In a message dated 7/1/2008 11:14:03 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
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It's not even comprehensive. I could have written a
better survivalist entry... bleah.
Would a pro-luddite website be an oxymoron?
Vilyehm
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It's not even comprehensive. I could have written a
better survivalist entry... bleah.
--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BTW, it's frustating that the only reference to
> David Brin in
> the Conservapedia is in article:
>
> http://www.conservapedia.com/Survivalist_retreat
>
>
David Hobby wrote:
>
>> If you consider that Wikipedia's math content was stolen
>> from Eric W. Weisstein's MathWorld, who, in his turn, also
>> stole from voluntary contributions, then I think it's fine.
>
> In my experience, the two differ a fair amount. To be fair,
> there are only so many w
BTW, it's frustating that the only reference to David Brin in
the Conservapedia is in article:
http://www.conservapedia.com/Survivalist_retreat
Alberto Monteiro
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Alberto Monteiro wrote:
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> I guess the only vaguely math related topic in the Bible
> is the approximation pi ~ 3.
But how can we do mathematics without divine guidance!?
>>> Conservapedia is quite poor in Math articles.
>> Hence the question: How blatantly can they steal content
>> they want
David Hobby wrote:
>
> A lot of people don't like imaginary numbers, so that would
> be popular. I don't think it says in the Bible that sqrt(2)
> is rational, so they'd probably let it stay irrational. : )
>
I guess the only vaguely math related topic in the Bible
is the approximation pi ~ 3.
Dan M wrote:
>
>> OTOH, maybe a conservative math would be comfortable with an
>> absolute universal set...
>
> For a while the Catholic church would only accept Cardinal numbers
> up to 72. :-)
>
No, if you take God's promise to Abraham, modified by the New
Testament interpretation, that the
> -Original Message-
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> Behalf Of Nick Arnett
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:08 AM
> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
> Subject: Re: Bacteria evolve; Conservapedia demands recount
>
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 7:00 AM, Dan
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 7:00 AM, Dan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Good old Tommy Aquinas argued against that about 1000 years ago. But, he's
> Catholic and suspect.
It would have been rather difficult for him to have been a Protestant.
Are there conservative Christians who seriously say t
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
...
>> There are some thorny problems for religious fundamentalists,
>> even in mathematics. The only safe thing to do might be to
>> have a completely finitary mathematics, making no assumptions
>> about infinite objects whatsoever.
>>
> Maybe a conservative math should ba
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:32 AM
> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
> Subject: Re: Bacteria evolve; Conservapedia demands recount
>
> OTOH, maybe a conservative math
David Hobby wrote:
>
> Hi. Thanks for pointing out the status of the Conservapedia.
> I'd say it's a good thing, since I don't really want the
> authors trying to edit Wikipedia!
>
As if there were enough trolls in the Wikipedia...
> There is an interesting question: Could Conservapedia just
> (Maybe they'll get around to copying material for it
> eventually.) But this axiom implies the Axiom of Choice.
Being religiously minded, I tend to take a totally different tact with
literalists. I agree that scripture is the inspired word of God. But, I
then to go whether it was intended to
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> I love the Conservapedia. It's an endless source of humor. Maybe
> I should sign in and create an account. Some articles, like...
>
> http://www.conservapedia.com/Axiom_of_Choice
>
> ... lack enough "conservatism"; there's no line claiming that
> the Axiom of Choice is a
I love the Conservapedia. It's an endless source of humor. Maybe
I should sign in and create an account. Some articles, like...
http://www.conservapedia.com/Axiom_of_Choice
... lack enough "conservatism"; there's no line claiming that
the Axiom of Choice is atheistic mathematics and the work of S
On 01/07/2008, at 11:27 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
>
> On 1 Jul 2008, at 01:55, William T Goodall wrote:
>
>> "By John Timmer | Published: June 29, 2008 - 11:35PM CT
>> Noises off
>
> http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/conservapedias-evolutionary-foibles.ars
It's well worth reading Lenski
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