🚀 go-pugleaf

Peter Seebach wrote:

> I would argue that it's inappropriate to complain to his ISP, even though
> he's irritating, because he occasionally talks about free software.
>
> He's a good guy, he's just *very* attached to a delusional set of beliefs
> which reinforce each other.  He's got a set of "experts" picked, and anything
> any of them says is assumed right.
>
> Unfortunately, Bertrand Russell is one of them, so he believes that, in math,
> "true" and "can be derived from axioms" are completely equivalent, and he
> basically denies the useful results of G"odel's work.  He has a large number
> of premises which are almost-consistent, but which are each based on
> conclusions drawn from other premises in the group.  He believes in statistics
> if they support his side, but he refuses to learn to analyze them; for a good
> laugh, see his response to my suggestion that he read Huff's _How To Lie With
> Statistics_.
>
> That said, if he ever gets his head on straight, he'll be a really great guy
> to know.  He's clearly bright, he just hasn't got the instinctive mental rigor
> that he needs to get out of his current box.
>
> -s
> [And yes, this is horribly condescending.  Don't worry, you can't hurt his
> feelings, he doesn't have emotions.  *sigh*.]

ROTFLMAO. This is priceless! But considering the source of this analysis
(someone whose own belief system contradicts reality twenty different ways
from tuesday)  you'll excuse me if I don't rush to junk a belief system I've
spent literally thousands of man-hours refining.