philosophers...
"my proof's shorter
than yours"
About Masago
- Masago
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- From "The Haiku Anthology" I became interested in Haiku and I have since written numerous haiku, senyru, and tanka. "Masago", my haiku pen-name, means "grain(s) of sand" in Japanese. I have recently started learning Esperanto and Japanese. A few years ago I developed a new eastern verse form which we now call 'Renhai'.
My Blog List
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At the Café2 months ago
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I Can Almost Smell it1 year ago
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6 Hantu yang Muncul di Toilet10 years ago
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distant thunder11 years ago
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welcome spring14 years ago
7 comments:
Ouch! said the post-graduate philosophy student.
Philosophers tend to be anything but concise ... Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" runs to 85 pages which I think is a record in philosophical brevity.
Maybe you mean mathematicians or computer scientists? ; )
nice
do you think they drive big cars as proof symbols
The shortest distance between two points, but then, some prefer the scenic route. Good one Vaughn!!
guess a conversation like this could last for days... :)
disputing
in the hospice
who had the longest night
karasu: You certainly must know better about this than me, I only took a logic course from the Philosophy department in University. I had assumed (usually the first mistake) that although Philosophers were proud of their lengthy proofs that their collegues and rivals would be even more pleased to find shortcuts and/or more elegant solutions. But maybe this IS more in the mathematics realm. Thanks for the feedback.
floots: Thanks...I wonder.
pat: I know I like the scenic route sometimes (except when on the way home and I'm hungry). :-) Thanks.
polona: or maybe not as long as that ... *hee hee*
tikkis: i.e. who was awakened the least? :-)
Thank you Aurora for for your insights. I'd love to read some of your haiku. :-)
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