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How can you possibly think that Grothendieck should be on a list of public intellectuals?

Like Soothsayer said earlier, I recommend you read a book about Myer-Brigg personality types in order to understand why other people behave as they do, why they expect you to behav…

Excellent advice. The smartest mathematicians and physicists often invent their own funny little diagrams for doing calculations---it's a real pity these usually don't make it into…

George Orwell. I recommend "Shooting an elephant": http://www.george-orwell.org/Shooting_an_Elephant/0.html