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 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.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@St_Rev The only legitimate thing to talk about is the product, not the process. G-C Rota was the only exception among my teachers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@St_Rev I never really understood the reason for that taboo. Partly it makes getting into math much harder; probably a deliberate obstacle.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
@St_Rev I think there must be more to it than that, though. Something about Platonic forms being free from time.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
-
@Meaningness I know I've talked about what passes for my "philosophy of mathematics" *cough, spit* on twitter but maybe not with you. -
@St_Rev Not that I recall. Blog post for benefit of wider audience? -
@Meaningness Good idea, I'll do that. - End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.