From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/7745 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marta Bunge Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Publicity Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 10:38:34 -0400 Message-ID: References: <24659_1370525088_51B08DA0_24659_212_1_E1Uka9s-0001mR-LE@mlist.mta.ca> Reply-To: Marta Bunge NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1370562163 22788 80.91.229.3 (6 Jun 2013 23:42:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 23:42:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "categories@mta.ca" To: Ross Street Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Fri Jun 07 01:42:45 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtp3.mta.ca ([138.73.1.186]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UkjpL-0002iL-In for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:42:43 +0200 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:37735) by smtp3.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ukjna-0003gZ-NO; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:40:54 -0300 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ukjnb-0003Tm-LA for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:40:55 -0300 In-Reply-To: <24659_1370525088_51B08DA0_24659_212_1_E1Uka9s-0001mR-LE@mlist.mta.ca> Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:7745 Archived-At: Dear Ross,=20 I find this article not only superficial but misleading. Its presentation of= category theory is not only simplified but distorting. I think that it may d= o more harm than good It is important to know how we are seen in some sourc= es, but we need not pay attention to them. Even if (or particularly because)= an article like this one is seemingly laudatory.=20 Best regards, Marta Sent from my iPad On 2013-06-06, at 9:24 AM, "Ross Street" wrote: > http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/350567/description/One_of_the_m= ost_abstract_fields_in_math_finds_application_in_the_real_world >=20 > Perhaps the above article is more good than harm. >=20 > Ross > www.math.mq.edu.au/~street >=20 [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]