At 08:22 PM 9/30/2009, you wrote:
Interesting. As a total outsider, of course I'm in no position to confirm any of this, but it makes more sense than anything else I've heard or seen written about this strange situation.
This is the point I've been trying to make to Dr. Swartz. Your reaction is predictable. It would be predictable even if Dr. Swartz were absolutely right, and Rothwell were being a total jerk. I used the term "obsession" because I don't know a better one. And I know it from inside, all too well. Fastest way to lose influence with people: appear obsessed. You could be reading geometric proofs to them and they would not trust it one bit.
