it’s only about 1500 pages long; i’m pretending it’s jonathan strange and mr norrell. could use more diabolical faerie shenanigans

Poor Higgs sitting over there all by itself… or maybe it’s a hermit Higgs

I was thinking about it because these days I'm taking that approach with The Princeton Guide to Mathematics and the other one on applied math

That is an awesome tattoo! I just can't even

Instead of solving a gabillion problems, I went to the library and read extensively about whatever the prof talked about; I read lots of those things over and over. I graduated magna cum laude. Maybe my brain is just weird, but that's how it went for me.

(3) Your goals don't have to match someone else's definition of mastery - the strength and understanding you have right now are real accomplishments, not just waypoints to someone else's destination.

(2) For the latter type of person, good learning feels like being led step-by-step by a friendly guide who assumes you belong and can understand, not like being tested for worthiness or prodded over hostile terrain.

use the schwarz

holy wow i didn’t know it looked so awesome!