From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/5284 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eduardo J. Dubuc" Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: pragmatic foundation Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:07:59 -0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: "Eduardo J. Dubuc" NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258417029 8105 80.91.229.12 (17 Nov 2009 00:17:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:17:09 +0000 (UTC) To: Vaughan Pratt , categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: categories@mta.ca Tue Nov 17 01:17:02 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from mailserv.mta.ca ([138.73.1.1]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NABkk-0002Vg-2T for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:17:02 +0100 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1NABIu-0006Hi-0Z for categories-list@mta.ca; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:48:16 -0400 Original-Sender: categories@mta.ca Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:5284 Archived-At: Vaughan Pratt wrote: > > Eduardo J. Dubuc wrote: [regarding Manin] >> He does not place himself >> within >> any philosophical or political frame. He feels free to say what it >> crosses his >> mind just as it comes. beautiful ! > > Right, but clearly we cannot extend the same freedom to the hoi polloi, > who cannot be trusted not to abuse it. > > Vaughan Pratt > of course, only a few can make of such freedom a meaningful discourse e.d. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]