Russell McMahon wrote:

> >  according to their own rules.  And I would also venture to say that
> >  no amount of discussion is going to sway anyone from their current
> >  way of thinking to the other persons viewpoint.
>
> This is Maths (or Math :-) )
>
> There is ONE correct answer .
> There are an infinite number repeating of wrong answers.
> If the people without the right answer cannot be swayed by correct logic to
> accept the right answer then they are in trouble.



But you're forgetting one thing, the "right" answers
are traditonally found by those pioneers who DARED
to criticse the "correct" viewpoint and push the
science to a NEW correct viewpoint.

If everone blindly accepted all the "truths" then
we are stuck with the current technology. I know my
math training may be less than many people here,
but what I have been seeing is the more highly
trained people are the ones too quick to say
"well that is right whether you like it or not".

History has shown us that many of the advances in
science (and maths) have been made by the people
willing to challenge the fashionable "correct"
way of looking at it.

Personally I would rather see a thousand smart
people arguing about 0.9999 (repeating) than
100 smart people patting each other on the back
because they can prove the current correct answer
is correct. Prove that the current answer is correct
and you have achieved nothing, prove it is wrong
and you are great. :o)
-Roman

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