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When people apply to become permanent residents or citizens of another country, because they continually face job discrimination from both local and foreign employers, or from their own elitist government—the good jobs are given to those who were born or blessed with the “mathematical gene.”
Like millions of asylum seekers from developing countries and theocratic states, who fear discrimination for being gay or a woman in their country of origin, what are the chances that in a-not-too-distant future, math-anxious or mathematically challenged folks might also apply for mathematical asylum to live in some anti-multicultural or anti-woke societies?
by Numerati September 26, 2023
Get the Mathematical Asylummug. A traditionally white male chauvinist with a high IQ but low EQ, who is often stereotyped as someone who is likely to remain single, and if he ever gets married, the odds of his getting separated or divorced are pretty high, because his proofs take priority over people and pets.
True or False: Mathematicians tend to become suspicious, schizophrenic, or suicidal (or all three) as they age.
by Numerati July 2, 2024
Get the Mathematicianmug. The unverifiable percentage of time oft-morally bankrupt or mathematically challenged politicians while in office have pretended or perceived to put people first before profits. Or the hopeful probability that the souls of billionaires and multimillionaires worldwide could be saved before their last heartbeat.
The statistical percentage the Commander in Cheat was caught telling the truth, especially before victims of natural calamities, or when meeting with rogue heads of state, is estimated to be less than π%.
by Numerati July 10, 2025
Get the π%mug. The maternal equivalent of “girl math.” When mentally stressed, resourceful, or street-smart mothers share tips on digital platforms like TikTok and Instagram how they plan their hectic schedules around their children’s sleeping or waking hours, or how they stretch their money to meet their little ones’ needs and wants, without experiencing a mental meltdown.
Mom math is applying home calculus to the family life, by maximizing love, joy, and peace (or minimizing fear, pain, and stress) for family members from limited time or resources.
by Numerati October 12, 2023
Get the Mom Mathmug. The many whys that promoted mathematicians and math educators (or even nonmath people like artists and creatives) to toy around with the number π for centuries, be it to prove a beautiful theorem, promote the constant in popular culture (art, fashion, perfume, cellphone, movie, and the like), collaborate as a community, challenge tradition, leave a mathematical legacy, or show their intelligence.
Like art and philosophy, pi mesmerizes both math and nonmath people in every corner of the globe. No wonder, those outside the pi community would often ask: What’s the point of pi?
by Numerati October 16, 2024
Get the What’s the Point of Pi?mug. A kind of alien math from a rebel island that was once part of Malaysia, where they learn and teach math word problems in a local dialect called Singlish, using rectangles, lines, and dotted lines, which the people there call “bar models,” with most of them looking arguably ugly.
Local teachers told an Englishman that Singapori Math is a rojak or mélange of methodologies and pedagogies, with ingredients from both the East and the West—when the island was trying to solve its population’s high innumeracy rate in the seventies.
by Numerati March 15, 2024
Get the Singapori Mathmug. Someone who is very attracted to cats or to anything that is even remotely related to the feline family.
It’s no surprise that Sally’s friends call her a purrvert, because she likes splurging on Hello Kitty and Garfield collectibles even when she’s overseas.
by Numerati July 11, 2024
Get the Purrvertmug.