From: Yash (yashk2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2002 - 19:13:15 MST
Ahhh, here at last, a text that can bring some further light on how to think
about this sytem.
The author says:
"To some extent, they serve as memory aids
to the practitioners. Other than that, their sole role has been as props to
the false pretense of antiquity.
The main positive contribution of Tirthaji's book lies in highlighting some
tricks with which certain specific calculations can be done faster. In this
sense, it is comparable to Trachtenberg's methods of `high speed'
computation.
"
So it is a legitimate system for memorising techniques. That's exactly what
I want to do in English, now: efficient storage and retrieval of knowledge
(mathematical and astronomical or what-not) in a natural language. Ok?
No, but even with the text you mention, you can't the whole idea (otherwise
you would need to thrash out all of Kepler's and Newton's works because of
their God-related references throughout and their links with astrology and
alchemy respectively and the criticism they've also had by some people).
That's a fallacy again.
You must learn to separate the good form the bad.
Yash.
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Unscientific maths?
By S.G. Dani
Important words, like other important things, are often vulnerable to misuse
by elements inclined to derive undeserved benefits from their glory.
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