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#76 2014-06-12 04:05:23

phrontister
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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

I knew I wasn't brainy! I only make mistakes most of the time!


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#77 2014-06-12 04:06:25

bobbym
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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Are their pieces of your brain sticking out of your head? If so, then you are brainy.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#78 2014-06-12 04:24:50

phrontister
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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Hang on...I can feel something sticking out of the top of my head. I'll go and check.

*returns from the bathroom*

No...it's ok. It was just my cup of hot chocolate that I'd parked up there, waiting for it to cool down. When I put hot cuppas on my desk I forget them until they're at room temperature, but this way they're always on my mind.


"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

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#79 2014-06-12 04:30:27

bobbym
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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

A good idea.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#80 2014-06-12 04:34:10

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

When can we expect BM3?


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#81 2014-06-12 04:37:21

bobbym
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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

That will be forthcoming. I still feel that all the juice has not been drawn from 1 and 2.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#82 2014-06-29 04:50:13

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

bobbym wrote:

Why assume they are roboticists?

Who are they, then?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#83 2014-06-29 04:54:53

bobbym
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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Are you familiar with the legendary pair, "Abbot and Costello?"


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#84 2014-06-29 05:08:57

Agnishom
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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

bobbym wrote:


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#85 2014-06-29 05:10:17

bobbym
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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

They were famous for doing comedy routines.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#86 2014-06-29 05:11:06

Agnishom
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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Ok, so?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#87 2014-06-29 05:22:45

bobbym
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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Abbot would always pose tough questions for Costello, they would perplex him because they would ask questions like you just did.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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