open-source software as ritual community, with @maradydd's "network proprioception" substituting for numinous statespic.twitter.com/EeaPxMIfXC
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@St_Rev I wonder if there's something about complete cognitive absorption that had made math such a powerful ritual community at times
@sarahdoingthing @St_Rev not sure what you’re referring to here—would love to hear more?
@Meaningness @St_Rev nicolas bourbaki maybe, the Scottish Cafe, various academic math departments at different times
@sarahdoingthing Numerology is a wonderland of pareidolia. Geometry has tendencies in that direction.
@sarahdoingthing There's very little overlap between mathematical ecstatics of that sort and working mathematicians, though.
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