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Anything can be objectionable if you are creative enough. Several times he (Chaitin) compares the process of solving mathematical equations to making love to a
by passion__desire 3y ago
Anything can be objectionable if you are creative enough.
Several times he (Chaitin) compares the process of solving mathematical equations to making love to a woman. It's creepy. [0]
[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/249849.Meta_Math_ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/249849.Meta_Math_
If you want to read a bit more from the mathematician himself on this very topic he wrote an accessible "pop-math" book about it, "Meta Math!: The Quest for Omega" though you'll need to look beyond the author's rather strange choices of metaphor. It's been a while, but I assume you're referring to the similarities drawn between information theory and sex. [1]
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22099178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22099178