RE: musicians among us

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Lauren wrote:
 
> Why don't you try to find a way to say something constructive 
> and maybe take part in the discussion at hand?  Geometry is a 
> part of mathematics, so for me to refer to a geometric 
> theorem as an example of Pythagoras's role in math is not an 
> error.  You haven't really illustrated any error, although 
> you seem interested in finding errors rather than in 
> discussing topics.  Who here really needs the detailed 
> discussion about geometry when the discussion was about the 
> relationship between music and math?  What is the value in 
> explaining that the square is "on the hypotenuse" and not "of 
> the hypotenuse"?  I don't give a flip and you have not added 
> *any* value to this discussion, by this nit-picking.

Um, I quit reading at that point. Seems to me you're way, way
over-caffeinated. 

I think Fred's comments were interesting and informative, and added to
the discussion at hand. As someone who worked for Johnson O'Connor
Research Foundation in a past life, I happen to know that musical
aptitudes are especially strongly associated with an aptitude for seeing
spatial relationships, so his introduction of geometry is on point and
adds value to the discussion. 

I wasn't aware of the "square on..." wording, and now I can see the
squares sitting on the sides in my mind. Maybe you don't "give a flip,"
but some of us do.

I think the accusation that he's "interested in finding errors" and
"nit-picking" is grossly unfair and stems from your insecurity, not the
words in his post.

I think you owe him an apology.

Richard


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Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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