What I learned from Class Viewer
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From: Tom Anderson on 22 Jul 2008 12:57 On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Tim Smith wrote: > Well, you'd better be nice to him, or he might unleash The Hammer. > Then we'd all be sorry. > > For those not familiar with The Hammer: > > But I have two bigger results, and one is The Hammer. > > The Hammer is coming, and when I finally fully unleash it, then the > establishment will come down. > > I wonder if P=NP is The Hammer? No, it's a solution to the Halting Problem. As in - STOP! HAMMER TIME! tom -- Sometimes it takes a madman like Iggy Pop before you can SEE the logic really working.
From: Junoexpress on 23 Jul 2008 13:35 > ..Good luck, everyone! > > For those who would prefer to shut down this thread, > I suggest you state that the OP is entirely correct, > everybody else is wrong and being nasty to the OP, > and the OP deserves a ..Nobel prize, or a prize in > Mathematics, or a pony or something for all his > trolling (..errr wait) *efforts.* > > -- > Andrew T. Why do you think JSH is posting here now, rather than sci.math? While his abilities and development are well below that of a bright undergrad, he is really a genius at drawing "smart" people into his idiotic debates / delusional fantasies. This supports a long held theory of mine: it does not seem there is a strong positive correlation between specialized abilities in technical fields and general intelligence. M
From: Christopher Henrich on 24 Jul 2008 15:07 In article <d4f67197-ca4a-4ce3-b806-1be769942fa7(a)56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>, Junoexpress <MTBrenneman(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > ..Good luck, everyone! > > > > For those who would prefer to shut down this thread, > > I suggest you state that the OP is entirely correct, > > everybody else is wrong and being nasty to the OP, > > and the OP deserves a ..Nobel prize, or a prize in > > Mathematics, or a pony or something for all his > > trolling (..errr wait) *efforts.* > > > > -- > > Andrew T. > > Why do you think JSH is posting here now, rather than sci.math? While > his abilities and development are well below that of a bright > undergrad, he is really a genius at drawing "smart" people into his > idiotic debates / delusional fantasies. There have been times when JSH looked as if he were on the brink of getting it. Not recently, however; I think he has been getting worse over the years. Also, many regular posters on sci.math are math teachers, or on the way to being math teachers. JSH looks like a challenge to us. We may take a little time to realize that the challenge is rigged, so that there is no chance of success. It is strange, though, how much he continues to get our attention. When he has been quiet for a while, some people may actually forge JSH postings (Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, eh?) Others seem to have collected some of his more remarkable outbursts, and occasionally repost them. > > This supports a long held theory of mine: it does not seem there is a > strong positive correlation between specialized abilities in technical > fields and general intelligence. I think this is true, and coming to be widely recognized. See books by Howard Gardner on "multiple intelligences." See also books by Goleman on "emotional intelligence." > > M -- Christopher J. Henrich chenrich(a)monmouth.com htp://www.mathinteract.com
From: Junoexpress on 24 Jul 2008 17:08 On Jul 24, 3:07 pm, Christopher Henrich <chenr...(a)monmouth.com> wrote: > In article > There have been times when JSH looked as if he were on the brink of > getting it. Not recently, however; I think he has been getting worse > over the years. > I'm not an expert on the normal human mind, let alone the abnormal human mind, but I think anyone who has watched JSH long enough would agree with the statement that it doesn't take a PhD to recognize he has *some* type of cognitive problem / mental disorder. I don't think I'm stepping too far out of bounds also saying that this cognitive problem definitely has a component of paranoia and megalomania associated with it. Many people have called this NPD, I don't know, as I've never studied this topic, but I also would not argue with them ;>). However, because his mind does not work properly, JSH can never *get it*. That's the whole point here. The best he can do is have moments of lucidity when he realizes he has a problem. But you know that those moments are fleeting, and because there is no need for him to change, (i.e. it is hard to imagine a scenario where he hits rock bottom and has to come to grips with his problem), he never will. All of this seems rather self-evident and I just can't help but watch with a sense of bemusement as these supposedly smart people try to educate someone who does not want education, someone who, in fact, considers these people to be beneath him. I guess some "get it" as you say and some don't. Anyhow as you noted, he is getting worse: it took him exactly one post on a new ng to bring out *all* of his old issues and he is now claiming after a *whole* week of looking at the TSP that he has *the* solution. This is pretty advanced, even for him. > Also, many regular posters on sci.math are math teachers, or on the way > to being math teachers. JSH looks like a challenge to us. > Do you think when a math teacher goes to hell, he is assigned an algebra class with JSH in it? > It is strange, though, how much he continues to get our attention....Others > seem to have collected some of his more remarkable outbursts, and > occasionally repost them. > To me, it's like watching a "Fawlty Towers" episode. Even though I've seen it before, the abnormal behavior of Basil Fawlty always cracks me up. > > > > This supports a long held theory of mine: it does not seem there is a > > strong positive correlation between specialized abilities in technical > > fields and general intelligence. > > I think this is true, and coming to be widely recognized. See books by > Howard Gardner on "multiple intelligences." See also books by Goleman on > "emotional intelligence." > Yes, that's true. In my case, it was the work of Robert Sternberg, who I believe is the "father" of this idea in a sense (see his "triarchic theory of intelligence") that got me thinking along these lines. Cheers, M
From: Daniele Futtorovic on 24 Jul 2008 18:32
On 24/07/2008 23:08, Junoexpress allegedly wrote: > On Jul 24, 3:07 pm, Christopher Henrich <chenr...(a)monmouth.com> wrote: >> In article > >> There have been times when JSH looked as if he were on the brink of >> getting it. Not recently, however; I think he has been getting worse >> over the years. >> > I'm not an expert on the normal human mind, let alone the abnormal > human mind, but I think anyone who has watched JSH long enough would > agree with the statement that it doesn't take a PhD to recognize he > has *some* type of cognitive problem / mental disorder. > ... > <snip arrogant blathering> Why do I get the feeling there's a bunch of people strolling over from sci.math to c.l.j.p to bash on Mr. Harris? To inform everyone he's a mentally insane? But if he really is, does it need to be pointed out? Furthermore, I am aware there are newsgroups where discussions consist snotty remarks. Quite thankfully, c.l.j.p isn't one of those. I for one would be glad (and I doubt I am the only one) if you could refrain from turning it into one, or from contributing to that effect. If Mr. Harris is a troll or turns out to be a nuisance to c.l.j.p, I am quite certain the folks here will be able to deal with him, at least no less no more well than any other NGs. While concise hints and hypothetical NG histories may well be useful, rantings like that above, which make the target actually look a lot better, certainly aren't. -- DF. |