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“The physicist—like the poet—should not describe the facts of the world, but rather generate metaphors and mental connections.”
— Sep 07, 2025 09:45AM
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“The night gardener used to be a mathematician, and now speaks of mathematics as former alcoholics speak of booze, with a mixture of fear and longing. He told me that he had had the beginnings of a brilliant career but had quit altogether after encountering the work of Alexander Grothendieck” many such cases
— Sep 14, 2025 09:29AM
