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From: Aatu Koskensilta on 11 Apr 2010 20:40 "Jesse F. Hughes" <jesse(a)phiwumbda.org> writes: > Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.koskensilta(a)uta.fi> writes: > >> "Jesse F. Hughes" <jesse(a)phiwumbda.org> writes: >> >>> Yeah, I hate it when people make stupid claims. >> >> No you don't. > > Well, you found me out. A shot in the dark, it was, but eerily on the mark nonetheless. -- Aatu Koskensilta (aatu.koskensilta(a)uta.fi) "Wovon man nicht sprechan kann, dar�ber muss man schweigen" - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
From: Marshall on 11 Apr 2010 21:11 On Apr 11, 5:14 pm, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote: > Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.koskensi...(a)uta.fi> writes: > > "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> writes: > > >> Yeah, I hate it when people make stupid claims. > > > No you don't. > > Well, you found me out. Such an amusing exchange. But that reminds me, professor Hughes: I have been meaning to recommend someone to your attention. While I do not expect that anyone could rival the estimable Mr. James Harris for the sort of posts which you enjoy, might I suggest you take a look at a Mr. Arindam Banerjee, if you have not already. He apparently has had some sort of breakthrough in the area of physics which will require all the textbooks to be rewritten. Unfortunately a corrupt establishment of scientists who are too blind to see the value of his work are keeping him down. I thought this might possibly be of interest to you. Marshall
From: Jesse F. Hughes on 12 Apr 2010 06:36 Marshall <marshall.spight(a)gmail.com> writes: > On Apr 11, 5:14 pm, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote: >> Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.koskensi...(a)uta.fi> writes: >> > "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> writes: >> >> >> Yeah, I hate it when people make stupid claims. >> >> > No you don't. >> >> Well, you found me out. > > Such an amusing exchange. But that reminds me, professor > Hughes: I have been meaning to recommend someone > to your attention. While I do not expect that anyone could > rival the estimable Mr. James Harris for the sort of posts > which you enjoy, might I suggest you take a look at a > Mr. Arindam Banerjee, if you have not already. He > apparently has had some sort of breakthrough in > the area of physics which will require all the textbooks > to be rewritten. Unfortunately a corrupt establishment > of scientists who are too blind to see the value of > his work are keeping him down. I thought this > might possibly be of interest to you. Matter of taste, I suppose, but Arindam hasn't caught my fancy yet. I'm sure that it's partly because I lean towards mathematical cranks, but presentation matters too. Archimedes Plutonium is as cranky as they come, but his writing style just doesn't appeal to me like JSH. AP comes off as too formal, yet with very odd phrasings. JSH is the genius next door. -- Jesse F. Hughes "The irony of my life is knowledge too advanced for my own planet." -- James S. Harris
From: Robert Carnegie on 12 Apr 2010 23:06 Mike Schilling wrote: > Quadibloc wrote: > > On Apr 10, 6:02 pm, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote: > >> Jonathan Schattke <wiz...(a)gmail.com> writes: > > > >>> It actually points to the failure of "constructivist" mathematicians > >>> over "platonic" ones - the refusal to accept the trichotomy theorem > >>> and infinity leads to strange results. Such as saying there is a > >>> concrete minimum real. > >> > >> How's that? Do constructivists really believe there is a concrete > >> minimum real? > > > > Considering that all the rationals can be constructed, > > The lifetime of the universe is finite; how can you construct an infinite > amount of number in a finte time? Talk about absurdities... With practice you speed up... <http://www.google.com/search?q=achilles+tortoise> ...
From: David DeLaney on 12 Apr 2010 20:58
Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie(a)excite.com> wrote: >Mike Schilling wrote: >> Quadibloc wrote: >> > Considering that all the rationals can be constructed, >> >> The lifetime of the universe is finite; how can you construct an infinite >> amount of number in a finte time? Talk about absurdities... > >With practice you speed up... > ><http://www.google.com/search?q=achilles+tortoise> ... ObSF: Rudy Rucker, _White Light_. Dave "actually also somewhat on-topic for sci.math" DeLaney -- \/David DeLaney posting from dbd(a)vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK> http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K. |