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In the wake of the Challenger disaster, Richard Feynman was mistakenly asked to become part of the Rogers commission investigating the accident. In a moment of candor Chairman Rogers turned to Neil Armstrong in a men's room and said "Feynman is becoming a real pain." Such is ever the verdict pronounced by steady hands over great spirits. But the scariest part of this anecdote is not the story itself but the fact that we are, in the modern era, now so dependent on old Feynman stories having no living heroes with which to replace him: the ultimate tragic triumph of runaway excellence. | In the wake of the Challenger disaster, Richard Feynman was mistakenly asked to become part of the Rogers commission investigating the accident. In a moment of candor Chairman Rogers turned to Neil Armstrong in a men's room and said "Feynman is becoming a real pain." Such is ever the verdict pronounced by steady hands over great spirits. But the scariest part of this anecdote is not the story itself but the fact that we are, in the modern era, now so dependent on old Feynman stories having [[No-Living-Heroes Theory|no living heroes]] with which to replace him: the ultimate tragic triumph of runaway excellence. | ||
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|content=I wrote an essay years ago about all the horrible traits that have come through the door of ability. I’m sure you may find it disturbing. But ability is, in my opinion, the best diversity program yet known. Hope you find it interesting: | |||
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|content=Fascinating. | |||
Let’s try the following. Should we be allowed to praise the work of the nazi bigot Bieberbach? I myself am passionate about Pascual Jordan’s work. He was a straight up Nazi or course, who would have marched me off to a camp. Love his work! So proud that we teach it. | |||
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|content=Next question: we have an enormous surplus of Men and Jews in math particularly at top level. Ergo, diversity can be interpreted to mean fewer Men...and by, the same token, fewer Jews. So should we mandate diversity as a goal over ability? | |||
Isn’t this fun? Right back to Jordan. | |||
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|content=A singular focus on ability has allowed math to tolerate absolutely anyone. Loyalty oaths, diversity oaths, and all such oaths are a kind of meretricious evil. They are the exact opposite of what they appear to be. They are barriers to the best diversify program yet discovered. | |||
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== Related Pages == | == Related Pages == | ||
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* [[Skadoosh]] | * [[Skadoosh]] | ||
* [[There is no secret ingredient]] | * [[There is no secret ingredient]] | ||
* [[No-Living-Heroes Theory]] | |||
[[Category:Essays]] | [[Category:Essays]] | ||