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Since all the cool kids are doing it. Five weird things that I do.

1. I'm obsessively early for things. I'm often the first person to show up for an event and my brain simply cannot process the concept of "fashionably late".

2. I twiddle my thumbs. A lot.

3. I can't play any game less than seriously. That doesn't mean I'm hyper competitive and absolutely have to win but it does mean I play to the best of my ability and it pisses me off when other people prat about.

4. I wear bow ties more often than a four in hand. (And, yes, I can tie one).

5. I'm one of those mathematical types who, pace the lurking Kantians, knows that numbers (including "imaginary" and "complex" numbers) are in some sense, probably Platonic, "real".

Date: 2006-01-13 10:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com
Seriously, most people don't perceive the world in the same way as mathematicians. Not even all mathematicians (even good ones) get it. Read the Penrose/Hawking debates. Hawking is a pure materialist. He neither knows nor cares whether numbers are "real".

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