Re: JSH: Your funeral


Rupert wrote:

On Sep 11, 10:23 am, JSH <jst...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
The question is, do I have the potential?

If you know that I don't then why worry?

But if you know that I do then make no mistake, the warnings
are nearly over and when I'm done I'll make certain that no
one ever tries what you people did, again.

James Harris

What exactly is your problem with our behaviour?

You post attempted solutions to the factoring problem. We
point out that they don't work. You later agree that they
don't work. What's the big deal? Why are we responsible for
your problems?

I fear that James has discovered The Secret: that his attempts
at a factoring algorithm (or a short proof of FLT, and so
on) have failed BECAUSE sci.math didn't accept it.

I'm only partly kidding here. Judging by the small percentage
of his posts that I've read over the years, James seems to be
infected by a particularly virulent form of social
constructivism, wherein truths are true only BECAUSE of the
social consensus that claims they are true.

There are contexts where this connection between society and
truth is obvious, such as the meaning of natural languages.
There are contexts where this is at least arguable, such as
various aspects of our society (or any society) that are taken
for granted. And there are contexts where this is just stupid,
such as mathematics and physics. James seems to have been
focused like a laser beam on applying social constructivism
to the "That's just stupid" realm for, lo, these many years.

Do I have supporting examples? I suppose those posts where
he threatens us with Consequences unless we agree that
something proven false is true would serve as a start.
But it's really more an over-all impression that I've
developed.

Jim Burns
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