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2014-04-11 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 10 Apr 2014, at 03:52, LizR wrote: I received my copy yesterday and am up to page 25. Very interesting so far, and "discretely charming" :) Thank Liz. I was euphoric when writing it, as I thought that 20 years of stress would end up, but I was naive. I feel like I should write a sequel,

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2014-04-09 Thread LizR
I received my copy yesterday and am up to page 25. Very interesting so far, and "discretely charming" :) -- 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 every

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2014-03-15 Thread LizR
On 16 March 2014 09:39, wrote: > > On Saturday, March 15, 2014 8:38:18 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> On Friday, March 14, 2014 11:26:26 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: >>> >>> On 15 March 2014 08:18, wrote: >>> If you're a Doctor Who fan, I'm reminded of a scene where the Doctor r

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2014-03-15 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 8:50:41 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Saturday, March 15, 2014 8:39:54 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> On Saturday, March 15, 2014 8:38:18 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Friday, March 14, 2014 11:26:26 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: O

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2014-03-15 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 8:39:54 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Saturday, March 15, 2014 8:38:18 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> On Friday, March 14, 2014 11:26:26 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: >>> >>> On 15 March 2014 08:18, wrote: >>> If you're a Doctor Who fan, I'm remin

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2014-03-15 Thread ghibbsa
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 8:38:18 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Friday, March 14, 2014 11:26:26 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: >> >> On 15 March 2014 08:18, wrote: >> >>> >>> If you're a Doctor Who fan, I'm reminded of a scene where the Doctor >>> responds adamantly to a suggested way to deal

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2014-03-15 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 14, 2014 11:26:26 PM UTC, Liz R wrote: > > On 15 March 2014 08:18, > wrote: > >> >> If you're a Doctor Who fan, I'm reminded of a scene where the Doctor >> responds adamantly to a suggested way to deal with a threat by saying "you >> don't understand, I can't do that. I have rul

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2014-03-15 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Mar 2014, at 19:49, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, March 14, 2014 4:46:09 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 14 Mar 2014, at 17:08, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, March 7, 2014 8:18:22 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 07 Mar 2014, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: On 3/6/2014 2:58 PM

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2014-03-14 Thread LizR
On 15 March 2014 08:18, wrote: > > If you're a Doctor Who fan, I'm reminded of a scene where the Doctor > responds adamantly to a suggested way to deal with a threat by saying "you > don't understand, I can't do that. I have rules that I live by" > > The other person responds with a slight contem

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2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 14, 2014 6:49:44 PM UTC, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Friday, March 14, 2014 4:46:09 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 14 Mar 2014, at 17:08, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> On Friday, March 7, 2014 8:18:22 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 07 Mar 2014, at 00

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2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 14, 2014 4:46:09 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 14 Mar 2014, at 17:08, ghi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Friday, March 7, 2014 8:18:22 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> >> On 07 Mar 2014, at 00:05, meekerdb wrote: >> >> On 3/6/2014 2:58 PM, Russell Standish wrote: >> >>

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2014-03-14 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 14 Mar 2014, at 17:08, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, March 7, 2014 8:18:22 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 07 Mar 2014, at 00:05, 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 mentione

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2014-03-14 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 7, 2014 8:18:22 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 07 Mar 2014, at 00:05, 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,

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2014-03-10 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 09 Mar 2014, at 00:58, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Russell Standish > wrote: Hi everyone, Just want to let everyone know that the English translation of Buno Marchal's "The Amoeba's Secret" is now available from Amazon's Kindle store. See http://www.am

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2014-03-09 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 08 Mar 2014, at 12:32, Telmo Menezes wrote: On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:16 AM, LizR wrote: Dear Bruno, I am shocked and saddened to hear what has been done to you. You have my greatest sympathies. (I too have been susceptible to manipulation, as I am rather shy and awkward in person, s

