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Monthly Archives: May 2025
“Darwinism”
I made a comment on a YouTube video yesterday that I liked so much I am recording it here. “They” refers to Christian apologists who are trying to discredit evolution. (Edited slightly to correct an autocorrect error.) I find it … Continue reading
Infinity can be a number
Someone I respect and read every day, Seth Goden, came out today with a howler: “infinity is not a number“. This is a very 19th century way of thinking. In fact if somebody says “There are no numbers that …”, … Continue reading
Posted in Mathematics, Rants
Tagged Georg Cantor, infinity, nonstandard analysis, Seth Godin, surreal numbers, why not both?
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Finally a tourist
After two weeks on the road, yesterday was the first time I got to play tourist. At first, given my uneducated planning efforts, I was rushing, driving 1800 miles to get to a family wedding on time. Easy in a … Continue reading
For those of us of a certain age, May 4 will never be about Star Wars
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