Perhaps it is sad that engines of war were appreciated by the people of this time in a way that theoretical mathematics was not, but one would have to remark that the world is not a very different place at the end of the second millennium AD.
Marahil ito ay malungkot na engine ng digmaan ay pahalagahan ng mga tao ng mga oras na ito sa isang paraan na panteorya matematika ay hindi, ngunit ang isa ay upang masabi na ang mundo ay hindi isang tunay iba't-ibang lugar sa katapusan ng ikalawang sanlibong taon AD.