Mathematically Speaking

The Quaker Keeps Fighting…Correlation vs. Causation and War

In the continuation of the discussion on Richardson’s Theory of War, we are going to start with the distinction between Correlation and Causation. This distinction is necessary when applied with a healthy amount of skepticism…

So a Quaker Gets in a Fight…

Big Whirls have little whirls that feed on their velocity
and little whirls have lesser whirls and so on to…

What is Math? part 3: A homemade subject

This is the final article on this mini-series exploring the question “What is Math?”. Math is a human activity and should be taughtas such.

What is Math? Part 2

DISCLAIMER. The content of this article is different than the podcast episode that this is supposed to represent…

What is math? Part 1

So this article should have been the first one, because it begins to answer the question of “What is math?”. 
Before we start that exploration, let’s have a thought experiment. It is not new that the school system is broken. Students are absorbing facts but not actually learning anything, meanwhile…

May be the Odds be Ever in Your Favor

Probability Theory is maybe one of the lesser known branches of mathematics for most people. However, I believe it to be one of the most important branches of math for the average person to understand. Before I begin to explain why I think this, I am going to…

Not all Heroes Wear Capes

My first mathematical and overall nerd hero is John Forbes Nash. His life was explored in the book and the biopic A Beautiful Mind. The movie and then the book is where I became enthralled with math without even knowing it. It was probably in junior high when I first saw the movie…