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[Will Graham]

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http://bramcohen.livejournal.com/20140.html?page=2

He tends to have a low opinion of academic asymptotics. I tend to have the same for similar reasons.

I don't think you're in any way smart, really.

Its funny that you would actually believe such a ridiculous thing.

edit -- Actually, I shouldn't say that. You are smart. I would be uncool not to acknowledge it.

Bram Cohen is not famous, not that it would matter if he was. Many people are wealthier than I am, including; Paris Hilton, the Kardashians, and the pets of eccentric millionaires. Also it's weird that you should mention wealth as something that matters in judging people's worth, considering you are the one who pretends to be poor to find out what people really think of him. He is not more educated than I am from what I read, though that is also hardly relevant. You will find many rich people who have been given the greatest education money can buy, and are still not very intelligent at all.

Now we're on to your final point, that Bram is more intelligent than I am. Well intelligence is incredibly subjective and incredibly difficult to define. Someone might be a genius in one field and a fool in another. Kary Mullis developed PCR to an extent that it became an indispensable biological tool, he also promotes AIDS denial and Astrology. This isn't a reflection on anything Bram has said or done, I am just pointing out that it is difficult to flat out say one person is more intelligent than another.

Now onto the words themselves, you still used them out of context. For the sake of clarity let's change Asymptotic to another word , math for example.

"The lack of any concrete numbers at all shows the typical academic hand-wavy 'our math is good, we don't need to worry about reality' approach"

compared to

"I can't say I have much love for academic math"

It just doesn't make any sense the way you structured your sentence, and even he was taking some liberty with how he used the word. All of that aside, I can accept that he has problems with the way formal education operates. After all he did drop out of college. There is a key difference between him and you though. He dropped out of college because it was not right for him, look what he has accomplished. He has made a lot of his life and done what he wanted to do. You claim to think much the same about academics as he does, but what have you accomplished? From what I hear you have only had menial jobs laying floor, working in a grocery store, and somewhere with stringent ketchup packet protocol. It sounds like you are simply claiming formal education is not for you, to avoid the fact you haven't done miuch with your life thus far

If you've heard of the group called anonymous, I was a member of anonymous for about 5 minutes before I changed my mind and decided not to join. Its not a big deal. It was awhile ago back in 2007 or 2008 & I don't have ties with them anymore.

That's more or less the reason I can get info on people sometimes if I decide I want to & why I can answer some of the tech related questions posted here no one bothers with.

If you bothered reading the original post, I clearly stated I was a n00b & never deviated from that.

 

[Squid]

all this arguing

Riddick, I am sorry to hear you are banned forever I will miss your ridiculousness

 

[The Witch]

Also it's weird that you should mention wealth as something that matters in judging people's worth, considering you are the one who pretends to be poor to find out what people really think of him.

That's definitely not hypocritical of him at all. No, no, no!

Now we're on to your final point, that Bram is more intelligent than I am. Well intelligence is incredibly subjective and incredibly difficult to define. Someone might be a genius in one field and a fool in another. Kary Mullis developed PCR to an extent that it became an indispensable biological tool, he also promotes AIDS denial and Astrology. This isn't a reflection on anything Bram has said or done, I am just pointing out that it is difficult to flat out say one person is more intelligent than another.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”― Albert Einstein

 

[Richard B Riddick]

dafuq r u talkin bout?
when have you ever told me that? you and I do not speak to eachother other than in the fanclubs. so i is very confuzzled

It would seem you don't communicate with your sister much.

Bram Cohen is not famous, not that it would matter if he was. Many people are wealthier than I am, including; Paris Hilton, the Kardashians, and the pets of eccentric millionaires. Also it's weird that you should mention wealth as something that matters in judging people's worth, considering you are the one who pretends to be poor to find out what people really think of him. He is not more educated than I am from what I read, though that is also hardly relevant. You will find many rich people who have been given the greatest education money can buy, and are still not very intelligent at all.

I may not care much about wealth, fame or organized education, but I suspect you do.

Hence, I'm attempting to communicate in a native dialect.

Bram Cohen isn't famous simply because he's famous. He's famous because he fuckin invented bit-torrent, killed his business competitors and because hes a fucking genius. Bram Cohen isn't rich because a pile of cash fell out of the sky and landed on him. He's fuckin rich because he's a fucking genius.

Thus, his wealth and fame are directly proportional to how awesome he is not a random byproduct of fate.

Attempting to marginalize his fame and wealth and pretend they're random occurrences which are in no way related to his ability or skill may show bias and prejudice on your part & could be indicative of you twisting things to suit your own preconceptions.

Now we're on to your final point, that Bram is more intelligent than I am. Well intelligence is incredibly subjective and incredibly difficult to define. Someone might be a genius in one field and a fool in another. Kary Mullis developed PCR to an extent that it became an indispensable biological tool, he also promotes AIDS denial and Astrology. This isn't a reflection on anything Bram has said or done, I am just pointing out that it is difficult to flat out say one person is more intelligent than another.

Now onto the words themselves, you still used them out of context. For the sake of clarity let's change Asymptotic to another word , math for example.

"The lack of any concrete numbers at all shows the typical academic hand-wavy 'our math is good, we don't need to worry about reality' approach"

compared to

"I can't say I have much love for academic math"

It just doesn't make any sense the way you structured your sentence, and even he was taking some liberty with how he used the word. All of that aside, I can accept that he has problems with the way formal education operates. After all he did drop out of college. There is a key difference between him and you though. He dropped out of college because it was not right for him, look what he has accomplished. He has made a lot of his life and done what he wanted to do. You claim to think much the same about academics as he does, but what have you accomplished? From what I hear you have only had menial jobs laying floor, working in a grocery store, and somewhere with stringent ketchup packet protocol. It sounds like you are simply claiming formal education is not for you, to avoid the fact you haven't done miuch with your life thus far

You switched an adjective to a noun and think that's a good example?

Actually, I think I see what the problem is. I'll find a better reference... Here:

This is closer to the definition of asymptotic you're looking for:

Asymptotic is an adjective meaning 'of a probability distribution as some variable or parameter of it (usually, the size of the sample from another distribution) goes to infinity.
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http://economics.about.com/cs/economicsglossary/g/asymptotic.htm

all this arguing

Riddick, I am sorry to hear you are banned forever I will miss your ridiculousness

Thank you.

 

[CassinoChips]

Nope.