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>From: zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny)
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Subject: Re: An apology to Mr. Krishnaprased (was re: Godel's
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In article <1992Apr23.164131.15250@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
wlfong@logos.waterloo.edu (Philip W. L. Fong) writes: 

PWLF:
>              An Open Apology to Mr Thirunarayan Krishnaprasad
>              ================================================
>
>Dear Thirunarayan Krishnaprasad,
>
>Recently I posted a request for reference to introductory text on Godel's
>Incompleteness Theorm.  You are one of the people to whom I would like to
>express my gratefulness for the helpful information you have provided.
>
>Today, I read an article <1992Apr22.124607.11418@husc3.harvard.edu>
>in COMP.AI.PHILOSOPHY written by Mr. Mikhail Zeleny, which quotes 
>your reply, and, to my taste, contains some insulting remarks.  I included
>that in the end of this posting for reference.
>
>I am deeply resentful for the irresponsible remark posted by Mr. Mikhail
>Zeleny in the newsgroup.  I would also like to apologize for creating
>all these arguments by posting a summary of the replies I got.  As a new
>reader of the newsgroup, I thought that the newsgroup was a place for 
>serious academic discussion and disciplined scholarly exchange of 
>information.  For this reason I posted the request.  For the same reason, 
>and also thinking that participation in the newsgroup should be a 
>give-and-take process, I posted the summay, hoping that someone would,
>like myself, find the summary useful.  I did not realize that someone would
>use this as an opportunity for insulting other people.  I would like to
>apologize for causing the demage by posting your reply, which you forwarded
>to me out of good will.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Philip Fong
>
>=============================================================================
>Philip Fong                                         wlfong@logos.waterloo.edu
>University of Waterloo                                          (519)888-4674
>Ontario, Canada                                                 (519)725-7795
>=============================================================================



You seem to be on the right track; however you are neglecting to extend
your humble and profuse apologies to every author of a first-order logic
text in general, and Herb Enderton in particular, who were insulted en
masse in their professional capacity by your thoughtless publicising of
your correspondent's idiotic remark.  As a new reader of this network, you
might be interested in the Usenet tradition of returning an insult for an
insult.

TKP:
> : >Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 12:11:02 -0400
> : >From: tkprasad@valhalla.cs.wright.edu (Thirunarayan Krishnaprasad)
> :        __________________^^___________
> : >
> : >
> : >You can read "Godel Escher Bach" by Douglas Hofstader
> : >and "Godel's Proof" by Nagel and ...
> : >Both have extremely informal and palatable treatment of
> : >Incompleteness theorem. The former is a Pulitzer Prize Winner.
> : >The latter book was written in 1950's and is NYU Press I think.
> : >You can also look at "Metamagical Themas" by the first author
> : >for an article on self-reference.
> : >
> : >Avoid looking at First-order logic text books. Even though I work in
> : >logic, I understood more from the informal descriptions than the gory
> : >proof in Enderton!
> : >
> : >Good Luck.
> : >Prasad
> : >

MZ:
> : You might want to consider a career change.  Although not a single one
> : among my students in the Harvard Extension introductory logic class
> : professes to "work in logic", none among them have failed to understand
> : "the gory proof in Enderton".
> :
> : On second thought, the department name in your address explains everything.
> :
> : >[...]
> :
> : I am crossposting this to sci.logic, so Herb Enderton can enjoy it, too.


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