STATED MEETING REPORTThe Problem of Thinking TooMuch'"- 1j XPersi Diaconis, Mary V. Sunseri Professoro f Mathematics andStatistics, Stanford UniversityIntroduction: Barry C Mazur,Gerhard Gade University Professor,Harvard UniversityBarry C. MazurPersi Diaconis is a pal of mine. He's also someonewho, by his work and interests, demonstrates theunity of intellectual life-that you can have thebroadest range and still engage in the deepest proj-ects. Persi is a leading researcher in statistics, prob-a...