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And if you were me, a predator of information, a hunter of grand truths, then ask yourself - how could you possibly resist flying into such a flame?

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If you doubt me - and you are right to doubt me, as one doubts the teller of any ghost story! - then I still point to the long list of departed hallowed names, and I ask you - if the Black Theorem were real, how would you ever know?

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The Black Theorem, as it is told, is a theorem in logic, a *lethal* theorem, which drives its prover (or perhaps its comprehender, though for obvious reasons none are known) to immediate and irrevocable departure from even that tenuous sanity that mathematicians tend to have.

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With this firmly in mind, we have what it takes to behold the story of the Black Theorem. The Black Theorem, so they say, is a piece of unearthly logic not meant for even those skilled in navigating the shoals of truths, let alone those mere mortals who have long since fled the field, whether that flight came at the end of a doctorate or in secondary school.

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Second, let us remark on the sheer number of prominent logicians and statistical mechanists that have gone mad and ended their own lives, or died in an insane asylum. Among them we count Goedel of his sentence, Cantor of his set and his infinities, Mayer, Boltzmann, Lewis, Ehrenfest, Kaczynski (better known for his other work), Hausdorff, Lyapunov, Turing.

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Let us begin, as all good mathematicians do, with premises. First, that as G. K. Chesterton once said, “Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as will be seen, in any sense attacking logic: I only say that this danger does lie in logic, not in imagination.”

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I'm in a mood today, and I keep remembering that most people don't know about this, so while a good many of us are at home fearing one kind of hazard, let me tell you of the campfire story among mathematicians of another one.

LB : Boosting this as a reminder. I do not tolerate transphobia in my circles. And that includes maliciously using transmisic objectifying slurs.

Subtoot, slurs mention 

Just so you know, if I catch you using transphobic slurs in my presence, knowing that it will cause harm, and defend its usage in that context, I will make life as difficult for you as I can as long as you're in my social proximity.

If you insist on using terms like "d*ckgirl", "h*rm", or any other objectifying terms to refer to others, fuck you, choke on your own feces, you get no quarter.

Music 

No tablet so I am making music. This is an update to my current WIP. A rough mix with everything laid out.

RT @Yr_Conscience@twitter.com

Do not forget that we are just 3 weeks behind Italy and 10 days behind US. Learn that real infected numbers are hundreds of times the diagnosed cases. This is because of asymptomatic adults, who have infection but no symptoms. Don't take it lightly and do not repeat same mistake.

🐦🔗: twitter.com/Yr_Conscience/stat

Crisis of livelihood, asking for help. 

Welp, my art tablet died. I am gonna be looking for a replacement, but unfortunately I am looking at anywhere between $80-160 of expenditure.

If anyone is willing to help out to soften the blow, my Ko-Fi is at : ko-fi.com/freyamanibrandr

Bandcamp is waiving all revenue sharing today so artists like me get 100% of the sales!

Since I got laid off yesterday might I suggest you check out the EP I released last year called "Welcome to Korrent City"?

diym.bandcamp.com/album/welcom

@FreyaManibrandr When you're Plural, sometimes you're non-binary just because it's an easier consensus.

And sometimes you do the math out and it's still a gender identity that requires understanding of parallel universes to understand.

Good morning everyone! I love you much! Be safe! 💖💖💖🐿️🌺🌈

Benefits of being enby : getting to celebrate with other enby friends the different ways in which we are enby and embracing our differences. <3

I love my enby friends, and I love me. <3

Covid-19, corporate wank, gamestop 

kotaku.com/gamestop-we-can-sta

It seems that the company Gamestop, a purveyor of video games and geeky merch, has stated that they are an "essential retailer" in the wake of global pandemic, so they can stay open.

That proclamation falls flat because people can get games in various other ways. You can't download food or medicine.

I am not forcing anyone by any means, but don't do business with Gamestop, and remember that the workers are not part of this scheme.

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