tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post2532758204709608026..comments2024-03-28T22:17:48.180+00:00Comments on Conservative Tendency: Sense and self-indulgent nonsenseMark Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-2876158713995145302010-12-05T04:40:25.984+00:002010-12-05T04:40:25.984+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-66992248450789779202010-12-04T16:36:50.845+00:002010-12-04T16:36:50.845+00:00what;s wrong with it?what;s wrong with it?.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11091123050616861428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-41613402581407245742010-11-26T05:40:59.594+00:002010-11-26T05:40:59.594+00:00Yes, C., and this ties in with the discussion atta...Yes, C., and this ties in with the discussion attached to Lessons of the masters.<br /><br />Alan, I've hardly read any Asimov, but I knew an engineer for whom Asimov could do no wrong: Asimov was his 'thinking master'.<br /><br />I too liked the glaciers. My favorite bit is where Chaitin says mornings are important to him and he prefers to spend them at home ... and then if he gets a bit tired at the office ...<br /><br />But, strangely enough, he does say some very sensible things (not quoted here!) about broader issues in the philosophy of mathematics and related areas. I don't see him as just a gifted mathematician.Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-47728463255890631872010-11-25T23:26:06.719+00:002010-11-25T23:26:06.719+00:00I used to think that Isaac Asimov was the world...I used to think that Isaac Asimov was the world's worst non-fiction writer (I tried to read his autobiography). <br /><br />Chaitin assumes the reader is an idiot who is also fascinated by the trivia of his life. I most admired the bit about the glaciers.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16898681927233029900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-1257290176178746382010-11-25T17:58:40.138+00:002010-11-25T17:58:40.138+00:00The whole is not always more than the sum of its p...The whole is not always more than the sum of its parts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com