[R] Fortunes - was Re: [OT] vernacular names for circular diagrams

Gabor Grothendieck ggrothendieck at gmail.com
Tue Jan 29 19:55:30 CET 2008


Search the archives and find who posted it.

On Jan 29, 2008 1:52 PM, John Kane <jrkrideau at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Any idea who did? I have it in my list of quotes and
> attributed to you.
>
> Anon is so boring as a source.
>
> --- Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> > I did not write that.
> >
> > On Jan 29, 2008 9:05 AM, S Ellison
> > <S.Ellison at lgc.co.uk> wrote:
> > > >>> "Gabor Grothendieck" <ggrothendieck at gmail.com>
> > 29/01/2008 12:35:27
> > > >>>
> > > > As is common in human affairs, even
> > > > the illusion of understanding is preferred to a
> > lofty digression
> > > upon
> > > > why the audience does not understand.
> > >
> > > Gabor,
> > >
> > > This should be in fortunes; it is depressingly
> > accurate.
> > > But it doesn't have to be a lofty digression.
> > >
> > > S
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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