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Much discussion about that programme here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=797723 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=797723 http://news.ycombinator.com/i
by RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
Much discussion about that programme here:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=797723 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=797723
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=121063 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=121063
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=101255 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=101255
Frankly, it's a load of crap, and shame on the BBC for having produced it. Contemplating the mathematics of infinity didn't drive them insane, they were already troubled. Hundreds of thousands of mathematicians happily deal with infinity on a daily basis.
What a crock.
- jgrahamc 17y agoTotally agree. That was an awful, awful program. As was the similarly awful thing that "Infinity and Beyond" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qszch http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qszch). The truth is that since Cantor we know that infinity is something we can work with in an algebraic pattern and there's really no need for all these BS BBC programs trying to make it look like something totally weird.
- Bjoern 17y agoThank you for pointing that out to me. I think my opinion of BBC was too high. Have to be more careful.