Re: Self-reference.

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From: Randall Holmes
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:25

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In article <TORKEL.93Jan28035348@anhur.sics.se> torkel@sics.se (Torkel Franzen) writes:
>In article <C1JHyx.C96@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> wft@math.canterbury.ac.nz 
>(Bill Taylor) writes:
>
>  [Quoting an article on self-reference]
>
> >.....one can hardly expect to learn much. One just gets the thrill of 
> >something amusing, but also whimsical, confused, and a little bit unnerving -
> >intriguing but not worth pursuing seriously - something basically
hollow.

How true!  Who could possibly be interested in the Cantor theorem, the
insolubility of the halting problem, and other such whimsical results!

>
>  This kind of comment demonstrates the amazing extent to which the
>Hofstadter-style mystification of self-reference has taken root even
>among mathematicians. They think to find unnerving whimsy in simple
>mathematics...

Simple?!?

>



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The opinions expressed		|     --Sincerely,
above are not the "official"	|     M. Randall Holmes
opinions of any person		|     Math. Dept., Boise State Univ.
or institution.			|     holmes@opal.idbsu.edu

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