Re: As an inveterate waster of time,

Cryptoengineer wrote:

On 6/13/2025 12:59 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

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On 6/13/25 09:40, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:55:20 -0400 (EDT), Scott Dorsey wrote:
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William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

I read youtube comments now and again.
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"The worst unison. And fascism. Like the hanging Lincoln cursed by Isaac
Asimov."
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That is a google translation from an Asian language, but what is Dr A
doing there?

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Perhaps he is a symbol of precision and the Philosophy of the
Enlightenment?
That would seem reasonable from someone who knew only his popular
science works and not his SF.

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So what has Lincoln got to do with it?

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Yes, and why "hanging?"
--scott

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     Because it is in a museum or gallery and it is a work by Dali employing mosaic techniques. You have to stand back to see Lincoln or use a special lens to view
Lincoln in this work.  It is a painting hanging on a wall or a lithograph similarly
mounted.
     It may be that the term "cursed" is used because the lithographs are extensively
forged by profiteers.
     Just from the URL given in an earlier post.
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     bliss

 I think this may be relevant:
 https://www.buscalibre.us/libro-dali/9788477000877/p/55043140
 Shows a Spanish book about Dali, with Asimov listed as the author.
Its not in any of the online Asimov bibliographies, but I
wonder if the comment author was referencing it.

There is a commentator in some threads about Dali who uses the name "Asimov" and seems fairly knowledgeable. I wonder if that somehow led to the above misunderstanding.
William Hyde

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