Cobol - Re: Concerning Robert Wagner

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Re: Concerning Robert Wagner

Warren Simmons

2004-06-25, 6:50 pm

We could strive for wisdom.
We all make mistakes.

Warren Simmons

Robert Wagner wrote:
> Peter Lacey <lacey@mb.sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> N. Bourbaki was a mathematical genius I find the word "genius" applied too
> liberally. Yes I qualified for "M squared', meaning the upper 2% of the upper 2%
> of the general population. But that's a measure of potential. When one reaches
> the age of accomplishment, roughly about 30, actual accomplishment replaces
> prognostigations. We should be judged on what we did rather than what we
> hypothetically might have done.
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