Re: My paper, and the cheaters

From: Keith A. Lewis (lewis_at_PROBE.MITRE.ORG)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:08:47 +0000 (UTC)

jesse@phiwumbda.org (Jesse F. Hughes) writes in article <87fz566wjr.fsf@phiwumbda.org> dated Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:19:36 +0200:
>jstevh@msn.com (James Harris) writes:
>
>> The problem for posters like "Nora Baron" is that the mathematics
>> supports my position.

You answer Nora's mathematical arguments with emotional ones.

>> I must be wrong.

Heehee. Couldn't have said it better.

>But, I thought that "Nora Baron" was a pseudonym, right?

Probably.

>So what personal stake might she/he/they have here?

Probably a reputation in the math community. The fortune cookie saying
applies here -- "Never wrestle with a pig; you both get dirty, and the
pig likes it."

--Keith Lewis klewis {at} mitre.org
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.