David Bessis
I write about mathematics and human cognition.
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The fall of the theorem economy
“The product of mathematics is clarity and understanding. Not theorems, by themselves.”
—Bill Thurston
Handwritten diagram by Alexander Grothendieck
My best theorem is one I never wrote down.
It crystallized one bright morning in Lausa...
Letter to a PhD student
One morning about a week ago, I opened my direct messages tab on X and found this inbound request:
I am someone finishing up a PhD in [a subject that isn’t pure math]. How should I cope with the claims that agi is here in 1-3 years and t...
Attention is all we have
Hand drawing of neurons by Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Some people are smarter than others—and some are fabulously smart. We may disagree on many things, but can we at least agree on that?
The origin of cognitive inequality is a hot, divisive...
Thinking fast, slow, and super slow
A ball and a bat cost a total of $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
I borrowed this problem from Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow. I encourage you to try it with your friends. Most people will...
Twins reared apart do not exist
This story began two years ago, during the pre-launch of my book on the cognitive techniques of mathematicians. As authors do in those circumstances, I sent a handful of copies to selected high-profile people, in the hope that it would spar...
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