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Is this a joke? What kind of source is http://descmath.com/diag/ancients.html ? Andy, please read what the author writes about himself ( http://descmath.com/aboutme.html ), and then come up with a better source! --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 13:28, 29 May 2015 (EDT)
Is this a joke? What kind of source is http://descmath.com/diag/ancients.html ? Andy, please read what the author writes about himself ( http://descmath.com/aboutme.html ), and then come up with a better source! --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 13:28, 29 May 2015 (EDT)
:The cited page about the Ancients appears serious. People can have a sense of humor on other pages without detracting from educaTional work.
:The cited page about the Ancients appears serious. People can have a sense of humor on other pages without detracting from educaTional work. {{unsigned|Aschlafly}}
:: I have no doubt that the author was serious - but it is hard to take him serious:
{{cquote|I switched my major from arts to mathematics, and within two years flunked out of school. My main problem was that my work on the Calculus put me on the losing side of an argument that had been raging in the mathematics community for the last century. This conflict, of course, is the schism between logicists and intuitionists. Yes, that's right, "The Calculus in Perspective" bears the ugly moniker of intuitionism. As such it is basically unpublishable.}}
{{cquote|Anyway, after losing my argument. I failed school and spent the next decade a half working custodial and clerical jobs for near minimum wage. In the 90s I was fortunate to find a company that let me hack on their computers as part of my minimum wage data entry job. Since then, I have been able to pay rent by working with companies willing to hire second rate programmers at below market rates.}}
::--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 13:45, 29 May 2015 (EDT)