Re: Abolish Fractions???? the nutty professor 3 -> out now !!

quasi wrote :

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:25:36 EST, tommy1729
<tommy1729@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Gerry myerson wrote:

In article
<gig2q3d6ll02jc6ge044n7paum35gjn19v@xxxxxxx>,
quasi <quasi@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:38:02 -0800 (PST), amzoti
<amzoti@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Thoughts?



http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/mathscience/2008
-01-23-fractions_N.htm

He's a kook.

When you've accomplished one-tenth of what he has,

maybe you can call him a kook. In the meantime,
I suggest you
1. don't believe everything you read in usatoday,
2. keep a civil finger on your keyboard, and
3. wait until you see a detailed exposition by the
man himself.

--
Gerry Myerson (gerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (i -> u for
email)

so you support the idea ??

the idea is even too crazy for JSH !!

i dont know about america but here in europe you
cant become a prof in math if you cant work with
fractions. :p

abolish fractions ?? get real !!

he should have better said abolish aleph_3 instead
of fractions.

will mathematics in the future include aleph 3 ,
aleph 4 , aleph 82 , beth 34 , epsilon 72 ...
but no longer fractions.

nice going america !!

why might as well replace sqrt(x) with a
mathematical god proof.
( certain american religious politicians would be
pleased )

what's next ? abolish non-euclidean geometry ???

abolish matrices ???

we might as well hand over the fields medal to JSH
for his ring of objects then.

and since we dont work with fractions anymore we can
also forget about divisions ...

and thus also factoring or primes...

in fact , abolish number theory id say.

the nutty professor 3 -> out now !!

But if you watch the video,

the nutty professor ? no thanks. :p



<http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/news/sixtysec_lectures_
archive.html#D>

oh that video :)

still -> no thanks , i wont waste my time looking at a video of someones stupid claim , even if its just a stupid joke.

afterall such sence of humor is as insane as the idea.

and if hes doing this to sell his book , THAT PROF IS A DISCREASE.

all for money hmm !!!

a CONSPIRACY with the media , the education and the government !!

( on behalf of the taxpayers )





it will be (almost) immediately obvious that he's not
serious -- it
was just a spoof. In other words, he's just kidding!

oh hahaha , but he is still a fucking liar , JUST to sell his book.

luckily i dont live in america else id be ashamed in his place !



But he got taken literally, both by the news media,
and by others as
well.


to sell his book !! , no coincidence ! ; im not naive.


Many sci.math regulars took it more seriously
than they should
have for the simple reason that the idea was
presented by a well
known, highly respected mathematician.


thus proving there are many fools in sci.math who will believe ANYTHING " standard " or said by a " respected mathematician ".

this is a time for them to admit the " masters " do actually lie !!!

and for the same reason ( following the " master " blindfully ) they accept aleph_3.

unfortunately cantor did not live long enough in sanity to admit his joke.

in fact he was locked up in a nuthouse.

( wiki for it if you dont believe me , he was declared " mentally ill " by the doctors ; not to say LUNATIC )

In other
words, "The Emperor's
Clothes" phenomenon.



exactly , and if the emperor's clothes are aleph_3 , we support aleph_3.

no questions asked.

its like A ******* RELIGION.

( almost any anticantorian knows cantor was a religious fundamentalistic freak , and cantors theory is a " religion" rather than a fact , just as his " god proof ")



I'll proudly point out that even before watching the
video, I wasn't
fooled for a minute.

i had my doubts too , but the prof is still a nut or a darn kapitalist !!! trying to sell his book.

lies for money !!

and the zombies follow the leader , instead of using their brains. ( or dont have brains of their own )



But it just goes to show how dangerous kidding can
be.

how kapitalistic !!!

lies are all over the planet.

reasons :

1) money , kapitalism , materialism , egocentrism
( you get the idea )
2) politics , religion and power ( to reach 1) indirectly )
3) lies to cover up other lies.


math is suppose to be about "abstract truth" , not about lies to sell a book or please dumb students.


they should take away his title of prof.

( unless he proves RH )


Given that he
actually _is_ kidding (I mean he really is, isn't
he?)


i hope so , else he's dementing.

( and thats not a good reason to buy his book either ! )



, he could
inadvertently get taken seriously by the _funders_ of
education, thus
seriously damaging math education in the US (and
possibly the world --
after all -- if the US does it, it must be right, or
at least, that's
what funders of education in other countries might
conclude). Thus, a
silly joke, presumably intended to create publicity
for his book, sets
mathematics back a few thousand years. Nice going,
DeTurck!

indeed ; nice going de turk.

( he doesnt deserve a capital letter anymore id say )



As an analogy, to show how kidding can potentially be
dangerous,
consider the following hypothetical scenario ...

Thus, what if Bush were to _joke_ publicly, saying
that he thinks we
should "nuke" Iran. People might take him seriously.
The next thing
you know, with the resulting paranoia, a world war
might ensue.

you have no idea how likely that is, i dont think you wanna know.



quasi

i was happy at least you did not fall for the lie or insanity.


if JSH would have said that , he'd be an imbecil , now that a prof said that ; its a great idea !!!

or a super joke.

BUT you cant fool tommy : its a insane stupid idea , or a insane stupid joke ; and if its a joke ; not so innocent !!!

a lot of damage to math reputation , and pure egocentrism to promote his book.

i certainly wont read it.

probably garbage anyways.

( like a big part of NKS , despite its popularity and superduper promises like : math of the future , a new kind of math etc )

if his book also mentions aleph_3 and aleph_4 i will buy them all.

to burn them down that is.

regards
tommy1729
.