Who is Paul Conant?

Free-lance reporter, playwright, science hobbyist

Go directly to Conant math index
When axioms collide (N-fold)
What is an algorithm? (N-fold)
The MI6 fray: Who are the press? (ConantNews)
The media's goofy presidential math
Pardon my silly questions about Marc Rich
Old fox Webster in FBI chicken coop
Actor Chris Conant
Topologist Jim Conant
A general continuing fraction recursion algorithm for square roots (just for fun)
Media math still fuzzy in Florida presidential tally
When algorithms collide: An infinite sum that isn't (or is it?)
A geometric note on Russell's paradox
Star Wars, AI and quantum computing
An objection to Proposition 1 of Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus'
Where is Zion? (draft of a detailed, unfinished commentary)
The Monty Hall problem over easy (just for fun)
Most TSP families grow polynomially (a concern for code experts?)
Null set uniquemess theorem (just for fun)
Cheney wiretap role surfaces (Znewz1 at Wikinews)
The cosmos cannot be modeled as a Turing machine or Turing computation
A short proof of the Schroeder-Bernstein theorem (draft)
Biotech and bioterror: a global dilemma
Other pages of Paul Conant


Paul Conant's Erdos number Ï Z+

Paul Conant, a free-lance reporter, writes occasional web essays under the site names Znewz1 and N-fold.

The ConantNews site is dedicated to the principle of freedom of speech and press and of theological and academic inquiry.

The N-fold web site discusses often eccentric ideas in science and math. N-fold essays are to some extent Conant's notes to himself, rather than polished articles.

Conant, writing under the byline 'Roger Conant,' was for years a newspaperman in metro New York and has contributed to the New York Times. He served as a combat correspondent in Vietnam. He has no formal scientific training.

Phone:1x 732x 947x 0749x

Conant's sons are Jim, a Cornell topologist, and Chris, an actor and playwright.

The links provided go to most of Paul's web pages. Also included are links to Jim's and Chris's sites.

Please feel free to write me.

We're in Pravda

Yep, Conant's stuff is reprinted by Pravda, still the organ of Russian communism. However, his work also is reprinted by Oldright, which is termed a voice of old-style American conservatism.

Of bugs and spooks

Please let me know of bad links and other hassles you run into viewing these pages. I have found that when writing items critical of intelligence forces that I run into an excess of computer bugs. For example, on more than one occasion I have been denied the ability to edit an essay on Star Wars and missile defense. I also run into capricious page hit counts, which sometimes go down without me having edited the page. In late June 2002, all the Angelfire hit counters 'spontaneously' rolled back to 0.

On July 5, 2002, Angelfire's 'help' site had an ambiguous posting seeming to indicate that its hit counter system was disabled. I never received an email alert to that effect. Also, supposedly a banner reading 'refused' appears when the hit counter is not working, but I have never seen such a banner.

Fight dirty tricks with chain email

Intelligence agencies would never pull dirty tricks on Americans who write on 'controlled dangerous subjects.' And there is a tooth fairy. But if you believe otherwise, consider fighting for press freedom with chain emails. A letter might be patterned along these lines:

Subject: Press freedom fight

Text:

Hello,

Thought you might be interested in these ConantNews pages:

http://angelfire.com/az3/nfold/freepress.html

http://angelfire.com/az3/nfold/psyops.html

http://angelfire.com/az3/nfold/bushfiat.html

Simply by forwarding this letter to others, you are doing your bit for freedom of the press.