John Carlos Baez on Nostr: - my friend James Dolan emphasized that to find the beauty in math, it helps to not ...

- my friend James Dolan emphasized that to find the beauty in math, it helps to not be too good at doing massive calculations and remembering things. The drive to compress knowledge down to memorable principles - not just useless slogans, but principles that make it easy to solve problems - is driven by weakness but leads to power.