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2014-03-09 Thread Chris de Morsella
: f...@googlegroups.com; everything-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [foar] Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from Kindle store On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Russell Standish wrote: Hi everyone, Just want to let everyone know that the English translation of Buno Marc

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2014-03-08 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Russell Standish wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Just want to let everyone know that the English translation of Buno > Marchal's "The Amoeba's Secret" is now available from Amazon's Kindle > store. See http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IRLEKPA > > > The Amoeba's Secret was writ

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2014-03-08 Thread LizR
On 9 March 2014 00:32, Telmo Menezes wrote: > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:16 AM, LizR wrote: > >> Dear Bruno, I am shocked and saddened to hear what has been done to you. >> You have my greatest sympathies. (I too have been susceptible to >> manipulation, as I am rather shy and awkward in person,

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2014-03-08 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:16 AM, LizR wrote: > Dear Bruno, I am shocked and saddened to hear what has been done to you. > You have my greatest sympathies. (I too have been susceptible to > manipulation, as I am rather shy and awkward in person, so I speak from > experience.) > Liz, people with r

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2014-03-07 Thread Stephen Paul King
Dear Russel and Kim, I remember fondly when the translation of Bruno's thesis was being discussed. I am very happy to see the results of your hard work. Thank you for doing this! I will be buying a copy of it asap. :-) On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 1:43:05 AM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: > > H

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2014-03-07 Thread ghibbsa
On Friday, March 7, 2014 2:38:03 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 07 Mar 2014, at 10:16, LizR wrote: > > Dear Bruno, I am shocked and saddened to hear what has been done to you. > You have my greatest sympathies. > > > Thanks Liz. Actually I think we are all victims of this sad and so much

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2014-03-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Mar 2014, at 10:16, LizR wrote: Dear Bruno, I am shocked and saddened to hear what has been done to you. You have my greatest sympathies. Thanks Liz. Actually I think we are all victims of this sad and so much contingent happening. Without it, perhaps I would have published more ea

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2014-03-07 Thread LizR
Dear Bruno, I am shocked and saddened to hear what has been done to you. You have my greatest sympathies. (I too have been susceptible to manipulation, as I am rather shy and awkward in person, so I speak from experience.) I am very eager to obtain a copy of "the Amoeba's Secret", even more than I

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2014-03-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Mar 2014, at 00:06, Edgar L. Owen wrote: Russell, Are you telling me only a single person, Bruno's advisor, was the judge of whether Bruno's paper should be awarded the prize? And that single person first approved it and then rejected it when he had some dispute with Bruno? That so

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2014-03-07 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 07 Mar 2014, at 00:05, 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 seasone

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2014-03-06 Thread Jason Resch
Congratulations Bruno, and thank you Russell and Kim! I am anxious to get my hands on the hard copy. Jason On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:43 AM, Russell Standish wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Just want to let everyone know that the English translation of Buno > Marchal's "The Amoeba's Secret" is now av

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2014-03-06 Thread Russell Standish
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

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2014-03-06 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 03:06:40PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > Russell, > > Are you telling me only a single person, Bruno's advisor, was the judge of > whether Bruno's paper should be awarded the prize? I doubt X had anything to do with the award of the prize, since it was for a PhD thesis s

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2014-03-06 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Russell, Are you telling me only a single person, Bruno's advisor, was the judge of whether Bruno's paper should be awarded the prize? And that single person first approved it and then rejected it when he had some dispute with Bruno? That sounds quite strange to me. Normally it would be a whole

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2014-03-06 Thread meekerdb
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 rela

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2014-03-06 Thread Russell Standish
On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 06:15:14AM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > Ghibbsa and Bruno, > > Yes, a fair question. Apparently the committee decided Bruno's paper didn't > really deserve the prize. Why was that? Some internal math error > discovered? Some inconsistency with other math theory? Or just

