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the guy clearly says >but Wikipedia does not show anything else go look at the wikipedia page for george polya and tell me what state of mind you need to be i

the guy clearly says >but Wikipedia does not show anything else go look at the wikipedia page for george polya and tell me what state of mind you need to be in to conclude that he didn't accomplish anything outside of publishing that book. also btw >born in 1887 he lived very long and had a very long career so you're still not close >Died September 7, 1985 (aged 97)

jodrellblank 3y ago
The guy misread a Wikipedia page and you're "beyond offended" and call that "arrogant"? > "so you're still not close" I'm "still" not close? Still not close ... to what?
- mathisfun123 3y ago
  > "beyond offended" Who exactly are you quoting here? My comment doesn't contain that phrase. > The guy misread a Wikipedia page I don't know how it's possible to "misread" a wiki that's all of 500 words and has things like this: > He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory. > There are three prizes named after Pólya, > Stanford University has a Polya Hall named in his honor. Except in so far as he was temporarily blinded by arrogance. > I'm "still" not close? Still not close ... to what? Still not close to any semblance of a convincing rebuke.
  - jodrellblank 3y ago
    I am not exactly quoting anyone. So now that's settled, you can't use that as a dodge to get out of responding to the point. > "I don't know how it's possible to "misread" a wiki" Great, thanks for your informative contributions. Don't forget to be offended and accuse someone of ignorance and arrogance just because you don't understand. That's useful. > "Still not close to any semblance of a convincing rebuke" His death was still so long ago that more than half the population of Earth wasn't even born at the time.
    - mathisfun123 3y ago
      > I am not exactly quoting anyone. conventionally (but you're free to diverge of course) double quotes, like in > "beyond offended" are for quoting someone/something.
      - jodrellblank 3y ago
        I'm being unconventional. So now that's settled, you can't use that as a dodge to get out of responding to the point.

jodrellblank 3y ago

The guy misread a Wikipedia page and you're "beyond offended" and call that "arrogant"? > "so you're still not close" I'm "still" not close? Still not close ... to what?

mathisfun123 3y ago
> "beyond offended" Who exactly are you quoting here? My comment doesn't contain that phrase. > The guy misread a Wikipedia page I don't know how it's possible to "misread" a wiki that's all of 500 words and has things like this: > He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory. > There are three prizes named after Pólya, > Stanford University has a Polya Hall named in his honor. Except in so far as he was temporarily blinded by arrogance. > I'm "still" not close? Still not close ... to what? Still not close to any semblance of a convincing rebuke.
- jodrellblank 3y ago
  I am not exactly quoting anyone. So now that's settled, you can't use that as a dodge to get out of responding to the point. > "I don't know how it's possible to "misread" a wiki" Great, thanks for your informative contributions. Don't forget to be offended and accuse someone of ignorance and arrogance just because you don't understand. That's useful. > "Still not close to any semblance of a convincing rebuke" His death was still so long ago that more than half the population of Earth wasn't even born at the time.
  - mathisfun123 3y ago
    > I am not exactly quoting anyone. conventionally (but you're free to diverge of course) double quotes, like in > "beyond offended" are for quoting someone/something.
    - jodrellblank 3y ago
      I'm being unconventional. So now that's settled, you can't use that as a dodge to get out of responding to the point.