[FRIAM] Arrow's theorem or this mailing list?

glen ☣ gepropella at gmail.com
Thu Jun 1 12:42:49 EDT 2017


Ha!  I would never say such a thing, because I agree with von Neumann:

  https://pionic.org/understanding-vs-knowing

"In mathematics you don’t understand things. You simply get used to them."  Note, however, that I vehemently disagree with the gist of that article, though.

On 05/31/2017 03:57 PM, Gillian Densmore wrote:
> <def humourXMS==funny>
> <Humor>
> Then I'm supposed to say something like but but what if we could make a
> Tardis and proclaim All hail Galifrey!, and this is about where I feel like
> shouting: Computer End program, herbal tea, warm!.
> (doing my best/worst picard impersonation)
> 
> Glen then says something like: ok smart alec. Let me explain Arrows
> Conjector so as you can understand! and besides it's early grey, hot! :P
> ^_^ :P
> I then say: Huh well my poor little dyslexic brain thought thought Arrows
> Conjecture  shows why with any given group of people they are unlikely to
> agree on everything, somethings but not everything..
> Some else says: Your doing type thinking again and sounding a bit smarmy!
> that's close-sort of, with all mathy conjectures theirs about 5 butts to
> know about. as well!..
> </Humor>
> (This is my bad attempt at being funny)

-- 
☣ glen



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