The quest for reconciliation in South Africa is an exercise the absurd. To say it absurd might also have some merit. Like Sisyphus, figure Greek mythology, those engaged are condemned to repeat forever same, cases, meaningless task of pushing a boulder up mountain only see roll down again. This amid human propensity search meaning irrespective incongruity ideal and absurdity that defines our ex...

Game values often represent data that can be measured in more than one acceptable way (e.g., monetary amounts). We point out that in such a case a statement about cooperative n-person game model might be “meaningless” in the sense that its truth or falsity depends on the choice of an acceptable way to measure game values. In particular we analyze statements about solution concepts such as the c...

Almost 20 years ago, Adriaan Versprille published an editorial in this journal to explain why, in his opinion, the calculation of pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is meaningless [1]. The uncertainties of PVR were underscored a year later by McGregor and Sniderman in the American Journal of Cardiology [2]. Obviously, both papers failed to convince. A Medline search from 1985 to the end of 200...