Sorry Pier, but I remember when (I'm an expert analyst/programmer, and my friends know this) my friends, profane about computers, programming languages, etc... told me I was a "wizard". They saw my person as a "dark man": a man who was able to create something from nothing (create energy... incredible!). As result, they ask me many impossible things.
So, I don't think an expert (Mathematician) can be called "High Priest of Academia", since it could take the "not expert people" to get impossible things by such man (High Priest... seems almost a wizard!). And more: "indoctrinated into the Church of Science through rites, rituals and incantation.": this phrase is mystic... it could be a good phrase some centuries ago, but now, in a Rebol forum (ok... mailing-list), I think it is a little bit out-of-place (sorry for my english, but this is not my native language. I hope I was able to spread the concept). A friend of mine always tell me: "Life? A trouble? A problem?" the solution is "Take it easy". --Alessandro On 5/10/06, Pierre Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ________________________________________________ > Get your own "800" number > Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more > http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag > > > ---- On Wed, 10 May 2006, Andreas Bolka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > AB> Mathematicians talking about functions ... > > It's incorrect always everywhere to pluralize a singular > concept. > > A black box PROVIDES function but is a BLACK BOX, not *A* > function. > > Again, as I teach my son, "Lazy with words, lazy within one's > mind." > > In other words, mathematicians are nescient with respect to > speaking. Any Mathematician is nothing more than a High Priest > of Academia, indoctrinated into the Church of Science through > rites, rituals and incantation. > > By misuse of speaking language, any Mathematician can perform > thaumaturgy. > > Thaumaturgy of any kind does not absolve the Mathematician of > being inarticulate. > > Pier Johnson > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
