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Tag Archives: math
4.13.2013
What is beauty?
What does the word “beauty” bring to your mind? A pretty face, a flower, a mountain range, or even a sound can be easily described as beautiful. While I won’t disagree with any of these, today I’d like to share / read more…
Posted in Cool Stuff / Education
3.30.2013
Statistics are weird…
Intuition, in science, can often get you into a lot of trouble. Things like the wave/particle duality described in quantum mechanics, horseshoe orbits, and relativity seem to bend our minds in ways they just don’t want to go. An implicit / read more…
Posted in Cool Stuff / Education / Science
Tagged in intuition / math / statistics
2.12.2013
Anti-Viral Ads: DirecTV Genie
Advertisements upset me. They seem designed to appeal to the misinformed, uninformed, or gullible; preying upon every emotional and logical weakness they can find. I often find myself insulted on behalf of humanity that the people behind these schemes think / read more…
Posted in Technology / TV & Media
Tagged in advertising / cable / DirecTV / DVR / fraction / genie / math / space / tv
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