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From: jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton)
Subject: Re: Penrose's new book
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In article <37eg1e$s81@newsbf01.news.aol.com> jrstern@aol.com (JRStern) writes:
>In article <prior.781873847@latcs1.lat.oz.au>, prior@latcs2.lat.oz.au
>(Richard W. Prior) writes:
> : What a mighty little upstart: "Does anyone know if Penrose....!"
>
>Thank you.
>
> : Roger Penrose would have to have one of the most deft
> : understandings of computers (at least in a 'wider,'
> : 'abstract,' or 'mathematical' sense) anywhere, by virtue of
> : his mathematical inventions, or his use of mathematics to
> : explore other issues (as per his career).
>
>I'm not sure what a deft understanding is.  I have the greatest respect
>for Penrose's work in his own fields, so far as I understand it.  That
>only makes me wonder the more at Emperor.
>
> : Whether he is in the top 5,000 or top 20 such people isn't
> : much of an issue.  Suffice it to say that anyone who was
> : really in a position to laugh at his level of understanding
> : of computers ... would be someone who had already learnt the
> : humility and courtesy to not do so.
>
>I'm afraid it's clear he is not in the top 5,000, and it is an issue.  As
>to my manners, well, perhaps I could have worded the question a little
>more diplomatically.

Why not tell us what you think Penrose misundrstands about
computers and what your evidence is?




