Re: [Vo]:Rothwell Storms describe Arata paper

[Jed Rothwell]

Steven Krivit wrote:

I should also ask, have you submitted this to one of the journals in 
which Arata has published his papers?


Nope.

The only thing we did was send it to Arata a couple of weeks ago, in 
case he wanted to comment. He did not respond. We sent a copy to 
Takahashi as well, but he had nothing to say either.


- Jed

Re: [Vo]:Rothwell Storms describe Arata paper

[Harry Veeder]

On 11/7/2008 4:19 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:

 Steven Krivit wrote:
 
 I should also ask, have you submitted this to one of the journals in
 which Arata has published his papers?
 
 Nope.
 
 The only thing we did was send it to Arata a couple of weeks ago, in
 case he wanted to comment. He did not respond. We sent a copy to
 Takahashi as well, but he had nothing to say either.
 
 - Jed
 

Is Arata's lack of responsiveness a result of cultural differences or
personal differences?

In other words, is there a Japanese way of criticising?

Harry

Re: [Vo]:Rothwell Storms describe Arata paper

[Jed Rothwell]

Harry Veeder wrote:


Is Arata's lack of responsiveness a result of cultural differences or
personal differences?

In other words, is there a Japanese way of criticising?


Arata is the most un-Japanese person I know. He is the antithesis of 
the typical Japanese personality type beloved of anthropology 
textbook writers. Heck, I am more Japanese than he is.


I expect he did not respond because he is very upset with me at the 
moment, for reasons so silly they are not worth mentioning.


Also, he doesn't take criticism well.

- Jed

Re: [Vo]:Rothwell Storms describe Arata paper

[Edmund Storms]

A universal way of critiquing in science is recognized by most 
scientists, which was followed in this case. Arata was given a chance to 
respond, as he would be given by any journal when a paper critical of a 
person's work is submitted. We can not know why he did not respond and 
it does not matter. Hopefully, he will supply the missing information in 
the future now that the need has been made clear.


Ed

Harry Veeder wrote:


On 11/7/2008 4:19 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:



Steven Krivit wrote:



I should also ask, have you submitted this to one of the journals in
which Arata has published his papers?


Nope.

The only thing we did was send it to Arata a couple of weeks ago, in
case he wanted to comment. He did not respond. We sent a copy to
Takahashi as well, but he had nothing to say either.

- Jed




Is Arata's lack of responsiveness a result of cultural differences or
personal differences?

In other words, is there a Japanese way of criticising?

Harry