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   by wheeler 18y ago

   How can you possibly think that Grothendieck should be on a list of public intellectuals?
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   by wheeler 18y ago

   Like Soothsayer said earlier, I recommend you read a book about Myer-Brigg personality types in order to understand why other people behave as they do, why they expect you to behave in the same way, and why it's not your natural inclination
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   by wheeler 18y ago

   Excellent advice. The smartest mathematicians and physicists often invent their own funny little diagrams for doing calculations---it's a real pity these usually don't make it into print. An obvious exception is Feynman diagrams. I can't lo
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   by wheeler 18y ago

   George Orwell. I recommend "Shooting an elephant": http://www.george-orwell.org/Shooting_an_Elephant/0.html