Re: JSH: Questioning certainty


jst...@xxxxxxx wrote:
Gib Bogle wrote:
sg552@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


You are *still* missing the point. Yes, everyone makes mistakes.
However, not everyone behaves in such an obnoxious manner when their
mistakes are pointed out to them. See for yourself; if you were to read
usenet threads other than your own, or even read the whole of your own
threads, you will find that, when one of the mathematicians has a
mistake pointed out, he or she will typically respond by /thanking/
whoever pointed it out. This is exactly as one might expect, of course.
Real mathematicians would rather have a mistake pointed out quickly
than make a tit of themselves by letting it stay in their work. You, it
seems, would much rather make a tit of yourself indefinitely. And
you're doing a very good job of it.

To be fair, he's _extremely_ good at it.

Part of the process of brainstorming involves a LOT of mistakes as
ideas are rapidly generated, and it's just not useful to spend a lot of
time thanking people for each mistake they find, as that takes time,
especially when they know upfront that a lot of mistakes are going to
be out there.

The old ways DO NOT WORK,

As compared to your ways? You haven't come up with a single interesting
result. You've only come up with one correct result.

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