Sunday, May 13, 2007
JSH: Liars are the immature
Publication didn't matter, a fascinating and simple idea like using algebraic residues could be fought, and I keep running into an unending ability of people in math society to just lie.
Many of you are inveterate liars. Lying defines your society, so proof is just a word that you use to help you lie.
But your confidence in your lies is the confidence of those who don't understand history.
If lying were such a powerful strategy then that would dominate the world, but as George W. Bush is finding out, sometimes time catches up to you.
He probably wishes he'd lost that last election right about now, and it's going to get worse.
I promise you people this story is just beginning as it's all about time.
And the lying strategy is that of the young. Your society is immature, like the United States of America, a young country in an old world.
And you will learn—in time.
Many of you are inveterate liars. Lying defines your society, so proof is just a word that you use to help you lie.
But your confidence in your lies is the confidence of those who don't understand history.
If lying were such a powerful strategy then that would dominate the world, but as George W. Bush is finding out, sometimes time catches up to you.
He probably wishes he'd lost that last election right about now, and it's going to get worse.
I promise you people this story is just beginning as it's all about time.
And the lying strategy is that of the young. Your society is immature, like the United States of America, a young country in an old world.
And you will learn—in time.
# posted by James Harris @ 23:56 
