Qiaochu_Yuan comments on [LINK] Cantor's theorem, the prisoner's dilemma, and the halting problem - Less Wrong

13 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 30 June 2013 08:26PM

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 03 July 2013 08:51:38AM *  0 points [-]

I don't know! Maybe the idea of mathematicians telling them they can't do something is offensive to them. But if this is an indirect way of saying "please provide some evidence for this claim," here's some such evidence.

Comment author: Anatoly_Vorobey 04 July 2013 05:49:18PM 1 point [-]

I think your references do not reference Hodges' thoughtful article on Cantor cranks (I may be wrong, as I only scanned them briefly), so allow me to recommend it: http://www.math.ucla.edu/~asl/bsl/0401/0401-001.ps

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 05 July 2013 04:42:47PM 0 points [-]

Thank you for the interesting link.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 July 2013 04:20:36AM 0 points [-]

But if this is an indirect way of saying "please provide some evidence for this claim,

Sorry, it wasn't. I was just curious if you had any info.