Re: John Gabriel's Average Tangent Theorem

From: Jim Ferry (corklebath_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: 16 Feb 2005 13:58:39 -0800

Jason wrote:
> I am in complete agreement with you on this matter. They are amoebas
> who don't have a clue of what they are talking about. Every Tom, ***
> and Harry throws in his 2 cents worth without so much as looking at
> Gabriel's work. They are trying to pick everything apart by
definitions
> which they do not fully understand nor ever will be able to because
> they are amoebas as you correctly stated. It's fashionable to
decorate
> their bad sentences with words such as coherent, non-sequitur and
> crank.
> When they don't understand something or someone, he or she is a
crank.
>
> However, I am hoping against hope that someone out there who has any
> gray matter may stumble upon this and give me some intelligent
> feedback. Please look at the mathematics and stop wasting too much
time
> on definitions which are probably not 100% correct to begin with.
> Differentiability is not a well-defined concept - did you know this
> Hammick?

The history of sci.math shows that it viciously attacks anyone who
tries to upset the mathematical status quo. It is rare to find someone
here who displays intelligence and a deep understanding of mathematics.
 Furthermore, those rare minds that are so blessed seem to have been
stunted by the process of formal mathematical "education" to such a
degree that they no longer possess the capacity to have, or even to
appreciate, original thoughts.

In fact, there is only one person here who is has the intelligence, the
open-mindedness, and the integrity you require. His name is James
Harris, and he is everything you're looking for and more.
Unfortunately, he does not seem inclined to speak to you.

Why not? I'm not exactly sure. Perhaps it's because the howling
Boeotians who populate this newsgroup have worn him down. Perhaps he's
too brilliant and busy to bother with anyone's theories but his own.
Then again, it could simply be that the abusive language with which
your critics have attacked you has offended his delicate sensiblities.

You might think to seek him out, but I'll tell you right now: don't
bother. It's a waste of time to try to be this guy's friend. Either
he deigns to come to you or not. I suppose this makes him a prima
donna, but I when you're that brilliant, it's your prerogative.
There's no need to blame him for assuming he's better than you. He's
nearly always been right in making that assumption before.

It is a shame, though, that you two kindred minds seem destined to go
separate ways.

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