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ghshephard • today at 6:08 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

As someone who has read 20-30 takes on this topic, and talked about it endlessly for the last 2+ weeks, It's an epically interesting read for me (a non-mathematician) - just introducing me to the topic "Mathematization" was sufficient to make the entire article interesting. (I also learned about a new mathematician - Grothendieck).

The article was interesting enough that I spent about an hour reading excerpts and discussing in detail all of it's nuance at the breakfast table this morning. Strongly encourage a detailed read - it was great.