#Math

James Lindsay, man of internet swagger

ConceptualJames

In light of this, a few people have asked me to elaborate on if math is created or discovered. My answer to this is "both," and it's complicated. Mathematics, however,

Joe Herbert | Healing Math Trauma

HealMathTrauma

Have your child categorize things in a Venn diagram!They can start with a two circle diagram, and then try one with three or even four circles!The possibilities are endless as

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apothecarian_

winwin academic achievements, a thread:[i do not own any translations. saved these long time ago on my winwin files] yes winwin is a math genius he was so young but

Simpsons Reference

EffingBoring

Voting in Oregon RULES.Our primary is today, so I wanna do a thread about what it's like to vote in a fully vote-by-mail state. No reason... Several weeks before election

Signor Ernesto

SignorErnesto

From St. Petersburg to Pandemic: stupid comments to @dottorpax & @nntaleb paper (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-0921-x)Disclaimer: i sincerely love Pasquale, he is the person I would like to be; great mathematician, great co

Micro-Chop

micro_chop

1) J Dilla Disassembled His Cassette Deck to Extend Certain SamplesHow one of rap music’s most storied producers used technological innovation to make incredible pause tape beats.https://microchop.substack.com/p/j-dilla-disassembled-his-c

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flickeredbucky

STORY TIME -okay so peeps i was cleaning my cupboard and i found my 1d diary from 6 years backI CANT BELIEVE THE KIND OF PERSON I WAS THEN~ a

dani // claiming 2 or 3:14 of golden

W4LLSUPREMACY

reasons why i'll get hated on if i was louis tomlinson's gf ; a thread. first of all he'll like me cause i'm perfect. duh. and because i eat carrots

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

nntaleb

This is, scientifically speaking, fraud.Higher dimensional problems require monstrously larger sample.It is similar to the racist cranial theories [with even worse math].https://twitter.com/baumard_nicolas/status/1308715609795039232 2) The

Artem Chernikov

archernikov

Saharon Shelah and number 4, a thread. Shelah is an incredibly prolific mathematician working mostly in mathematical logic who has (co-)authored around 1500 papers so far. His other superpower is

Daniel Litt, in characteristic 2

littmath

A short thread about how infinitesimally small spaces (called non-reduced schemes) can appear in the real world. We can build them out of ball-and-socket joints and rigid rods. https://twitter.com/ChocoLinkage/status/1266326082061340672 1/n

Alex Kontorovich

AlexKontorovich

Brief lecture 1 overview: (thread on the progression of our understanding of "Number")Imagine some birds in a dense forest. They see 1 hunter go in, so they fly up high

Big Chungus

bigchunguoppar

Helpful tips for online school cause of Corona: a thread First things first. Have some type of electronic device that will work. Most schools are giving out laptops to use,

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basedkarbon

My grandfather passed away yesterday and I want to honor his memory by sharing some of the wonderful things he imparted on me that made me who I am:- an

UltraViolet

UltraViolet

Lawrence Summers has a long history of making sexist comments--like saying girls don't have the genetic gifts to do well in math and science like boys do. UltraViolet has fought

balajis.com

balajis

The train crash we are observing in the US is due to the fact that we are governed by lawyers and journalists and politicians, people who specialize in political rather