Wednesday, October 06, 1999
JSH: Public Apology to Professor Ullrich
Professor Ullrich:
In reading your latest postings I can see that you appear to be quite upset. I am sorry if I have caused this state of mind.
My intention has been to create a stir, controversy and bring attention to what I believe is useful mathematics which has somehow escaped notice up until this time.
It is not to cause harm to any particular individual.
To a certain extent, I assumed that your postings were as a willing participant in "the Game", which is something that I've chosen to define in various ways dependent on the situation. But, in this context, it's a verbal free-for-all where the goal is verbal one upmanship. I only recently realized that you were taking all of this very personally.
I apologize for any personal distress that this "game" may have caused. I am fairly certain that hardly anyone has taken this seriously, and I've seen lots of posts about its appearance of entertainment. I've also made posts that I thought indicated it wasn't to be taken seriously.
I will not reply to any of your posts, but primarily as a means to defuse the situation. Besides, I'm going back to not posting after this.
In reading your latest postings I can see that you appear to be quite upset. I am sorry if I have caused this state of mind.
My intention has been to create a stir, controversy and bring attention to what I believe is useful mathematics which has somehow escaped notice up until this time.
It is not to cause harm to any particular individual.
To a certain extent, I assumed that your postings were as a willing participant in "the Game", which is something that I've chosen to define in various ways dependent on the situation. But, in this context, it's a verbal free-for-all where the goal is verbal one upmanship. I only recently realized that you were taking all of this very personally.
I apologize for any personal distress that this "game" may have caused. I am fairly certain that hardly anyone has taken this seriously, and I've seen lots of posts about its appearance of entertainment. I've also made posts that I thought indicated it wasn't to be taken seriously.
I will not reply to any of your posts, but primarily as a means to defuse the situation. Besides, I'm going back to not posting after this.