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When quantitative reasoning or mathematical thinking, which makes use of numbers and other mathematically based ideas to reason our way through the kinds of problems that confront us every day, becomes a way of life or second nature to us.
Math 4 Life is quite different from oft-impractical school math, but it’s as just as, or sometimes more, important.
by Covido August 24, 2022
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A number of African and Asian nations are keen to emulate Singapore’s model of governance in helping their oft-undisciplined or unmotivated population out of poverty, by reducing red tape to promote business entrepreneurship and meting out heavy penalties for lawbreakers—and bankrupting or/and jailing those who try to “pollute the minds” of an oft-apathetic or petrified electorate.
by Covido January 25, 2022
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A Wuhan billionaire had commissioned carpenters in North Korea for a cørøffin, which would be flown to the United States as Beijing’s “donation” in the event that a China-unfriendly VIP at the White House experienced his last heartbeat.
by Covido September 5, 2020
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How many billion dollars would the cruise sector be losing worldwide, and how many million jobs in the global tourism industry would be lost, since Covid-🚢 came to the world attention, when most countries refused to let the passengers disembark?
by Covido November 9, 2020
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by Covido February 27, 2022
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What are the odds that the widening inequality between the rich and the poor, exposed by the Great Lockdown, if not addressed, could lead to a global economic meltdown or apocalypse?
by Covido February 4, 2021
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Is there any correlation between Covid-19 and Covid-🐲? How could the dragon, a symbol of power or fertility in Chinese culture, or in Eastern cultures, have anything in common with a symbol of chaos or evil in Western cultures?
by Covido December 13, 2020
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