Re:The Mind of a Mathematician
by mistermann on Saturday November 16, 2019 @02:03PM
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> However this fixation with his “extraordinary capacity”, scores, medals and accolades; I wish we could skip it.
I wonder though if such narratives may be necessary (in the world as it is, rather than how it should be) in order to generate fame, specifically the kind of fame that is best able to propagate and reach the eventual endpoints who may be inspired to follow in his footsteps. Annoyances like this may be some sort of social evolutionary adaptation.
I wonder though if such narratives may be necessary (in the world as it is, rather than how it should be) in order to generate fame, specifically the kind of fame that is best able to propagate and reach the eventual endpoints who may be inspired to follow in his footsteps. Annoyances like this may be some sort of social evolutionary adaptation.