“There is nothing more powerful and nothing more dangerously beautiful than a free mind.”
― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason
I was sad to learn that John Nash the Economist and Mathematician had died in a car crash over the weekend. The event brought back the same feeling I had in Jan 1986 and Feb 2003, when the Space shuttles Columbia and Challenger exploded. The sadness at the loss of life due to accidents. I don't know why, but it is a kind of helpless sadness. Perhaps its because these people gave so much for the advancement of our knowledge and understanding.
John Nash was the inspiration behind many films, in particular A Beautiful Mind
I have become familiar with Nash's brilliant work on Game Theory lately "the study of mathematical models of conflict and cooperation between intelligent rational decision-makers."
Decision making through science and psychology. Clever theories put into practice in many of the worlds economic models.
But what saddens me most about about Nash was his tormented mind and his learning to cope with his mental illness.
Too often a brilliant, complex mind whithers away because it could never be set free.
Too often a brilliant mind plays the individualist game theory of hypocrisy, cronyism, blame and elitism for the better and advancement of whom? such a pity.
― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason
I was sad to learn that John Nash the Economist and Mathematician had died in a car crash over the weekend. The event brought back the same feeling I had in Jan 1986 and Feb 2003, when the Space shuttles Columbia and Challenger exploded. The sadness at the loss of life due to accidents. I don't know why, but it is a kind of helpless sadness. Perhaps its because these people gave so much for the advancement of our knowledge and understanding.
John Nash was the inspiration behind many films, in particular A Beautiful Mind
I have become familiar with Nash's brilliant work on Game Theory lately "the study of mathematical models of conflict and cooperation between intelligent rational decision-makers."
Decision making through science and psychology. Clever theories put into practice in many of the worlds economic models.
But what saddens me most about about Nash was his tormented mind and his learning to cope with his mental illness.
Too often a brilliant, complex mind whithers away because it could never be set free.
Too often a brilliant mind plays the individualist game theory of hypocrisy, cronyism, blame and elitism for the better and advancement of whom? such a pity.
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death"
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