30 Aug
2011
30 Aug
'11
3:16 p.m.
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 20:58 +0200, Jerzy Karczmarczuk wrote:
With all my respect: I think I know several mathematicians who learning that a person asking for help begins with trying to distinguish between knowledgeable, and those who just think they are, will simply - to say it politely - refuse to engage.
I don't agree with this. It's the most natural thing in the world to listen to an answer and then try to figure out whether the speaker knows what they are talking about or not. Those who expect us to forego that step aren't really engaged in mathematics any more. -- Chris Smith