On 28/08/06, Mak <makwik(a)gmail.com> wrote: The whole sentence is an interesting view of what we do as well: "Mathematics is supposed to be a Wikipedia-like undertaking, with thousands of self-effacing scriveners quietly laboring over a great self-correcting text." And the next: "But in any endeavor — literature, art, science, theology — a celebrity system develops and egos get in the way." - d.