Re: JSH: Brainstorming over, for now

"Nora Baron" <norabaron@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> jst...@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> Ok, I've finished brainstorming on the SFT and how to best present
> it.
>>
>> It's been a VERY useful few days as most importantly I've managed to
>> air out my paranoia about the dangers of this research, and
> communicate
>> loud and clear I hope, so that the people who are supposed to pay
>> attention to problem areas assuredly noticed!
>>
>> Which makes me feel a little silly for being worried--as nothing has
>> happened--but then again, how do you know if you don't check?
>>
>> My fears about working on the factoring problem go back for YEARS and
>> have affected a lot of things for me, so it's a tremendous relief to
> be
>> here now with what I feel is a major result, and it looks like
>> everything is fine.
>>
>> No worries.
>>
>> Things get a lot more boring from here for the rest of you, as
> there's
>> less need for me to talk anything out, as I think I've learned what I
>> needed to know, and a lot less interest on my part in this subject
>> area anyway, as I'm getting that been there done that feeling.
>>
>> Extreme mathematics is about the extreme--pushing limits and the
>> envelope.
>>
>> Maybe I burned myself out ahead of time on factoring, worrying about
> it
>> so much, but now it just seems like so much old hat.
>>
>> Of course, papers to be sent off, but I have a backlog now. I've
> been
>> sitting on papers versus working them out to be sent off, as it's all
>> just kind of tedious and annoying--the social crap.
>>
>> In any event, the world is still here. The economy didn't crash, and
>> I'm feeling stupid but giddy.
>>
>
>
> So I assume this is what you think suffices as an admission
> that your precious "SFT" was a useless debacle - right?

It's hard to see *what* he thinks, but he clearly still thinks that
SFT is important and interesting. He has not said that it fails to
solve the factoring problem, even though he noticed that the economy
didn't crash.

I think the key is where he wrote "the people who are supposed to pay
attention to problem areas assuredly noticed!" Maybe the crypto
bigwigs and the powers-that-be had a contingency plan for the solution
of the factoring problem. Maybe they read JSH's posts and realized it
was time to implement that plan and *that's* why the world still
spins.

But however we're supposed to interpret this post, I'm pretty damn
sure it's not an admission of failure.

--
"The papers are currently at journals. [When published,] make no
mistake, there will be no place on this planet where you can hide.
Remember, I'm not talking about something vague here. I'm talking
about publication in journals." James S. Harris. Wow. Journals.
.

Relevant Pages

  • JSH: Interesting behavior
    ... SFT itself. ... Simple answer is that "pure math" can't defend itself in the same way ... practical result on the level of the factoring problem. ... If you don't mind losing your mind, ...
    (sci.math)
  • JSH: Brainstorming over, for now
    ... My fears about working on the factoring problem go back for YEARS and ... Of course, papers to be sent off, but I have a backlog now. ... I'm feeling stupid but giddy. ... Sometimes fears are just uncalled for, and unnecessary, but you have ...
    (sci.math)
  • Re: JSH: Brainstorming over, for now
    ... > My fears about working on the factoring problem go back for YEARS and ... > Of course, papers to be sent off, but I have a backlog now. ... > I'm feeling stupid but giddy. ... > Sometimes fears are just uncalled for, and unnecessary, but you have ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Re: JSH: Surrogate Factoring Fails Completely, What Next?
    ... > The SFT as a theorem is unique in terms of that approach to the ... > factoring problem, showing that you can use rationals. ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • Re: JSH: Brainstorming over, for now
    ... The economy didn't crash, and ... SFT is important and interesting. ... solve the factoring problem, even though he noticed that the economy ...
    (sci.math)