From jcowan@reutershealth.com Thu Oct 03 12:47:35 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_4); 3 Oct 2002 19:47:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 48490 invoked from network); 3 Oct 2002 19:47:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Oct 2002 19:47:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail2.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.151) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Oct 2002 19:47:33 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail2.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA10900; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:59:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200210031959.PAA10900@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:46:56 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: a new kind of fundamentalism To: pycyn@aol.com Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:46:56 -0400 (EDT) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <195.e4f30c1.2acdf5ae@aol.com> from "pycyn@aol.com" at Oct 03, 2002 03:34:06 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan pycyn@aol.com scripsit: > Complex technical questions require complex technical answers. If they give > rise to simple questions, then simple answers will be available. Well, no. Some very simple questions require very deep answers, e.g. "Are there any solutions to the equation a^n + b^n = c^n, n > 2, and if not, can you prove it?" Likewise, complex questions may lead to simple answers. -- John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_