@St_Rev @sarahdoingthing Have you heard other mathematicians talking about “enlightenment”? (I haven’t, but I was never a pro.)
@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing At UGa it was an autistic guy in a windbreaker who showed up at department teas to scarf cookies.
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing I think that would describe most of the MIT math department as I remember it—certainly my advisor! -
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing No. There are certainly damaged people with tenure but these people were obviously *broken*. -
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Yes, sorry, I was making a joke. I do know the sort of person you mean. The MIT AI Lab was a magnet for them too.
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.