Thursday, August 18, 2022

Smart Conversation

I came across this Youtube recently, which some of you may already know about. I've linked straight to where Bucky Fuller was mentioned, as he was given a copy of The Animate and the Inanimate to review, a little known work by one William James Sidis.

William and Bucky were both Harvard men, and the 18 year old Fuller had actually been aware of Siddis, who'd been admitted some years earlier at the tender age of 11. You'll find that story on page 42 in Alec's book.

Alec credits the Siddis lectures to Harvard's Mathematical Club for getting Fuller going on his own "4D" arc and worldline (i.e. meme). Indeed, when Fuller reads the Siddis manuscript, he sees the approximate face of Synergetics (just going to press at that time).

https://youtu.be/zNYK7rnXi9g?t=960

Tibees, the Youtuber, is a serious intellectual scholar, taking the time and trouble to unearth and read the early writings of the later famous. I watched her review of Neil deGrasse Tyson's PhD thesis this morning as well. 

[originally posted to TrimTab Book Club, a listserv moderated by Curt McNamara]