Pat: (01)
My sincere condolances for the death of your close friend. (02)
Duane (03)
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On 17-Apr-09, at 15:23, "Pat Hayes" <phayes@xxxxxxx> wrote: (05)
>
> On Apr 17, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Azamat wrote:
>
>> Somebody missed his home-made project of conceptual standards, and
>> now in a
>> very very low mood.
>
> Interesting diagnosis. In fact I am in a low mood, but one engendered
> by the death of a close friend, and hence reflecting on how best to
> use what time I myself have left. And arguing with ignorance isn't it.
>
>>
>> Many big minds were autodidacts:
>
> True. I have been waiting for someone to point this out. The obvious
> response, however, is that not all autodidacts are great minds. The
> number of uninformed, cranky, self-opinionated and just plain crazy
> autodidacts overwhelms the very few who have been geniuses. (Myself, I
> love most the ones on the edge, who were both geniuses AND cranky,
> crazy people, such as CS Pierce and Nikolas Tesla; but those are even
> less common than the great minds.)
>
> Pat
>
>
>
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