Comments on: Math — Friend or Foe?

By: Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:37:58 +0000

I kind of feel sorry for the guy, to be honest. The idea of pigeon-holing every little aspect of existence into “reactionary” and “progressive” buckets (or good and bad, or liberal and conservative, and so on) strikes me incredibly fruitless.
There’s lots of stuff out there in the world that is value-neutral and is worthy entirely on its own terms and merits.

By: Josh Gould

Josh Gould — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:25:08 +0000

!!!
Okay, at least it’s a bit heartening that most of the people there don’t seem to be taking this all that seriously (“End the oppressive burden of thought!”).
I may have to show this to some of my department friends tomorrow…
(And for the record, I spent some three hours today guiding first-years through a calc tutorial…)

By: Nathan B.

Nathan B. — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:52:46 +0000

I’m afraid I didn’t even pass that high school calculus test. Outstanding background for your blog, by the way! I also really like the new overall look.