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A little example from a couple of days ago: twitter.com/ClimateOfGavin… (What's important here is what is omitted: almost everything. Or, to put it another way: you gain some sense of what a top climate expert thinks is really important. Priceless.)
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michael_nielsen
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Reflecting on Rota's characterization of Alonzo Church as "logic incarnate". It's shocking how much and rapidly one can learn from people in deep communion with their subject. Often without noticing what one is learning, including what is felt, what is omitted, & what is asked twitter.com/michael_nielse…
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James Ryan
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thanks for sharing this! I’m especially intrigued as one of his academic descendants: Alonzo Church -> Stephen Cole Kleene -> Robert Constable -> Joe Bates -> Michael Mateas -> me
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