Mathematics Archive

Dumbing Down

In the once great Britain politicians are now pretty dumb. Royal Statistical Society did a survey of UK Members of Parliament, asking them if a coin is tossed twice what is the probability of getting two heads.

Swingers

This post looks at Mathematical Thinking, which we define as “The belief, especially characteristic of scientists, that events can be understood, described, and predicted using mathematical equations; thinking founded on this belief.” Sometimes it’s a good thing,