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Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016)

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Re: Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016)

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Post by Gregaros » Tue, Aug 08, 2017, 5:23 AM UTC

joombaga wrote: post #22

Gregaros wrote: post #9

>Richard Feynman was probably one of the most talented physicists of the 20th century. Starts off bold.

Do you disagree? Would it help for me to show you the probability is strictly non-zero?

Sarcasm. "Probably one of the most" is quite a few weasel words for somebody universally included in any list of significant physicists.

Re: Feynman on Fermat's Last Theorem (2016)

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Post by Gregaros » Tue, Aug 08, 2017, 5:24 AM UTC

kgwgk wrote: post #23

Gregaros wrote: post #9

>Richard Feynman was probably one of the most talented physicists of the 20th century. Starts off bold.

One of how many? "One of the three most talented" would be a bold statement, "one of the 300 most talented" would be an understatement. (Edit: now it occurs to me that you might find that opening sentence an understatement?)

You missed my sarcasm. I did indeed think it was quite an understatement / poor writing to be so afraid to say "one of the best physicists of the 20th century".

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