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Searching for the numinous. Co-purveyor of https://quantum.country/ 

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    1. k8‏ @katgleason Jan 11
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      k8 Retweeted Richard Feynman

      Fear of “feeling uncomfortable” has to be one of the top reasons most folks never achieve their goalshttps://twitter.com/ProfFeynman/status/1083716432708415493 …

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      0:35
      Richard Feynman @ProfFeynman
      When you're thinking about something that you don't understand, you have a terrible, uncomfortable feeling called confusion. pic.twitter.com/ehVlPcOVVg
      3 replies 3 retweets 37 likes
    2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Jan 11
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      Bill Thurston's - one of the great mathematicians of the past century - MathOverflow biography describes this movingly, IMO: https://mathoverflow.net/users/9062/bill-thurston …pic.twitter.com/hk5sRDHGq9

      2 replies 2 retweets 20 likes
    3. Leonardo Federico‏ @leonardofed Jan 12
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      it reminded me of Wiles' words after proving Fermat's Last Theorempic.twitter.com/jlUcQhgvJm

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    4. k8‏ @katgleason Jan 12
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      Replying to @leonardofed @michael_nielsen

      ❤️ stumbling around in the dark for the sake of eventual real understanding... not just knowing the “name of something”.. but knowing in the deepest sense possible :)

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    5. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Jan 12
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      From 0:30 to 1:55 in the documentary this is from is remarkable:https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1btavd 

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    6. Leonardo Federico‏ @leonardofed Jan 12
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      amazing, thanks. it's been almost a decade since I read about Andrew Wiles and his work for the first time, and still, I can remember it very vividly.

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    7. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Jan 12
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      Just rewatching parts of this. What a beautiful, beautiful story.

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    8. k8‏ @katgleason Jan 12
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      I know the first two minutes had me in tears, what a deep beautiful soul

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      michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Jan 12
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      michael_nielsen Retweeted Andy Matuschak

      "Beautiful soul" is so right. Later in the video, when he say he's finally resolved it... you want to stand up and cheer. I'm reminded of @andy_matuschak's wonderful comment on the SpaceX double booster landing last year:https://twitter.com/andy_matuschak/status/960981284972503040 …

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      Andy MatuschakVerified account @andy_matuschak
      Sitting on a park bench I found myself yelling loudly to no one in the face of the simultaneous return landing. Unbelievable. https://twitter.com/shannonmstirone/status/960979970297180161 …
      12:56 PM - 12 Jan 2019
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        1. k8‏ @katgleason Jan 12
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          Replying to @michael_nielsen @leonardofed @andy_matuschak

          Magician 💛

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