elements can lead to a more concentrated and understood result 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Great work involves expanding people's ideas of what's possible 1 0 2Argument #d6aa14b1 1 0 2
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Great work is consistent with itself 1 0 2and
Willingness to redo work can lead to better results 1 0 2and
Cutting unnecessary elements can lead to a more concentrated and understood result 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Mathematical elegance is a useful standard beyond math 1 0 2Mentions
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