Knowledge isn’t something to be afraid of, nor is it something to be proud of. It is just something to be curious about. Curiosity ends when you think you know the answer, but you don’t care why it is true – you just know [...]
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Occam’s Razor is generally seen as “The simplest explanation is generally the best one.” This is true, but the phrasing is dangerous … I think it should be “The simplest explanation that makes sense and does not contradict other known facts is generally the best one.” Of course that is more like what William of Occam meant, but unfortunately it is not how many people [...] You’re taught, “You can’t divide by zero.” But are you taught why? Adequately? Nah. That’s one of the fundamental goobers of elementary school. They give you rules to memorize, but even the teachers are unclear of why those rules are [...] If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Original Photo by Norsehorse Edited by Brian Ah, I love it when readers beat me to the punch! The comments to the original post pretty much sum up the paradox and it’s solution very well. Khaled’s [...]
Original Photo by Norsehorse Edited by Brian There’s a braintwister that’s been going around the internet, well, probably ever since there was an internet. It’s actually probably thousands of years old in one version or another. You may have seen it phrased like this: Three men go into a motel. The man behind the desk said [...] This post is concerned with a very interesting problem, called “The Traveler’s Dilemma.” There is a very good article about it, written by it’s creator, Professor Kaushik Basu, in the June, 2007 issue of the Scientific American. The article begins: “When playing this simple game, people consistently reject the rational choice. In fact, by acting illogically, [...] “Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” – Albert Einstein Towards the end of making math more meaningful, I’d like to discuss something in recent news that resonates with that theme. While listening to NPR, I heard an interesting story about how political candidates affect each other. You can [...] |
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