tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.comments2024-02-02T02:29:15.766-05:00<i>MathTango... </i>"Shecky Riemann"http://www.blogger.com/profile/07065658607024191185noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-17657418509529201232018-07-29T14:23:18.153-04:002018-07-29T14:23:18.153-04:00Oh, I'll certainly be around (and active on Tw...Oh, I'll certainly be around (and active on Twitter), just the number of blogposts will decrease... might even finally find the time to go back and re-learn some of the math I knew decades ago! :)"Shecky Riemann"https://www.blogger.com/profile/07065658607024191185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-73712311434656060662018-07-29T13:22:07.148-04:002018-07-29T13:22:07.148-04:00Fare well, Shecky, and good luck! Let me know if I...Fare well, Shecky, and good luck! Let me know if I can support your collusion time somehow.John Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212162438307044259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-62790868494728540092018-03-03T03:32:27.714-05:002018-03-03T03:32:27.714-05:00https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MathMagic.MathMagic<br /><br />Math Magic is a child Eye Friendly and Neck Friendly mathematics practice app. <br />* Create New Exercises each time<br />* Print exercises with your attached printer. <br />* The child does the exercises independent of the mobile, or tablets.<br />* No Neck pain, no eye strain and no Games :)<br />* Keep improving Easygliderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18023626357217516110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-74078913661022422172017-04-27T11:50:39.226-04:002017-04-27T11:50:39.226-04:00P versus NP is considered one of the great open pr...P versus NP is considered one of the great open problems of science. This consists in knowing the answer of the following question: Is P equal to NP? This incognita was first mentioned in a letter written by John Nash to the National Security Agency in 1955. Since that date, all efforts to find a proof for this huge problem have failed. <br />I show a solution to that problem as follows:<br />Frank Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257641208909866601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-86105075222297461132016-04-15T18:27:28.835-04:002016-04-15T18:27:28.835-04:00MAC USER: don't use anti-virus software; el ca...MAC USER: don't use anti-virus software; el cap OK. no real complaints.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07810617456604203162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-64781207598112433392016-04-07T12:26:24.843-04:002016-04-07T12:26:24.843-04:00niceniceAllen jeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312119051975318074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-51858296140397004222016-01-26T05:35:19.288-05:002016-01-26T05:35:19.288-05:00Thanks for sharing the posts. The lottery winning ...Thanks for sharing the posts. The lottery winning math story is particularly catching. It is rather eye-opening for me especially after spending about 70$ for the Powerball tickets online, <a href="http://localotto.com/icelotto-review" rel="nofollow"> Icelotto review</a>. It was a waste. Ted Abrahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-87353783992408464172015-10-01T07:45:33.312-04:002015-10-01T07:45:33.312-04:00Thanks for sharing links of Bloomberg column about...Thanks for sharing links of Bloomberg column about "Why We Fall For Bogus Research". Among these sites i see thebloomberreview is most authentic one and i will have read this. <a href="http://www.researchstatement.com/our-statement-of-research-services/research-statement-physics/" rel="nofollow">research statement physics</a>Cleta Velozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806696426114181084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-39112715685600470242015-08-08T16:45:15.798-04:002015-08-08T16:45:15.798-04:00yes, THANKS... #15 correctedyes, THANKS... #15 corrected"Shecky Riemann"https://www.blogger.com/profile/07065658607024191185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-41476378319222702632015-08-08T16:34:50.983-04:002015-08-08T16:34:50.983-04:00Link eaten by anti-spam filter. Let's try agai...Link eaten by anti-spam filter. Let's try again: quantamagazine (dot) org (slash) 20150730-the-slippery-eel-of-probabilityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-44578751850541097402015-08-08T16:32:29.978-04:002015-08-08T16:32:29.978-04:00I think that link number 15 was intended to be: . ...I think that link number 15 was intended to be: . In any case, thanks for the wonderful list, as usual!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-69817292853772371462015-03-09T07:21:22.693-04:002015-03-09T07:21:22.693-04:00(the advantage of being in an English-speaking cou...(the advantage of being in an English-speaking country... you get advance copies!).mau.