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arcticfox on Jan 11, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Michael Atiyah has died

This is a sad story, mostly about everyone deciding what the most kind way is to treat broken work by someone whose best days are well behind them.

Interesting discussion at: https://meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/3894/is-there-a-way-...

And mathematicians taking him seriously: https://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2018/09/26/reading-into-atiya...

bredren on Jan 12, 2019 [–]

You don’t have to be a follower of a famous mathematician to find sadness in the intellectual decline of someone.

Our ability to preserve bodies far longer than mind is a major problem for everyone.

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