Comments on: Coy Mistress http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:18:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Fred Cummins http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/comment-page-1/#comment-28020 Fred Cummins Sat, 12 May 2007 14:55:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/#comment-28020 I used the Marvell poem in an undergraduate lecture on logic and reasoning the other day. It is a lovely example of Denial of the Antecedent, as somebody at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial_of_the_antecedent" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> cleverly noticed. Nice riposte too. I used the Marvell poem in an undergraduate lecture on logic and reasoning the other day. It is a lovely example of Denial of the Antecedent, as somebody at Wikipedia cleverly noticed. Nice riposte too.

]]> By: Scott http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/comment-page-1/#comment-28021 Scott Sun, 06 May 2007 00:30:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/#comment-28021 Admittedly Marvell does not... but <a href="http://houseoffame.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Chaucer does</a> (and he's the better poet :-) Admittedly Marvell does not… but Chaucer does (and he’s the better poet :-)

]]> By: TBB http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/comment-page-1/#comment-28025 TBB Tue, 01 May 2007 23:13:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/#comment-28025 Good show of a poem in response to Marvell's, but I think <a href="http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1568.html" rel="nofollow"> this one</a> is the most clever "response" from a coy mistress that I've ever come across. Well, it's a bit dismissive...see ya, good luck! ;-) Good show of a poem in response to Marvell’s, but I think this one is the most clever “response” from a coy mistress that I’ve ever come across. Well, it’s a bit dismissive…see ya, good luck! ;-)

]]> By: cynic http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/comment-page-1/#comment-28026 cynic Tue, 01 May 2007 19:00:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/#comment-28026 Perhaps andrew motion is the nearest thing the uk has to the non-blogging marvell these days. He may not blog but, as a concession to the 21st century, he does have a website, as befits the Poet Laureate. Perhaps andrew motion is the nearest thing the uk has to the non-blogging marvell these days. He may not blog but, as a concession to the 21st century, he does have a website, as befits the Poet Laureate.

]]> By: ivy privy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/comment-page-1/#comment-28024 ivy privy Tue, 01 May 2007 18:48:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/#comment-28024 Today, famous poet* <b>Steven Weinberg</b> speaks on: <b><a href="http://www.cornell.edu/events/profile.cfm?id=20547&instance=2007%2D05%2D01%2016%3A30%3A00%2E0&y=2007&m=5&d=1&show=today" rel="nofollow">The Invention of Science: Poetry and Technology</a></b> May 1, 2007 - 4:30PM Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA Rockefeller Hall, Schwartz Auditorium Open to Public, Alumni, Students, Faculty, and Staff. Free * OK, he's really a Nobel-prize winning physicist. Today, famous poet* Steven Weinberg speaks on:
The Invention of Science: Poetry and Technology
May 1, 2007 – 4:30PM
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Rockefeller Hall, Schwartz Auditorium
Open to Public, Alumni, Students, Faculty, and Staff.
Free

* OK, he’s really a Nobel-prize winning physicist.

]]> By: Chris W. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/comment-page-1/#comment-28023 Chris W. Tue, 01 May 2007 17:32:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/#comment-28023 Off-topic, but I had to mention it. From the New York Times: "<b>Our Lives as Atoms</b> --- Mark Buchanan, a theoretical physicist, begins his new blog by exploring American political opinion." And guess what; it's <em>behind the TimesSelect wall</em>! Off-topic, but I had to mention it. From the New York Times:

“Our Lives as Atoms — Mark Buchanan, a theoretical physicist, begins his new blog by exploring American political opinion.”

And guess what; it’s behind the TimesSelect wall!

]]> By: Amberlynne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/comment-page-1/#comment-28022 Amberlynne Tue, 01 May 2007 01:56:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/#comment-28022 "You've praised my eyes, forehead, breast: You've all our lives to praise the rest." If I were a tender kinda gal that'd make me swoon. “You’ve praised my eyes, forehead, breast:
You’ve all our lives to praise the rest.”

If I were a tender kinda gal that’d make me swoon.

]]> By: Eugene http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/comment-page-1/#comment-28019 Eugene Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:19:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/04/30/coy-mistress/#comment-28019 That's really sweet. That’s really sweet.

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