Tuesday, May 02, 2006

New members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

You can find the list here. Among the new members are several prominent mathematicians and physicists (including long-time coauthors Harold Widom and Craig Tracy), some actors (like Alan Alda), and a couple former presidents (Clinton, Bush I).

Under the assumption that former presidents are pretty much eventually going to be enshrined automatically, do you think there is some sort of minimum literacy that can be used to disqualify W?

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