From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/7099 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dusko Pavlovic Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Dualities arising via pairs of schizophrenic objects Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 00:48:14 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Dusko Pavlovic NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1323264785 32716 80.91.229.12 (7 Dec 2011 13:33:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 13:33:05 +0000 (UTC) To: Categories list Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Wed Dec 07 14:33:01 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtpx.mta.ca ([138.73.1.4]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RYHcK-0000h3-6J for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:33:00 +0100 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:49106) by smtpx.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RYHaT-00007T-AO; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:31:05 -0400 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RYHaR-0002WW-CB for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:31:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:7099 Archived-At: i agree that we should not use the term "schizophrenic object" in = category theory. for one thing, it sounds like some sort of a metaphor. we should never = use metaphors. for another thing, it does not sound serious. it might suggest that we = are sometimes joking.=20 i propose that we use the term *bipolar object*.=20 for one thing, it sounds more mathematical. for another thing, in psychiatry they only talk about subjects, not = objects, so there is no confusion. my 2c, -- dusko= [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]