[extropy-chat] Women in Mathematics throughout history

[Eliezer Yudkowsky]

John K Clark wrote:
> "Amara Graps" <amara at amara.com>
> 
>> if you have not heard of Ingrid Daubechies, then shame on you
> 
> I have heard of Ingrid Daubechies, she is a remarkable woman and I thank
> her for JPEG-2000, but I am also sure she would be incredulous if you
> tried to compare her to Newton or Archimedes.

Unfair, you have to compare her to a great math genius post-1960 when the 
grounds even *began* to become equal.  Andrew J. Wiles?  I don't think he 
compares to Newton either, at least in terms of accomplishment (who knows 
about g-factor).

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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence