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Do you think one’s ‘hunger for abstraction’ can be increased? How? Genuinely wondering. My appetite for it at present is beyond satiated, in that mathematics gives me nausea and a desire to flee.

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· Dec 16, 2021

"Mathematics demands an uncontrolled hunger for abstraction, philosophy a very controlled one." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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· Oct 24, 2021

"If your approach to mathematics is mechanical not mystical, you're not going to go anywhere." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Dec 19, 2021

Have you discovered this tendency in them in microdoses? I’ve only ingested psilocybin in dosage sizes <0.2g (haven’t felt them call me to explore in higher doses yet), and in these small doses I haven’t felt them increase my interest in abstraction—actually on the contrary.