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>From: biesel@javelin.sim.es.com (Heiner Biesel)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Understanding Logic (was re: Godel Incompleteness Theorm)
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Date: 27 Apr 92 16:33:38 GMT
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matthew@cs.uq.oz.au (Matthew McDonald) writes:

>nea@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (norman.e.andrews) writes:
>[...]
>>Look, MZ, everyone knows you're bright ...

>	Yes? I've been seeing Mikhail's postings for two years. 

>	It's not obvious to me that he knows much about anything
>he writes about. Although he seems to have a large philosophical
>dictionary I've seen nothing to suggest he's clever.

>	He does know how to drop names. I don't know how many times
>he's posted articles in which he mentions having talked to Church. 
>Now he also implies he knows Herb Enderton. (Maybe he does, who
>cares?) Wow. He must be really really really smart if he talked to
>Church.

>	Mikhail's just a pig-ignorant philosopher with an
>opinion on everything.

>(I wonder if he'll respond...)
 
I doubt it; his net access has been revoked, for reasons not known
to me. He posted a farewell on alt.sex - one of his many haunts - and
suggested that those wanting to stay in touch do so via telegrams in
the future.

Regards,
       Heiner biesel@thrall.sim.es.com


