On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 03:05:42PM -0800, meekerdb wrote: > On 3/6/2014 2:58 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > >My only comment is that I don't think X's hostility towards Bruno > >started when he mentioned the question "Goedel?" in class. That, in > >itself, should not be sufficient to earn the ire of even the most > >seasoned of psychopaths. Instead, I suspect the relationship soured > >badly during Bruno's end-of-studies dissertation, probably because > >Bruno had an inquiring mind, and X just wanted him to focus on his own > >research interests (not an uncommon occurrance - I had something > >similar in my PhD, but without the consequences Bruno > >faced). Nevertheless, that doesn't excuse X's actions, which remain > >appalling by anyone's standard. > > Why so circumspect about the identity of X. With so many mentions > it would be easy for anyone to dig up to whom "X" refers, so why not > just use his name? > > Brent
Bruno has his reasons for being circumspect about X's identity, and I respect those. However, he is not anyone of major note in the academic community, barely appearing in Google searches, for example. Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
