| 词条 | Proof by intimidation |
| 释义 |
The phrase is also used when the author is an authority in their field presenting their proof to people who respect a priori the author's insistence that the proof is valid or when the author claims that their statement is true because it is trivial or because they simply say so. Usage of this phrase is for the most part in good humour, though it also appears in serious criticism.[2] "Proof by intimidation" is also cited by critics of junk science to describe cases in which scientific evidence is thrown aside in favour of a litany of tragic individual cases presented to the public by articulate advocates who pose as experts in their field.[3] Gian-Carlo Rota claimed in a memoir that the expression "proof by intimidation" was coined by Mark Kac to describe a technique used by William Feller in his lectures.[4]See also
References1. ^{{cite journal|title=Cogno-Intellectualism, Rhetorical Logic, and the Craske-Trump Theorem|url=http://www.es.ele.tue.nl/~tbasten/fun/rhetoric_logic.pdf|author=Michael H. F. Wilkinson|journal=Annals of Improbable Research|volume=6|issue=5|pages=15–16|accessdate=2008-02-22}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Proof by intimidation}}2. ^{{cite journal|title=Richard Feynman and computation|url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/411350/files/p101.pdf|author=Tony Hey|journal= Contemporary Physics|volume=40|issue=4|pages=257–265|year=1999|accessdate=2008-02-22|doi=10.1080/001075199181459}} 3. ^{{cite journal|title=Junk science: Appearances can be deceiving|author=Marjorie K. Jeffcoat|journal=Journal of the American Dental Association|volume=134|pages=802–803|date=July 2003|pmid=12892436|issue=7|doi=10.14219/jada.archive.2003.0268}} 4. ^He took umbrage when someone interrupted his lecturing by pointing out some glaring mistake. He became red in the face and raised his voice, often to full shouting range. It was reported that on occasion he had asked the objector to leave the classroom. The expression "proof by intimidation" was coined after Feller's lectures (by Mark Kac). During a Feller lecture, the hearer was made to feel privy to some wondrous secret, one that often vanished by magic as he walked out of the classroom at the end of the period. Like many great teachers, Feller was a bit of a con man. {{cite book|title=Indiscrete Thoughts|author=Gian-Carlo Rota|isbn=0-8176-3866-0|publisher=Birkhäuser |location=Boston |url=http://www.lapasserelle.com/escem/finance1/02_probabilities/william_feller.htm|year=1996}} 4 : Professional humor|Mathematical proofs|In-jokes|Mathematical humor |
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