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"The Magician’s finest trick was to
dismantle the pretensions of genius
while preserving his own lofty stature." 

— Alex Ross in The New Yorker , Jan. 17, 2022

Related material —

Meanwhile . . .

"To sum it all up I see mathematical activity as
a jumping ahead and then plodding along
to chart a path by rational toil."

— Verena Huber-Dyson, Feb. 15, 1998

"VERENA HUBER-DYSON, mathematician and logician,
died yesterday [March 12, 2016] in Bellingham, Washington,
at the age of 92. She was Emeritus Professor of the 
Philosophy Department, University of Calgary, Alberta."

—   John Brockman at edge.org, March 13, 2016

Some posts from earlier this month are related to mathematical
activity, Bellingham, jumping ahead, and plodding along:

"The process of plodding is being analyzed by proof theory,
a prolific branch of meta mathematics. Still riddled with questions
is the jumping." — Huber-Dyson, loc. cit.

Still riddled — "Why IS a raven like a writing desk?"

It turns out the the picture on the office wall from the
recent film "Spotlight" in last Sunday's 3 PM post 
is not of Bellingham, Washington, but rather of La Paz,
Bolivia. See the update at the end of the post.

Daily Globe  Meets  Daily PlaNet

Office scene from "Spotlight," a 2015 film about The Boston Globe

Detail of the above office scene 

A photo from the Web of Mount Baker and Bellingham WA 
that may or may not match the "Spotlight" picture's location.

Update of 1 AM on March 3, 2016 —

A much better match for the "Spotlight" office picture is this image of
Mount Illimani and La Paz, Bolivia, from dreamstime.com.