Friday, January 28, 2011

High Phrase, or Leave No One Unpunished

Sometimes, like Eli, Willard is obscure and can’t resist amusing himself while confusing his readers. I wish they’d both tone that down a bit. Sometimes, also like Eli, he is astonishingly and idiosyncratically funny. - Victor
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous29/1/11 9:26 AM

    It seems the source for that quote is Michael Tobis ...

    Willard on Curry

    IceMouse

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  2. willard29/1/11 10:04 AM

    Yes, clicking on "Victor" leads to the source.

    One can read elsewhere on MT's blog why he's named Victor.

    I could be less obscure, but that would be less amusing.

    So I must concede that MT's judgement has some truth to it.

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  3. EliRabett29/1/11 12:00 PM

    Willard, obscurity is a teaching tool:)

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  4. Timothy Chase29/1/11 12:48 PM

    I know at least a couple times when a prof deliberately left me asking myself what it was that they were alluding to and I kept thinking and digging until I figured it out even if it took weeks or months to do so. But usually I just find it annoying.

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  5. Ron Broberg29/1/11 6:05 PM

    I'm never quite sure with Willard where the 'teaching' stops and the 'field research' begins. ;)

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  6. Steve Bloom30/1/11 4:41 PM

    Victor, we live in an idiosyncracy. Get with the program.

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