Behold…

Found this in a book; just can’t stand not to share it

“Reader,

You may feel tempted to write your own (simpler) proof of Fermat’s last theorem.

I have strong views about such a project. It should be written in the Constitution of States and Nations, in the Chapter of Human Rights:

It is an inalienable right of each individual to produce his or her own proof of Fermat’s last theorem.

However, such a solemn statement about Fermat’s last theorem (henceforth referred to as THE theorem) should be tempered by the following articles:

Art. 1. No attempted proof of THE theorem should ever duplicate a previous one.

Art. 2. It is a criminal offense to submit falso proofs of THE theorem to professors who arduously earn their living by teaching how not to conceive false proofs of THE theorem.

Infringement of the latter, leads directly to Hell. Return to Paradise only after the said criminal has understood and is able to reproduce Wiles’ proof. (Harsh punishment.)”