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I just finished reading it last week. I feel he could have shortened the initial 30 pages of the Austrian geopolitical environment, but otherwise really enjoyed
by d4rkp4ttern 5y ago
I just finished reading it last week. I feel he could have shortened the initial 30 pages of the Austrian geopolitical environment, but otherwise really enjoyed it. It was a smooth read.
Was not aware of the previous biographies, thanks for sharing those. It is interesting that you’re saying the mental health story is not universally accepted.
- throwaway81523 5y agoI think it is universally accepted that Gödel was a great mathematician who suffered from mental illness. Budiansky's book seems to espouse a romantic but bogus notion that Gödel was a great mathematician because he suffered from mental illness. It doesn't work that way.
- d4rkp4ttern 5y agoAh I see what you meant. Somehow I didn’t pick up that interpretation from my reading.