Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science
From: aeo6 (aeo6_at_cornell.edu)
Date: 03/18/05
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:59:20 -0500
Wolf Kirchmeir said:
> Tony Orlow (aeo6) wrote:
> > Lester Zick said:
> [...]
> >>Well the problem is the definition as it stands works for a sphere and
> >>doesn't work for circle, Tony. Not my problem.
> >>
> >>Regards - Lester
> >>
> >
> > Why doesn't it work for a circle? Which part of the circumference is not one
> > radius from the center? You can even define a 1D circloid, on a line, as a
> > center, and all points equidistant from it. Of course on a line, that's only
> > two points, one radius to either side of the center point. Did you notice that
> > the contained space of the 1D circloid is 2r, and the boundary measure is the
> > derivative, 2? This derivative relationsip using r as a unit measure is true
> > for circloids of all dimensions.
>
> Lester ignored that "circle" is a 2D figure, so that the definition
> didn't have to explicitly exclude points outside the surface in which
> the circle was inscribed. He did this so he could make a "droll" remark
> and score a point off kolker. Anything to prove that he's a genius, and
> kolker is too stupid to understand his epoch-making discoveries.
>
Methinks perhaps they protest too much!! Can you say, "love taps"? ;)
-- Smiles, Tony
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