Thanks so much Roger for bringing me back Grothendieck. I met him probably about 25 years ago when there were almost not images in the internet and I remembered printing some of his hand written text La Clef des Rêves in blue paper. But at that time I was not ready for him. Now I guess I can deal with him. Amazing!
It's funny, I remember being a child - maybe around 8 - and asking my mum 'what if we are all just God's dream?'.
I can't remember what she said, but I think I was on to something. It's strange that the only people who can reach such insights are children and those who have re-discovered the child's mind.
The section on Alexander Grothendieck is taken from Benjamin Labatut's 2020 book "When We Cease To Understand the World" pages 67-81
No its not
It's word for word
I read the book a month ago and recognized it immediately
It's a sequence of words on a computer screen. How could that be taken from anywhere? What are you even talking about?
Ctrl+C
Do you have to cite math?
Do you have cite dreams?
Do you have to cite god?
Have to? No
Should you?
I can't answer all these questions for you buddy. Try writing about them
Stop reading my blog.
Thanks so much Roger for bringing me back Grothendieck. I met him probably about 25 years ago when there were almost not images in the internet and I remembered printing some of his hand written text La Clef des Rêves in blue paper. But at that time I was not ready for him. Now I guess I can deal with him. Amazing!
Great essay!
It's funny, I remember being a child - maybe around 8 - and asking my mum 'what if we are all just God's dream?'.
I can't remember what she said, but I think I was on to something. It's strange that the only people who can reach such insights are children and those who have re-discovered the child's mind.