On: Four brilliant mathematicians whose genius has profoundly affected us but which drove them insane. [bbc]

[mynameishere]

I watched the first few minutes of this a while ago. They were making unrealistic Faustian analogies, and it came off as unpleasantly dishonest.

I would contend that no one has ever been driven crazy by thinking about mathematics. We like to think that sort of thing, but the branch of science involved is almost always chemistry...

[steve → mynameishere]

I don't know, I start to change for the worse when I isolate myself from all people while programming for a very long time. Good thing we have the internet these days.