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17:35:48
beach
No, then I was at the university and I was busy with other things. :)
17:35:51
shka_
are we still talking about Steven Pinker?
17:36:33
shka_
aaah, this makes more sense now!
17:36:38
beach
Pinker didn't write math books as far as I know.
17:37:11
beach
Anyway, I'm going to call it a day, go have dinner and then spend time with my (admittedly small) family.
17:37:20
shka_
Asimov was a chemist i think
17:37:36
beach
I believe you. I don't remember.
17:37:57
shka_
this makes sense for the psychohistory concept
17:38:10
shka_
anyway, what a smart guy he was
17:59:18
alandipert
i should check him out again, i tried to read him as a teenager and it didn't stick
17:59:37
alandipert
but a lot of good things didn't because i was an idiot
18:01:36
shka_
but Asimov was building 1 dimensional characters so this may be off putting