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user-inactivated · 3951 days ago · link · · parent · post: "I suppose a nice quirky tag I follow is #birds tag. It's got only two posts, but I'm sure with time it'll change" -Owl.

The way they slowly fade in and out of view as they disperse is really a sight to behold. But if this is beautiful to behold, and a mathematician uses a formula to fully describe their movements with exact precision, wouldn't he be no different than a painter or an artist who each use their own tools to describe the movements? A mathematician who uses formulas to describe reality, then, is an artist as well.

...and plot the movements to musical notation, a la Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

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Owl · 3951 days ago · link ·

You know, I read that book perhaps a year ago when I was reading all the Douglas Adams books I bought in yard sales, and cannot recall a single thing about it. I do remember enjoying it, though. Somehow.

+discuss+discuss

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humanodon · 3951 days ago · link ·

Now that you mention it, I don't remember much about that book either, though I'm sure I've read it at least once and that I enjoyed or at least didn't mind the experience.

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user-inactivated · 3951 days ago · link ·

Can't believe that's possible, it's probably the funniest book I've ever read.

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humanodon · 3951 days ago · link ·

<shrug> I don't know what to say . . .