The Only Flame War You’ll Ever Need
Monday, March 20th, 2006This post on Scott Aaronson’s weblog is every internet discussion thread in microcosm (except for ours, which are shockingly polite by internet standards). Scott thought he was explaining the notion of non-constructive proof to a dense but argumentative student. If you read the comment thread, though, you’ll discover that the “student” thought Scott was some sort of nut who imagined he’d invented a computer more powerful than a Turing machine.