[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fi6FAmdnayBYoREhun2hUvTw38w3ZWtYSA2LxoUyT5y4":3,"$ftUosnEoWuiFiS3RN-ceXaiDUnoQXuu2KpUnEBx7Ctp8":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},40530,"Janna Levin","J",22,null,"janna-levin",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":118},[14,23,35,46,57,63,74,85,96,107],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":22},3113613,"I don’t believe that math and nature respond to democracy. Just because very clever people have rejected the role of the infinite, their collective opinions, however weighty, won’t persuade mother nature to alter her ways. 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