[UA] God in the Machine

[Rayburn, Russell E.]

<snip>
Pi was good. The director was excellent and the movie on the whole was very
good. But as a mathimatician myself I have to point out that we (!) don't
think or do math like that. In fact I have yet to see a mathematician on
film that is even remotely believable. A friend of mine described the
revelatory proccess of mathematics as an almost religious experience.
</snip>

When it comes to movie portraits of professions, I think accuracy is thrown
away in the search for drama (something I find infuriating).  

Take the movie Hackers:
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0113243

Nice film.  But at no time when I'm coding do shimmering nonsensical symbols
float around my head while I spin in a circle.


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