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I am sorry I mistook you. The next step in understanding Ramanujan would be at the level, not of mathematical intuition, but of intuition full stop. To me, he

I am sorry I mistook you. The next step in understanding Ramanujan would be at the level, not of mathematical intuition, but of intuition full stop. To me, he was first and foremost a creative artist. Had he been a composer I would understand him perfectly. As it is, I do not fully grasp his language but I recognize some things about what he did with it.

Bluestein 2y ago
No problem. By all means, happy to converse.- > The next step in understanding Ramanujan would be at the level, not of mathematical intuition, but of intuition full stop Very interesting proposition. At some point, all arts and sciences (and artists and scientists) "meet" at that intuitive level that binds them all - and, us ...
- gradschoolfail 2y ago
  Guys.. If I am not responding to certain points in your posts, it might be because I’m still meditating on them :) But maybe you have not seen Feynman’s letter to Wolfram: https://old.reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/ghmdxb/richard_feynmans_advice_to_a_young_stephen/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/ghmdxb/richard_fey... Thats an interesting conversation too, as its possible to accuse Feynman of being a narcissist, but it takes effort ;)
  - Bluestein 2y ago
    > with as little contact with non-technical people as possible, with one exception, fall madly in love! Sigh
    - 082349872349872 2y ago
      > with as little contact with non-technical people as possible I enjoyed the anecdote about von Neumann conversing with some colleague's 5-year old child, at which point the colleague idly wondered if JvN might not feel it necessary to employ the very same tolerance and patience and forbearance in their own convos.
      - Bluestein 2y ago
        Heard about that one. A classic :)
      - gradschoolfail 2y ago
        That JvN, why, he’ll never be a narcissist, not even in God’s eyes (though maybe he was personally afraid of that :)
        082349872349872 2y ago
        The narcissists are the ones who, when St Peter makes the introductions, tactlessly and without regard for potential embarrassment, demand that God explain turbulence?
        defrost 2y ago
        https://youtu.be/4-ZblKY48w4?t=184 https://youtu.be/4-ZblKY48w4?t=184 https://songsear.ch/song/Lupe-Fiasco/Dots-Lines/2615347 https://songsear.ch/song/Lupe-Fiasco/Dots-Lines/2615347
        082349872349872 2y ago
        a link, a palpable link! What's next, sampling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics_of_Deadly_Quarrels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics_of_Deadly_Quarrels ?
        defrost 2y ago
        Sadly Richardson's ardent pacifism was Poisson up a wall :-( As Ronnie Raygun said: https://youtu.be/EPA9B3YZtlc?t=199 https://youtu.be/EPA9B3YZtlc?t=199
        082349872349872 2y ago
        Poisson on the moon, even. Still, could be worse: even Poisson into the wind isn't as bad as being immortalised with the caption "I'm Nailed Right In".

Bluestein 2y ago

No problem. By all means, happy to converse.- > The next step in understanding Ramanujan would be at the level, not of mathematical intuition, but of intuition full stop Very interesting proposition. At some point, all arts and sciences (and artists and scientists) "meet" at that intuitive level that binds them all - and, us ...

gradschoolfail 2y ago
Guys.. If I am not responding to certain points in your posts, it might be because I’m still meditating on them :) But maybe you have not seen Feynman’s letter to Wolfram: https://old.reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/ghmdxb/richard_feynmans_advice_to_a_young_stephen/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Physics/comments/ghmdxb/richard_fey... Thats an interesting conversation too, as its possible to accuse Feynman of being a narcissist, but it takes effort ;)
- Bluestein 2y ago
  > with as little contact with non-technical people as possible, with one exception, fall madly in love! Sigh
  - 082349872349872 2y ago
    > with as little contact with non-technical people as possible I enjoyed the anecdote about von Neumann conversing with some colleague's 5-year old child, at which point the colleague idly wondered if JvN might not feel it necessary to employ the very same tolerance and patience and forbearance in their own convos.
    - Bluestein 2y ago
      Heard about that one. A classic :)
    - gradschoolfail 2y ago
      That JvN, why, he’ll never be a narcissist, not even in God’s eyes (though maybe he was personally afraid of that :)
      - 082349872349872 2y ago
        The narcissists are the ones who, when St Peter makes the introductions, tactlessly and without regard for potential embarrassment, demand that God explain turbulence?
        defrost 2y ago
        https://youtu.be/4-ZblKY48w4?t=184 https://youtu.be/4-ZblKY48w4?t=184 https://songsear.ch/song/Lupe-Fiasco/Dots-Lines/2615347 https://songsear.ch/song/Lupe-Fiasco/Dots-Lines/2615347
        082349872349872 2y ago
        a link, a palpable link! What's next, sampling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics_of_Deadly_Quarrels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics_of_Deadly_Quarrels ?
        defrost 2y ago
        Sadly Richardson's ardent pacifism was Poisson up a wall :-( As Ronnie Raygun said: https://youtu.be/EPA9B3YZtlc?t=199 https://youtu.be/EPA9B3YZtlc?t=199
        082349872349872 2y ago
        Poisson on the moon, even. Still, could be worse: even Poisson into the wind isn't as bad as being immortalised with the caption "I'm Nailed Right In".