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09641196427325175260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-2559896422988826202014-07-04T12:32:54.197-04:002014-07-04T12:32:54.197-04:00Seriousness is no friend of intelligence. not for ...Seriousness is no friend of intelligence. not for everyone, things are difficult, some are so easy to like a game. eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James_SidisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09213915420711065991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-60985269410058910302014-05-01T22:51:49.168-04:002014-05-01T22:51:49.168-04:00Just lovely. This is truly a double treat because ...Just lovely. This is truly a double treat because I have an immense respect for both of you and your work. Thank you, Shecky and Mike. Fawn Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605571262680195155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-5469283150499807332013-12-15T12:31:03.134-05:002013-12-15T12:31:03.134-05:00Well, so much for caption contests! :-( Maybe the ...Well, so much for caption contests! :-( Maybe the book-rewards weren't very enticing, or that particular photo has been around too long, or perhaps I should've just used this photo instead for more inspiration ;-) <br />http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/493/21589878010b59faf683ohe7.jpg<br /><br />In any event, I did enjoy both entries that arrived, so I'll just split the books to both "Shecky Riemann"https://www.blogger.com/profile/07065658607024191185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-5047772499015858672013-11-26T09:49:10.913-05:002013-11-26T09:49:10.913-05:00When they said they were giving me the math chair,...When they said they were giving me the math chair, I thought I was going to be the new department head.Roslyn Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614488856135324041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-81518211366225990312013-11-24T15:59:05.845-05:002013-11-24T15:59:05.845-05:00That's all for today, class. Next week, we'...That's all for today, class. Next week, we'll start working on statistical tables.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-48593461172468472932013-11-08T15:48:41.226-05:002013-11-08T15:48:41.226-05:00Did you know about my book about Daniel Tammet/Cor...Did you know about my book about Daniel Tammet/Corney? https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/288635<br />It's cheap. You might enjoy it. Lili Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303890038396510279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-64715549054305630052013-11-08T15:40:33.141-05:002013-11-08T15:40:33.141-05:00"Anyway, I write all of this as a way of sayi..."Anyway, I write all of this as a way of saying that real skepticism needs (unfortunately) to cut across all boundaries -- I'd dare say epidemiology can be critiqued almost as easily as astrology! Don't aim doubt and critical faculties at just the naive, the non-empirical, the 'low-hanging fruit'… but at the 'evidence-based,' the peer-reviewed, and occasionally even Lili Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303890038396510279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-75421746207796322032013-11-08T15:12:32.024-05:002013-11-08T15:12:32.024-05:00Tomas always makes a great argument, but the fact ...Tomas always makes a great argument, but the fact that Terry Tao has an autistic brother looks too much like a coincidence to my eye. Assuming the autism and the smarts are found together due to some common cause, what is that cause? Genetics or some thing that has happened in the family that can give rise to genius and also autism? I’d hate to think the latter. This article describes the Tao Lili Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303890038396510279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-79702570131539077732013-09-28T20:24:14.296-04:002013-09-28T20:24:14.296-04:00The question remains, when an individual works har...The question remains, when an individual works hard and succeeds in a given area, how much of that hard work was driven by "innate" inclinations/talents in the area versus how much was purely hard work from some other motivation? Moreover, if you argue that individuals have comparable in-born talents but succeed by virtue of the work they put in, you may be labeling a lot of people as "Shecky Riemann"https://www.blogger.com/profile/07065658607024191185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-35788800685385919802013-09-28T15:46:02.022-04:002013-09-28T15:46:02.022-04:00The idea that I want to skeptically challenge is t...The idea that I want to skeptically challenge is that it's easy to recognise innate talent. I don't think it is - I think it's exceptionally hard and requires a lot of evidence (just as it's exceptionally hard to demonstrate if a medicine works or not, which is why we have laborious double blind trials).<br /><br />Try a thought experiment:<br /> - Take a normal moderately Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-58547629132500435832013-09-28T14:13:17.300-04:002013-09-28T14:13:17.300-04:00Actually, when I first heard about Barnett I did d...Actually, when I first heard about Barnett I did do some additional research on him and became convinced via statements of the university professors who'd worked with him (and now his work with the prestigious Perimeter Institute) that he was a true prodigy... and I don't believe his talents are merely the result of "dedication and hard work," but include a significant innate "Shecky Riemann"https://www.blogger.com/profile/07065658607024191185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-12152822970040263112013-09-27T14:20:32.304-04:002013-09-27T14:20:32.304-04:00To take a skeptical look at some more claims, I...To take a skeptical look at some more claims, I've seen at your other blog (Math Frolics) that you have covered the young "Prodigy" mathematician Jacob Barnett a couple of times. I think that is another good example of a real case that has been exaggerated by the media and deserves much more skepticism. Specifically:<br /> - It's repeatedly claimed in the media (and on your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360342670847209341.post-73677840474456121132013-09-21T14:13:47.536-04:002013-09-21T14:13:47.536-04:00Shecky,
Great interview. Here's mine.
http:/...Shecky,<br /><br />Great interview. Here's mine.<br /><br />http://wildaboutmath.com/2013/09/21/colm-mulcahy-inspired-by-math-32/Sol Ledermanhttp://wildaboutmath.comnoreply@blogger.com