Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki, the Yoda of math and the
ABC Conjecture proof: Won't explain will I!
http://projectwordsworth.com/the-paradox-of-the-proof/
Just for math folks, others please delete.
Just be contrary, I submit that folks without Math *CHOPS* might want to
read on anyway... it is really a story as much about the discipline of
mathematics and it's communal (or not) nature.
Project Wordsworth also seems to be trying to change the model for
funding writing of this nature by soliciting voluntary
payment/support. It seems to be a project run by a group of grad
students (the authors themselves?) from the Columbia University
Journalism dept.
A chance to put our money where our mouth is. My current excuse (which
is sticking in my craw as I type this) is that until there is a good
micropayment method, it is just too much work/risk to put in a credit
card number etc. For the relatively small amount I'm willing to throw
down for this article... I might pay a similar amount to a tip I'd give
the carhop at sonic for a cherry limeade... "$1.60? Here's $2, keep
the change". And ideally it should be just as easy as that.
When I first discovered RadioLab (podcast) they were soliciting support
viat TXT... I don't remember the details but I think I either txted a $$
amount to a specific phone number which they billed me through my phone
service or it was a fixed amount ($5 or $10) that they were soliciting.
In the spirit of "put up or shut up", I feel compelled to "pay my way",
but yet still don't feel there is a good method for doing that at the
same fine grain as tipping carhops, etc. I have supported KUNM in the
past but I neither listen to it on the airwaves nor on the internet,
I've come to being more selective, going straight to the source (e.g.
democracy now, radiolab, sean hannity) for my poisons...
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-- Owen
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