Re: A quiet query from a visitor

Angus Rodgers wrote:

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:44:17 +0200, Han de Bruijn
<Han.deBruijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dissident "school" names: tommy1729, JSH (James Harris), Tony Orlow, WM
(Wolfgang Mueckenheim), Han de Bruijn (HdB), David Petry, Angus Rodgers.

Hey, leave me out of this! I admit to discomfort with the
usual presentation of ZFC as a foundation for mathematics.

Alas. That alone makes you already kind of a "dissident", in my highly
personal and biased classification. Please, read the disclaimer below.

Disclaimer. The above lists are only an approximation of the reality in
'sci.math' and highly relflect the author's opinion and experience.

Furthermore, the mainstream as well as the dissident "mathematicians"
all have a QUITE different background and some of them are FAR more
serious than others.

I hope my tone has not been shrill, strident, cranky or
fanatical; I hope this has been a quiet response to a
quiet query. (I believe in keeping as quiet as possible,
but no quieter.)

Han de Bruijn

.

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