From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/5338 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eduardo J. Dubuc" Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Dangerous knowledge Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:56:53 -0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: "Eduardo J. Dubuc" NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260369947 23025 80.91.229.12 (9 Dec 2009 14:45:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:45:47 +0000 (UTC) To: jim stasheff , categories@mta.ca Original-X-From: categories@mta.ca Wed Dec 09 15:45:40 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 1NINnM-0000Fu-5r for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:45:36 +0100 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1NINIZ-0005MG-G7 for categories-list@mta.ca; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:13:47 -0400 Original-Sender: categories@mta.ca Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:5338 Archived-At: yes, but be careful, the option is not mathematics or crime, it is mathematics or somenthig else pursue a career in mathematics by (or because) wrong reasons can only lead to a bad mathematician and/or a frustrated man a waste, not a criminal but ... ? jim stasheff wrote: >> and if it makes one youngster pursue a career in mathematics instead of >> crime, that may justify its existence. >> >> Best, >> jb >> > at least one or more episodes of Numb3ers > made that point > > jim > [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]