Saure Trauben der Mathematik

[Michael Bailey]

 Mark Kohut  wrote:

>  most of the buried
> heroes of his work could not read said works....that it was condemningly
> elitist in what it required of its readers....
>
> C'mon, all weigh in on this one. Be very interesting what most plisters
> think about THAT, imho.
>

i think that is typical elitist underestimation of the aptitude of the
working class to understand interesting stuff even if it is fairly
complex: most erudite stuff can be understood by anybody willing to
put in the time...
viva la revolucion!



Prashant kumar wrote:
>His charlatanry is
> honed to the point of being functionally equivalent to understanding.

that is nicely put


alice wrote:

> use of it.  This is, while absurd, not a complete waste, as Sanatayana
> is a far better thinker and writer than P in many respects and, while
> pragmatism, as discussed in several critical studies of P, may not be
> all that significant in the fictional lives of P characters, it does
> make it into the books.

it's like that scene where Slothrop gets his hips up on his elbows and
does a few feeble "bicycle" calisthenic movements --
 when i read pynchon i'm inspired to think at least a little...maybe
even research





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