BE ch 5 nerd wars

Joseph Tracy brook7 at sover.net
Tue Nov 23 17:33:30 UTC 2021


The actual quote is different.  At the very end  of the quoted segment it goes

 …." We need that.  And how they know it- “ how often …..

Limited interest in this argument and so don’t want to pusue how the word ‘how' might make a difference, or the dash to continue the thought instead of a period after ‘it'. But there is a slight misquote. Don’t know if that is Jochen’s point or not.

“The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance.” 
― Viktor E. Frankl 


> On Nov 23, 2021, at 8:22 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, I'm real confused now, Jochen since its very fame make its point even
> more for David...
> 
> And, after you said it was not in GR, I did look it up.
> 
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 8:13 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Sorry, but you didn't get my drift. And didn't look it up, of course. (That
>> goes for you, too, Mark.)
>> 
>> I'd say the quote is too famous already. And goodreads doesn't mean read
>> well.
>> 
>> Am Di., 23. Nov. 2021 um 13:59 Uhr schrieb David Morris <
>> fqmorris at gmail.com
>>> :
>> 
>>> It’s one of the most famous quotes from GR, so I’m surprised that you
>>> didn’t recognize it.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 7:47 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Where did you get the quote? Not from the book – look it up.
>>>> 
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