n. From the wordsMathematician and Magician: A person who's so good at maths that the answers they come up with and techniques they use seem like magic to those of a more ignorant nature.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
Asked for a testimony to the effect that Emmy Noether was a great woman mathematician, he said: I can testify that she is a great mathematician, but that she is a woman, I
cannot swear.
Music that is exceedingly loud and redundant which has the capacity to enhance methmind, a state of near brain dead, goalless compulsivity such as that seen in repetitive cleaning, masturbating, or organizing behaviors.
We Came As Romans is just one example of a methmusic band who has turned out entire albums with tracks that all sound totally identical.
An addictive subject, where succeeding at solving one of its problems, increases your desire to solve more and more.
But...
It is also a depressant, where failing at solving one of its problems, gets you depressed and lowers your brain activity causing you to feel dumb.
So take care people...
Michael: Hey man, what are you doing?
George: Solving some math problems.
Michael: You need to cut off on mathematics man or we'll have send you to rehabilitation.