"Enlightenment is a feature of mathematics about which very little has been written." http://www.liceogiuliocesare.it/public/documenti/Rota_Phenomenology_Mathematical_Beauty.pdf …
@St_Rev do you think he's right that mathematicians have values they hide from themselves by talking about them in roundabout ways?
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@sarahdoingthing I think that pinning everything on aesthetics ignores the drives to explore and to overcome obstacles. -
@St_Rev I think he's saying aesthetics is "actually about" underlying structure and stuff - 2 more replies
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@sarahdoingthing Mountain climbers may mutter about the beauty of the view but that's not why they're doing it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing Are there humans who don't?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing But I think he's very wrong in asserting all mathematicians are this way or that way. Vast differences.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing Some mathematicians are strongly oriented toward semantics, others toward syntax.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing Some mathematicians are inspired by external problems, some are obsessed with one particular kind of abstraction.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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