Don’t Fall For It There is this group of ultra rich, high tech pranksters. These guys were born at the right time, in the right place, with the right brains. They were never forced by their environment to grow up. They all went to high school together, and due to their intelligence, […]
Free Will Paradox
Never See It Coming It’s common for large companies to keep their employees in the dark as long as possible before any large layoffs. They want to keep them from knowing so they can get a maximum amount of productivity out of them. Individually, this is much easier to manage. God vs. […]
Imaginary Paradoxes
Gabriel’s Horn There is a paradox in calculus called the Horn of Gabriel. It’s a mathematical function, a three dimensional representation of the two dimensional equation y=1/x, but rotated around the x axis. The reason it is considered a paradox is this is a three dimensional shape with infinite surface area but finite […]
Infinite Goal Pursuits
Approaching Infinity There are certain mathematical functions that are only interesting around infinity. Of course, since infinity is not really anything that we can think about, we have to think about this in abstract terms. So these mathematical functions can’t really be solved, like normal algebraic equations, where X is some specific number […]
Pancakes and Fractals
Old Woman There was this old woman sitting outside of her shop. She was sitting on the ground, not quite on the ground on a very low seat, and she had this big plastic pitcher of pancake batter. She would pour enough pancake batter onto a small electric griddle that was in front of […]
S Curve Madness and Kung Fu Brain Training
Math Video The other day I watched this very interesting introductory math training video that was in a series of videos. It was based on I think high school or college algebra. I watched it kind of for nostalgia reasons. I enjoy math very much and I haven’t studied math in a long time. […]
The Paradox Of Long Term Seduction Success
All things being equal, more choice is better than less choice. And when it comes to meeting cute girls, having more girls to choose from is much better than having less girls to choose from. A huge club with hundreds of attractive females is much better than a corner bar with one girl who’s surrounded […]