Hey, don't feel like you have to go out of your way to sound like an ass and prove my point at the same time. But I shouldn't impede your one contribution to society. Without people like you and some of the others that have commented so thoughtfully on this article there wouldn't be a benchmark for the rest of us to surpass. Thanks for setting that bar so low.
Thanks for marginalizing some Indian guy, who just happened to be a self-taught genius. I guess if he went to a fancy Ivy Leauge school. . . whoops he never got the oppurtunity, instead like many other geniuses whose work the entire field of Western thought is based on, he made do with what he had; his enviromental circumstances, his intellect and his curiosity about the world and how it worked. However, we woulded think to refer to Hubble or Newton or Plato or Tesla as some guy. These innovators and other current thinkers and scientists, unknown to the general public, when invoked for an article usually get refered to by there names as a sign of respect for their accomplishments. This, after all, was not some guy that appeared on America's Funniest Home Videos after cracking his testicles in a backyard wrestling stunt gone awry (as if they could go anyother way). This was Srinivasa Ramanujan, who added to the scope of human thought, through a great deal of effort and unselfish use of his talents.
I am happy to see that other people are also concerned with this charaterization of a respected and accomplished individual in the field of mathamatics. I'm sure this was an unintentional oversight and that the author was in some way recognizing that this was interesting development, but it was still a thoughtless marginalization of Srinivasa Ramanujan, who I'm sure not only serves as an inspiration for many people of Indian ethnicity or to students of mathamatics, but to people of varied ethnic and social backgrounds. I hope the author understands this is not about a tounge lashing just for the sake of pointing the finger and making him/her feel small. This is a reminder that we live in a society swollen with images and ideologies that diminish the accomplishments of some members of our culture in favor of the dominant paradigm (something I have been and will be guilty of playing into myself). To change this we need to chip away at these ideas by treating each person with the respect they are due and recognize when casual attitudes harm and continue to marginalize those persons because they fit outside of what we have been taught to regard as important or worthy of our attention.
I would also like to say I love Slashdot! And appreciate it for championing and providing a forum for a large marginalized group that is rife with sterotypical associations, the so-called "nerd." Though nerd is often just another broad marginalizing label, Slashdot does a good job of showing the actual importance, varity of interests and accomplishments, and worth of this depricated group.
(Sorry about the spelling errors. Not really my strong suit.)
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Hey, don't feel like you have to go out of your way to sound like an ass and prove my point at the same time. But I shouldn't impede your one contribution to society. Without people like you and some of the others that have commented so thoughtfully on this article there wouldn't be a benchmark for the rest of us to surpass. Thanks for setting that bar so low.
Thanks for marginalizing some Indian guy, who just happened to be a self-taught genius. I guess if he went to a fancy Ivy Leauge school. . . whoops he never got the oppurtunity, instead like many other geniuses whose work the entire field of Western thought is based on, he made do with what he had; his enviromental circumstances, his intellect and his curiosity about the world and how it worked. However, we woulded think to refer to Hubble or Newton or Plato or Tesla as some guy. These innovators and other current thinkers and scientists, unknown to the general public, when invoked for an article usually get refered to by there names as a sign of respect for their accomplishments. This, after all, was not some guy that appeared on America's Funniest Home Videos after cracking his testicles in a backyard wrestling stunt gone awry (as if they could go anyother way). This was Srinivasa Ramanujan, who added to the scope of human thought, through a great deal of effort and unselfish use of his talents. I am happy to see that other people are also concerned with this charaterization of a respected and accomplished individual in the field of mathamatics. I'm sure this was an unintentional oversight and that the author was in some way recognizing that this was interesting development, but it was still a thoughtless marginalization of Srinivasa Ramanujan, who I'm sure not only serves as an inspiration for many people of Indian ethnicity or to students of mathamatics, but to people of varied ethnic and social backgrounds. I hope the author understands this is not about a tounge lashing just for the sake of pointing the finger and making him/her feel small. This is a reminder that we live in a society swollen with images and ideologies that diminish the accomplishments of some members of our culture in favor of the dominant paradigm (something I have been and will be guilty of playing into myself). To change this we need to chip away at these ideas by treating each person with the respect they are due and recognize when casual attitudes harm and continue to marginalize those persons because they fit outside of what we have been taught to regard as important or worthy of our attention. I would also like to say I love Slashdot! And appreciate it for championing and providing a forum for a large marginalized group that is rife with sterotypical associations, the so-called "nerd." Though nerd is often just another broad marginalizing label, Slashdot does a good job of showing the actual importance, varity of interests and accomplishments, and worth of this depricated group. (Sorry about the spelling errors. Not really my strong suit.)