Re: Explaining the rest, Galois Theory
From: James Harris (jstevh_at_msn.com)
Date: 10/06/04
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Date: 5 Oct 2004 17:26:52 -0700
"Michael Lockhart" <ml1000@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<_mv8d.29548$yp.7611@bignews1.bellsouth.net>...
> Quick question: why do you bother? He trolls along, spewing inaccurate
> "mathematics" at a nauseating pace. Every step of the way, people like you
> are kind enough to do the real work for him and patiently show him what
> actually is the case (instead of the stupid things he says to begin with).
> All along the way, he insults every one of you for being too stupid,
> money-loving, or evil to understand or acknowledge his genius. Then, after
> you've spent months educating him (why??), he either says, "Oops, sorry.
> Now, my *new* idea is..." or just never mentions it again and procedes on as
> before, still going on and on about how no one recognizes his genius.
>
> What do you get out of correcting an incorrigible person's bad math while he
> insults you? I would suggest that you'd be doing yourself a favor if you
> kill-filed him--or at the very least didn't do any more math for him.
>
> Michael
Why are you bothering to try and control another Usenet poster?
See? You're not actually rational. You probably thought you were
rational when you made your post, and probably feel like it's quite
logical to make a post to try and control the posting of another
Usenet poster, but it's wacky.
Human beings have an eery ability to believe opposite things at the
same time!
Mathematicians lack this ability.
Like I could control you easily enough by putting you in a group that
had beliefs that I wanted you to have, as you'd go to the group, and
even telling you NOW that I could do it, wouldn't change the effect!
You'd still take on the group beliefs, and would hold on to them as
strongly as you hold on to group beliefs now.
That human characteristic is needed to control populations.
That's why it's built into you.
I'm looking for mathematicians. Mathematicians for various reasons
lack the same circuitry.
James Harris
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