http://omniorthogonal.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-opposite-of-mathematics.html … by @mtraven : The ghost of Tom Trobaugh appears in a dream and provides the key to an important mathematical proof.
@Meaningness What a strange essay. I've always felt that mathematics was *entirely* narrative.
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@St_Rev Gosh, I think that’s probably an unusual view… -
@Meaningness As it's done, it's all storytelling all the time. Highly constrained storytelling, and usually *poor* storytelling, but... -
@St_Rev Yes… I was always frustrated that professors were so unwilling to talk about *doing* math, like it was somehow shameful to explain. -
@Meaningness Yep, exactly.
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