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To: JohnM who wrote (141976)	8/3/2010 3:35:02 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) of 541743

<<<Nicely written piece by Manzi. Anyone interested in this point of view, might be interested to know who Manzi is.>>> The fact that he has a bachelors degree in mathematics from MIT explains a lot of it. He thinks like a mathematician. Engineers, physicists, and mathematician approach things in different ways. Take this example. There is a large fire in a building and there is only one small bucket of water. The engineer naturally does the best he can by pouring the small bucket of water on the fire in what is likely a failed effort. The physicist does nothing physically to solve the problem, but is able to explain the problem in great detail. He may conjecture that the small bucket of water will not be able to do the job and may perhaps offer an equation estimating the amount of water that is needed to do the job. For a mathematician, all he has to do is to see that, in this situation, there is no solution. His job is done. Mathematics is about neatness and elegance.

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