Thread: "To much credit"

From: Philip Strimpel <iamrubikman@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:30:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: To much credit




Hello all again,
To Melinda, Nan, and Roice: You guys are giving me waaay to
much credit here. I'm afraid that most of the information you guys have explained has REALLY gone over my head. I really don't know all too much about the mathematic and scientific aspects to the dimensions! :P I quite actually failed geometry when I was in homeschool because of the proofs, postulates and theorems involved. I really do love math but I don't even know trig or calculus at all, even though I would love to try them someday. As for even solving the 24 cell or this halfcut 120 cell, I am quite terrified of both of them! Truth be told, I knew that there were quite a few of 24 cells, but I haven't opened up my MPult applet in forever, so I forgot just how terrifying 4d octahedra can be, if that is what a 24 cell is! :p I'm quite sorry if I led any on to believe that I am a math genius at all, but I MAY go to college to study it if I ever feel that my wife and I have the cash to.
To David:
All of my puzzles that I TRIED to make are all in boxes in my and my wife's apartment somewhere, but the square 1 cube that I used actually had cuts in the corner and edge pieces, so I guess maybe it was a square 3, if there is such a thing. That puzzle I can only show you pieces by themselves, Im afraid. The gigaminx, which I was going to call master megaminx, has only one layer of pieces cut up in a bag. Like I said before, the only inventions I truly completed were ones that DIDN'T involve me cutting plastic balls for shell layers. I was doing this with diamond cut knives which STILL took forever. I still have some pieces to the curvy copter layers out in the open somewhere though. As I have said before, I hope that any information that I have given was not misleading in any way. If it was, I do sincerely apologize. :)

Best regards,
Philip




From: Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:12:38 -0700
Subject: Re: [MC4D] To much credit



Philip,

Only the smartest people know just how dumb they are because they are=20
aware of how much they don't know. It's the people who don't know how=20
dumb they are that are the dumbest. Or simply "the more you know, the=20
more you know you don't know".

You are not here by accident, Philip. If you want me to believe that=20
you're dumb, you're going to prove it! :-)

-Melinda

On 3/20/2013 7:30 PM, Philip Strimpel wrote:
> Hello all again,
> To Melinda, Nan, and Roice: You guys are giving me waaay to
> much credit here. I'm afraid that most of the information you guys have=
explained has REALLY gone over my head. I really don't know all too much a=
bout the mathematic and scientific aspects to the dimensions! :P I quite ac=
tually failed geometry when I was in homeschool because of the proofs, post=
ulates and theorems involved. I really do love math but I don't even know t=
rig or calculus at all, even though I would love to try them someday. As fo=
r even solving the 24 cell or this halfcut 120 cell, I am quite terrified o=
f both of them! Truth be told, I knew that there were quite a few of 24 cel=
ls, but I haven't opened up my MPult applet in forever, so I forgot just ho=
w terrifying 4d octahedra can be, if that is what a 24 cell is! :p I'm quit=
e sorry if I led any on to believe that I am a math genius at all, but I MA=
Y go to college to study it if I ever feel that my wife and I have the cash=
to.
> To David:
> All of my puzzles that I TRIED to make are all in boxes in my and my w=
ife's apartment somewhere, but the square 1 cube that I used actually had c=
uts in the corner and edge pieces, so I guess maybe it was a square 3, if t=
here is such a thing. That puzzle I can only show you pieces by themselves,=
Im afraid. The gigaminx, which I was going to call master megaminx, has on=
ly one layer of pieces cut up in a bag. Like I said before, the only invent=
ions I truly completed were ones that DIDN'T involve me cutting plastic bal=
ls for shell layers. I was doing this with diamond cut knives which STILL t=
ook forever. I still have some pieces to the curvy copter layers out in the




From: Philip Strimpel <iamrubikman@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:17:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [MC4D] To much credit




Hey Melinda,
I'm not saying that I am dumb in any way. I am just saying that
I am not on QUITE the same paradigm of intelligence as you guys are. I'm sorry that I haven't written for a few days. I've just had a LOT of stress stretching me back and forth. Thank u for your kind words of encouragement. I really appreciate it. :)





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