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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,180

By Erik Loomis

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On July 10, 2026

This is the grave of George Mackey. Oh dear....I was told there would be no math. Well, huh. OK, look, I really have zero ability to even describe what mathematicians do in even the most basic way possible. And this guy wasn't even that famous,...

Gary K As a Ph.D. mathematician, let me chime in with a few observations. First, the fields of math that Mackey worked in are sufficiently advanced and out of the mainstream that many mathematicians hardly...
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,180 · July 10, 2026
HenryW But I have a lovely collection of invisible can openers they have produced.
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,180 · July 10, 2026
cereal If Bad Religion hasn’t done a song called System of Imprimitivity, someone should. Also, Groupoids is my new Devo cover band.
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,180 · July 10, 2026
twbb I don't know about horseshoe journey, the formerly-anonymous reddit posts that came out show that Platner had progressive views. The problem with Platner isn't that he's a fake leftist, it's the other...
An asshole to the end · July 10, 2026
nkh James Simons actually has done a pretty good job. My understanding is that he started out in gambling, but I'm definitely not an expert on his biography..
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,180 · July 10, 2026