Louis Kauffman ANPA 24, Cambridge 2002
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Recorded at ANPA 24, Cambridge (2002), featuring Louis Kauffman. From the Michael Wright Collection, held by the Archive Trust for Research in Mathematical Sciences & Philosophy.

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0:00 I'm sure it's not just fun to do though, you won't.

2:30 That's real, that's real. I mean, we just, like all physicists apparently, fail to be in mathematics. There's absolutely nothing, there's nothing... I wouldn't want to be failed on my tactical, would I? And he's got this Korean, rather elderly Korean round face with glasses going, look at him, an older woman, one description, in the photograph, look at him, he's even got two chaparral skulls. Are you kidding me? What? The high school girls? It's actually quite a fail by, isn't it? Anyway, sorry, it's open, you can look at it. I mean, he's got it on his webpage. And then the next page is all about, you know, the thing there. Hang on, let me think of something. Why, why him? I don't know. It obviously would be... Everybody, everybody... His name in Korea would be... Yeah, Kim is like Smith. Or... There's no... There's no company. There's no... There's no... There's also the interest in tanks as well. You pick up a wing and you attack. Oh, you mean tanks as in military? I mean, non-combatants as in... That kind of attack. I was speaking to Carter and he said, no, enter this tank. Weird. But he gave a... I don't really amuse you. I think that he's an eccentric. He certainly sounds it.

5:00 But not, you know, he's not an eccentric. But really, there'd be a real double down here if you were to do an introduction of William Tankmar. Yeah, that's pretty crazy. I met an American once who was actually, just off of the train to New Jersey, a few days off. Right. I met an American years ago, United States of the United States of the United States of America. Thank you. And I really liked the music. There were a lot of people left behind to do their business. There were a lot of people who had different thoughts about their business. There was a lot of people left behind to do their business. There was a lot of people who had different thoughts about their business. But this time, when did you pull down to the first person? There's no way to get them to the different populace, except for a couple of months before we all learn to do it. But then those folks are talking to a couple of other people. There's one very similar guy there. He was taught in an elementary school lesson. He goes to a hair salon and they talk to him a lot. And anyway, it's kind of a long story, but you've got this guy. He's a computer user, so he's fluent in the humanities. Originally he was in an airport. And then they took him out there and they put him into a hospital to help him. There are a lot of them to start with, but it's important to know who will do them, and to actually deliver full of them to the respective countries, not because they could go far, but because that's the only way they could get to that. And of course, you know, you cross off from the top of the German planet, and you know, the old thing about it is that it comes from a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, Um, and long story short, it's fascinating, he's taken that in there, um, made metaphorical changes in the text, and it's kind of a joke. They, they, they took it as a joke, they thought it was an ordinary, uh, uh, character thing.

7:30 And he made his way to the middle of Poland, didn't he, I'll have to say. He made his way to Poland. He made his way to the middle of Poland. Yeah, I know, perfect timing, perfect timing. He did, he literally made his way to some sort of park somewhere there, especially in the middle of Poland. But, um... And he lived there. He lived there. He lived there. He died. He lived there. And he lived there. And he got that one though. He found the palm on my hand twice. And he got Captain. He managed to do that. It was done by a woman, Captain. And she was a big girl, and the point is that, you know, most of them crewed in the world, don't they? And it was, you know, a sign to him that he was a big step ahead. I think the, if you could have sent him back, you know, circulate the field to do it, she had a way with it. Well, no, it was fortunate for him. ...and she hadn't been getting anything of that quality for a long time, so instead of sending him back with a bit of what he was doing, which would have meant he would have just agreed to do that and probably would have been lucky enough to not be again, she was taking a hell of a risk with what she was doing, decided that, you know, she'd just make him a Thanksgiving in remembrance of the tantrum, and stayed in court. Thank you very much.

10:00 Michael Ryan. We only met once, I think, and it was quite a long time ago. No, no, I wouldn't expect you to, but Basil will, he'll verify, you know, if I don't apply this. Don't ask our letter, though. It wasn't as long ago as that. It wasn't quite as long ago as that. Although I would, of course I would, at the time of that conference. I would like that. No, I was 20. Very nice of you. Every time I look at myself in the mirror, I look at the girl here, right? Well, maybe. Well, maybe. Well, it's nice of you. It's very nice of you to say so. Oh, that makes two of us. Thank you for watching. Thank you for watching. Ah, no, I have not finished that. Ah, I didn't come back on it. I'm sorry, I passed beyond the line. Richard was exhausted, and I was thinking it would be pretty safe to leave him here. I'm sorry.

12:30 Methodist, theological topic. I'm sure it's tipping around somewhere. I should be a bit less if it's not. Oh, my God. Thank you for watching.