He said "Trying to distinguish first between knowledgeable, wise, guru, wizard, etc." before asking the actual mathematics related question.
Beware: the expert "X" is an unknown quantity "spert" is a drip under pressure :D On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Chris Smith <cdsm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 20:58 +0200, Jerzy Karczmarczuk wrote: >> With all my respect: >> I think I know several mathematicians who learning that a person asking >> for help begins with trying to distinguish between knowledgeable, and >> those who just think they are, will simply - to say it politely - refuse >> to engage. > > I don't agree with this. It's the most natural thing in the world to > listen to an answer and then try to figure out whether the speaker knows > what they are talking about or not. Those who expect us to forego that > step aren't really engaged in mathematics any more. > > -- > Chris Smith > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > -- -- Regards, KC _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
