tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post2028717724032718506..comments2024-02-14T22:50:48.749+10:30Comments on Bill Kerr: numbers to die forBill Kerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-50930659240484954072009-01-21T15:01:00.000+10:302009-01-21T15:01:00.000+10:30When I was in grade school, I was trying to unders...When I was in grade school, I was trying to understand the proof of the irrationality of the square root of 2 in the textbook written by my grandfather. I got stuck at the greater and than less than signs so I asked my teacher who didn't understand them either. While I now believe either of my parents could have explained it completely, I just gave up. Now, some sixty odd years later I have gotten much better at trying repeatedly before giving up, but I hadn't yet learned that either.<BR/><BR/>Nobody threw me overboard, so I consider myself lucky. Still, we have things like the HIV fraud and the low-fat diet fraud and the presidential voting frauds of four and eight years ago which still get the truth tellers thrown overboard even in these allegedly enlightened times. Not too much progress is obvious to me, even after Karl Popper clarified the import of falsification to science.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338062997104070546noreply@blogger.com