Re: JSH: Math as a religion

jstevh@xxxxxxx writes:

> jstevh@xxxxxxx wrote:

[piggybacking, since I never got the original]

>> You are no longer mathematicians or people really interested in
>> mathematics, but just members of another religion and so, like people
>> who are religious versus logical, you cannot be convinced by logical
>> means.

Really, James, the plagiarism of ideas is getting out of hand here.
First you try to claim the mathematical predictions banner from Petry
and now you trot out his mathematical religion rant. I fear that
next, you'll say something about meaning and computation.

You're supposed to be the trend-setter, the man that proposes bold new
paradigms and discusses mathematics on his own terms. But it seems
like this second coming is just an old has-been trying to jump onto
the bandwagon. As if you were reading sci.math, saw that the Petry/de
Bruin/Orlow cabal were capturing the attention of the group and you
felt left out.

So you came back, but you bundled your rants in their terminology.
Like the politician that affects a Southern accent when talking to
redneck crowds. It's just a bit sad.

Stick with your own schtick.

[Okay, okay, Google confirms that JSH has called math a religion for
years, but I still stick with this editorial advice. He's mimicking
the hot new cranks rather than showing off the classical chops one
gets from a ten year obsession with FLT.]

--
Jesse F. Hughes
"Well, I guess that's what a teacher from Oklahoma State University
considers proper as Ullrich has said it, and he is, in fact, a teacher
at Oklahoma State University." -- James S. Harris presents a syllogism
.

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