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2014-03-06 Thread Richard Ruquist
"Informatique théorique et philosophie de l'esprit" Information Theory of Spirits (mistranslation intended) My Aristotelian take: >From Leibniz Discourse, http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/leibniz%20-%20discourse%20on%20metaphysics.htm XXXV: The excellence of spirits; that God consi

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2014-03-06 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 05 Mar 2014, at 22:29, ghib...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 8:40:36 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: Many thanks, Russell. Many thanks, Kim. Best, Bruno Is it ok to ask why the prize got revoked? Some kind of politics? It is OK, to ask, but it is delicate. But it is, partiall

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2014-03-06 Thread Edgar L. Owen
Ghibbsa and Bruno, Yes, a fair question. Apparently the committee decided Bruno's paper didn't really deserve the prize. Why was that? Some internal math error discovered? Some inconsistency with other math theory? Or just unwarranted assumptions and conclusions about its application to the rea

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2014-03-05 Thread ghibbsa
On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 8:40:36 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Many thanks, Russell. Many thanks, Kim. > > Best, > > Bruno > Is it ok to ask why the prize got revoked? Some kind of politics? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" g

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2014-03-05 Thread Richard Ruquist
- >> From: LizR >> To: everything-list >> Sent: 04-Mar-2014 19:04:29 + >> Subject: Re: [foar] Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from >> Kindle store >> >> On 5 March 2014 06:29, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> Great news! I

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2014-03-05 Thread Bruno Marchal
t: Re: [foar] Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from Kindle store On 5 March 2014 06:29, Telmo Menezes wrote: Great news! I've got mine already on my trusty ebook reader. Let's displace Paul McCartney http://www.amazon.com/Amoebas-Secret-Paul-Mccartney/dp/B001OD6HR

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2014-03-04 Thread spudboy100
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2014-03-04 Thread LizR
On 5 March 2014 06:29, Telmo Menezes wrote: > Great news! I've got mine already on my trusty ebook reader. Let's > displace Paul McCartney > > > http://www.amazon.com/Amoebas-Secret-Paul-Mccartney/dp/B001OD6HRW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393954155&sr=8-1&keywords=the+secret+of+the+amoeba > > Wow! Gr

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2014-03-04 Thread Telmo Menezes
16 AM > *To:* f...@googlegroups.com; everything-list@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [foar] Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from > Kindle store > > > > Please let me know when the hard copy is available, as I would like a > physical version (ironic, I suspect, g

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2014-03-04 Thread Chris de Morsella
: [foar] Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from Kindle store Please let me know when the hard copy is available, as I would like a physical version (ironic, I suspect, given the subject). On 4 March 2014 19:43, Russell Standish wrote: Hi everyone, Just want to let everyone

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2014-03-04 Thread Bruno Marchal
Many thanks, Russell. Many thanks, Kim. Best, Bruno On 04 Mar 2014, at 07:43, Russell Standish wrote: Hi everyone, Just want to let everyone know that the English translation of Buno Marchal's "The Amoeba's Secret" is now available from Amazon's Kindle store. See http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0

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2014-03-04 Thread LizR
Please let me know when the hard copy is available, as I would like a physical version (ironic, I suspect, given the subject). On 4 March 2014 19:43, Russell Standish wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Just want to let everyone know that the English translation of Buno > Marchal's "The Amoeba's Secret"

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2014-03-04 Thread LizR
I would like to get a "non-kindle version" (!) - is that available? On 4 March 2014 19:43, Russell Standish wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Just want to let everyone know that the English translation of Buno > Marchal's "The Amoeba's Secret" is now available from Amazon's Kindle > store. See http://w

Amoeba's Secret, by Bruno Marchal available from Kindle store

2014-03-03 Thread Russell Standish
Hi everyone, Just want to let everyone know that the English translation of Buno Marchal's "The Amoeba's Secret" is now available from Amazon's Kindle store. See http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IRLEKPA The Amoeba's Secret was written when Bruno received the prestigious Prix Le Monde de la Recherche