"Might this goodness be due to the resonance that math reveals between mind and cosmos? In Greek, cosmos means “order,” and suggests also “beauty,” as in our word “cosmetic.” Doing math leads one to entertain the idea that the cosmos is itself good and beautiful. Our will to truth seems to derive from a deep attraction to this goodness and beauty. Math is erotic, in other words"
nice essay, I particularly enjoyed the concluding para quoted above. The resonance between the cosmos (or chaos) and the agent's intellect - wherein, the agent's intellect symbolizes from that chaos to create and communicate meaning. Applies to creativity in general - in disparate fields of art, music etc not limited to math. Few of us aspire to "feeling" that resonance.
more interesting was the link [1] in the essay which points to the "pervasive half-arsedness" compounded by ai.
nice essay, I particularly enjoyed the concluding para quoted above. The resonance between the cosmos (or chaos) and the agent's intellect - wherein, the agent's intellect symbolizes from that chaos to create and communicate meaning. Applies to creativity in general - in disparate fields of art, music etc not limited to math. Few of us aspire to "feeling" that resonance.
more interesting was the link [1] in the essay which points to the "pervasive half-arsedness" compounded by ai.
[1] https://newsfromuncibal.substack.com/p/death-by-a-thousand-c...