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Then my question is how many of ordinary mathematicians also qualify as artists of their profession…
The phrase ‘Does the fact’ naturally invites howls of derision: it’s a fact that every child knows that the Japanese…
I think I would answer “Does the fact that the United States of America has never experienced a foreign occupation…
Rex Martin was a first class person with a sharp intellect and wry sense of humor. He was an excellent…
21. Is style the last refuge against AI?
All about class.
Excellent questions! Re question 6, I have actually already invented a new punctuation mark. I can’t type it here, as…
…and other thoughts on the French election, which seems to have been oddly reported in the U.S. One of the weirder ones is the idea that the election was a revolt against "the Establishment." Yet Establishment candidates got 60% of the vote–Macron having been a leading figure in the Socialist party and government until running under his own party banner just recently.
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