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Offline counterpoint

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My God...!!! Raymund Smullyan!!!
on: May 02, 2007, 11:13:08 AM
I'm complete head over heels! I found Raymond Smullyan here:

https://pianosociety.com/cms/index.php?section=1056


I didn't know, he is a pianist.  :o :o :o

One of my most precious books is Ramond Smullyan's "Book without title". This man is incredible!

For example a little story from this book (roughly translated by me)

A sad Story

Someday there was a man, who spent the first half of his life in trying to get famous. He didn't succeed. Then he spent the second half of his life in trying to get into that mystical state, where it doesn't matter, if one is famous or not. He didn't succeed in this either.


...and the conclusion from "Should one be concerned?":

All my life people told me, my main problem was my freedom from concern, and I must admit, that makes me concerned.
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Re: My God...!!! Raymund Smullyan!!!
Reply #1 on: May 02, 2007, 04:14:28 PM
Indeed he is a pianist too and despite his now 88 years, still a very good pianist. I am about to launch a 58 minutes long video which he has created from Piano Society where he talks music, puzzles and various other topics.

Not only is he a genius, he is also a warm hearted and very nice person who I am proud to know. I will post a link when the video is present on Piano Society.
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Re: My God...!!! Raymund Smullyan!!!
Reply #2 on: May 02, 2007, 06:46:08 PM
Not only is he a genius, he is also a warm hearted and very nice person who I am proud to know. I will post a link when the video is present on Piano Society.

That would be very nice of you. I would really like to know more about him!
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Re: My God...!!! Raymund Smullyan!!!
Reply #3 on: May 28, 2007, 11:20:21 AM
Sorry to reply late but Smullyan's video has been up for some time and can be downloaded from:
https://pianosociety.com/cms/index.php?section=1056
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Re: My God...!!! Raymund Smullyan!!!
Reply #4 on: May 29, 2007, 10:37:15 PM
He looks a bit like those wise magicians in the computer games  :D

He seems to be a very pleasant person, what is very astonishing if one considers, what a genious hides behind this unaffected, well balanced, friendly appearance.
I bet, if he were a weirdo like some of these famous mad scientists and musicians - he would be one of the most famous men of the world. What a lucky man - that he isn't  ;D
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