The Lure of Alternate Worlds
Karen Olsson on mathematicians and novelists, illustrated by someone climbing into their own thought bubble.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-01-01-the-lure-of-alternate-worlds/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"I wonder whether mathematicians and fiction writers might be people for whom the lure of alternate worlds is particularly strong…" – Karen Olsson [A figure climbs into its own thought bubble: "I wonder if I can climb inside my own thought…"]