Interestingly, David Graeber argued that mathematical thinking likely began through initiatives of women. Specifically tied to practices like weaving, beadwork, and tracking plant-based knowledge.
not necessarily disputing any of his conclusions, but I find his style of argument frustratingly slippery, always generalizing broadly from weak evidence
He was much more effective at disputing narratives than he was at creating alternative ones. But no one can deny his ability to captivate and inspire the imagination
This essay: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/whats-the-point-if-we-cant-hav... is so bad, so dogmatic, and so obnoxious, verging on something that feels to me like intellectual dishonesty, that I ended a friendship with someone who praised it as "beautiful."
Birman still dropping bangers at 100 is quite something. We knew 3 strands is faithful and it was assumed 4 must be true but the ramifications of this in the face of quantum computing will be really fun going forward.
??? But it does allow us to better reason about which braids are different or the same. and the most promising quantum computers use braiding to form logic gates.
Interestingly, David Graeber argued that mathematical thinking likely began through initiatives of women. Specifically tied to practices like weaving, beadwork, and tracking plant-based knowledge.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-and-da...
not necessarily disputing any of his conclusions, but I find his style of argument frustratingly slippery, always generalizing broadly from weak evidence
He was much more effective at disputing narratives than he was at creating alternative ones. But no one can deny his ability to captivate and inspire the imagination
This was one of my favorite talks he gave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn78MhPmbCc
This essay: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/whats-the-point-if-we-cant-hav... is so bad, so dogmatic, and so obnoxious, verging on something that feels to me like intellectual dishonesty, that I ended a friendship with someone who praised it as "beautiful."
Have a look at hyperbolic crochet as well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daina_Taimi%C5%86a
https://pi.math.cornell.edu/~dtaimina/crochet/hplane.htm
https://www.routledge.com/Crocheting-Adventures-with-Hyperbo...
Also https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/99-old-mathemati.... Someone who has been at this problem for 60 years.
She has a wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Birman
Nice! Her experience getting a "bionic ear" at age 80 was very interesting: https://www.math.columbia.edu/~jb/my-bionic-ear.pdf
Birman still dropping bangers at 100 is quite something. We knew 3 strands is faithful and it was assumed 4 must be true but the ramifications of this in the face of quantum computing will be really fun going forward.
What are the ramifications?
??? But it does allow us to better reason about which braids are different or the same. and the most promising quantum computers use braiding to form logic gates.
99, according to Wikipedia, but yeah