let's just please not forget that they lived in a different time and place... I'm sure in Hilbert's time there was nothing bad about what he said like there's now.

not that I particularly like Hilbert, he gives me a bad vibe because:

how do I forgive shitty professors who have refused to help me? how do I let go of the fact they are awful people from a different era? How do I refuse to undergo the rituals which teach things I whish to not learn (certain attitudes) while at the same time making it through those same rituals I reject?

and it turns out the professor I speak of IS on D. Hilbert's lineage!