I've come across this topic enough times in the last few days that I feel obliged to write about it. So apparently, according to a popular writer on Medium, Nik Goeke, reading lists are bad. He's not the only one with such an opinion though; this thought came up in some discussions I had with two … [Read more...]
A Spiritual Cogitation
I'm fresh off a 14 hour audiobook binge of Alan Watts over the past week, so you'll have to excuse me if I sound a tad insane here. As the wise man once said though, you have to be out of your mind to come to your senses. About 3 months ago I tripped on LSD. Strange phenomenology of the trip … [Read more...]
Is Mathematics a Fine Art?
You have likely heard the term "fine art" referring to a pursuit such as painting, sculpture, or poetry. But the notion of mathematics as art, let alone a fine art, may be positively alien and even offensive to some. How could the source of so much suffering in high school be art? If you would … [Read more...]
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