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Thats interesting, I've heard mathematicians remark that "the study of the theory of infinity sets can lead to madness". I didn't realize that there was actual

Thats interesting, I've heard mathematicians remark that "the study of the theory of infinity sets can lead to madness". I didn't realize that there was actual science behind that. Thanks for finding those details. I didn't know that Grothendieck was hearing voices.

jorgenveisdal 7y ago
The archetypal example of the former is Georg Cantor: https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/the-nature-of-infinity-and-beyond-a05c146df02c https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/the-nature-of-infinity-a...