From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/3127 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Marta Bunge" Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: RE: cracks and pots Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:06:32 -0500 Message-ID: Reply-To: marta.bunge@mcgill.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241019109 7356 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:31:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:31:49 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Fri Mar 17 23:15:16 2006 -0400 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:15:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.52) id 1FKRm2-0003Hl-Qn for categories-list@mta.ca; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:06:38 -0400 Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 73 Original-Lines: 49 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:3127 Archived-At: Dear John, Thanks for your candid and informative letter. I feel that few people who so far have responded to me (or to others in the discussion that I started) really understand what my concerns are. >Anyway, I'm sure these comments won't put your worries to rest! >They're not really meant to. I just think it's good to see the >issue of "category theory and string theory" as part of a much >bigger and more complicated mess. :-) > Your comments were very interesting and of course they will not put my worries to rest. I am grateful, though, for your taking this as part of a larger issue, on which I could expand more, but will not, since all I wanted was to raise awareness, not to preach (or even less to police). Best thoughts, Marta -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: "John Baez" >To: categories@mta.ca (categories) >Subject: categories: cracks and pots >Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:47:53 -0800 (PST) > >Dear Marta - > >You write: > > > I am relieved to learn (from the postings by David Yetter and John Baez) > > that Motl's blog on the issue of categories and string theory is based >on 1) > > (Yetter) Motl's reluctance, as is the case with many string theorists, >to > > refuse to learn category theory, and 2) (Baez) Motl's personal dislike >of > > John Baez and of many other people, so that since Motl's personality is > > well-known, any damage will be minimal. > >Good! ... [Further repetition deleted by moderator.]