Re: Math society, weird behavior

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Date: 01/27/05

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    jstevh@msn.com wrote:
    [Professional mathematicians]
    > don't seem to care about the social consequences of ignoring
    > discoveries, nor do they seem to even care about whether or not
    they'll
    > get caught, as they don't seem to believe it's possible that they
    WILL
    > get caught.

    For clarity, you mean 'get caught' ignoring discoveries, right?

    >
    > And I suggest to you they don't think so because they've been doing
    it
    > now for so long, and so many major discoveries have just been hidden.

    Oh, wow. Like what? Got any examples? Wait, they're hidden, so you
    don't, OK.

    >
    > Then again, maybe they're not exactly operating in the same world as
    > the rest of us, as if you dig a little bit and see the reactions of
    > some professional mathematicians to discoveries by people who managed
    > to get *some* news out, then you'll have to wonder.

    It would help if you actually said what on earth you were talking about
    here. It looks like you're saying that there are people who managed to
    get some 'news' of 'major discoveries' 'out' from the world where
    professional mathematicians were keeping them 'hidden'. Is this what
    you mean? And you want us to look at the reaction of professional
    mathematicians to those people?

    > Dig a little. See what I mean. If you look for the evidence you'll
    > find it.

    Er... no, we're going to need a little more help. Unless you're talking
    about people like Beckwith and Escultura? Or not. What are these 'major
    discoveries'? Just *what* exactly are you talking about? 

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Larry Lard
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