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skreidle in mathsex

Erotic Equations?

Apr 13, 2010 18:11

Erotic equations: Love meets mathematics on film | CultureLab | NewScientist -- [Sex and math may not be the most obvious pairing, but Edward Frenkel knows otherwise. The 41-year-old mathematician and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, sacrificed his clothes and €100,000 to show the world the beauty of mathematics. The ( Read more... )

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mothwentbad April 14 2010, 04:20:00 UTC

Hmmm. It sounds like this film will do absolutely nothing to help anyone understand what math or mathematicians are about at all. But I guess it's silly to expect to learn anything at all from film about what life is actually like for real people. From the looks of it, you'd learn about as much from this about math as you would learn about the army as you would from Blowjob Boot Camp or whatever.

skreidle April 14 2010, 04:31:09 UTC

Well, the movie it was based on (per the article) was about love and ritual suicide, so I expect it'll be pretty fucked up either way. Still, could be interesting.

mothwentbad April 14 2010, 04:42:33 UTC

I guess, but it sounds like the only "math" in it is a totally inappropriate product placement stunt for his thesis or whatever... and I'm pretty sure his thesis isn't the golden key to love that can also destroy us all if placed in the wrong hands.

yomimashou April 14 2010, 05:19:55 UTC

math + sex + Mishima = DISTURBING

Also, the whole "equation for love that could destroy us all" is really painfully campy. XD