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| Jul 17, 2010 at 18:30 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan | Sorry if I wasn't clear. My point isn't that Zen should've been aware that he was repeating an answer. My point is that the fact that a repeated answer was possible at all casts doubts on the question. | |
| Jul 17, 2010 at 8:39 | comment | added | Matthew Daws | To be fair, in the other thread, it was another user making this point. Furthermore, Zen wasn't even registered on MO when that other thread started! While I understand the desire not to repeat ourselves, there has to be, I think, some flexibility to allow people to join the community here... | |
| Jul 17, 2010 at 3:42 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan | This precisely repeats an answer in the "common false beliefs" thread: mathoverflow.net/questions/23478/… . Can someone explain what about this question is not covered in either that thread or the "mathematical mistakes" thread? | |
| Jul 17, 2010 at 3:07 | history | answered | Zen Harper | CC BY-SA 2.5 |