[FRIAM] what is math?

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Roger, 

 

This is great!  I love the Darwin quote:

 

He is supposed to have concluded that “a mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn’t there.”

 

It sounds apochrophal to me, but I will take it.

 

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Nick Thompson

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Roger Critchlow
Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 8:50 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <Friam at redfish.com>
Subject: [FRIAM] what is math?

 

This essay seems like a literate summary of discussions that Friam's chaotic orbits have visited from time to time.

 

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-is-mathematics

 

May you dream that you are awake.

 

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