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"Stephen Montgomery-Smith" <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> The book is fascinating. It is every bit as amazing as reading, say, the
>> writings of a serial killer. Hardy viewed the world a lot more plainly
>> than most others. There are quotes in it like (and I'm probably getting
>> this one wrong), "The vast majority of people are good at precisely
>> nothing, so it matters little to society what career they choose".
>> (Probably true, but not the thing you'd want a high-school guidance
>> counselor to say.)
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> I read this book years ago. I really ended up deciding that while Hardy
> was a great mathematician, he had a really lousy philosophy of life.
That is why I mentioned it in the same context as the writings of a serial
killer.
Everything he said was understandable (i.e. his cognitive processes were
very intact), but he was clearly a different kind of creature than anyone I
know.
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