Category Archives: Mathematics
Hyperbole – word study
We all know what it means to exaggerate. The word comes from Latin: ex= “thoroughly” + aggerare “heap, up” [ad- "toward" + gerere "carry"]. But like many concepts in English we also have a Greek derived word with similar meaning: … Continue reading
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Rules or Consequences
Today I was teaching yet another person how to play the amazing Asian strategy Game of GO. After several lessons, my student (a 44 year-old physician) ventured into philosophical speculations — a tendency that eventually joyfully befalls all serious GO … Continue reading
Filed under Atheism, Christianity, Cognitive Science, Consciousness, Mathematics, Philosophy, Science
Random Becomes Amazing
One of the huge problems talking to doubters of evolution is catching them up with modern science and math. The confirmatory data of biology and paleontology itself is overwhelming. But to me, the icing on the cake are the mathematical … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, Mathematics, Philosophy
