The aha! feeling math geeks experience at the sight or sound of a little juicy or sexy theorem, or math factoid, on the number π—a minor form of mathematical bliss that could last for days in some instances.
Just as Roland Barthes, French writer and critic, associates a good or pleasurable read with a dizzying orgasm, pure mathematicians or number theorists secretly dream or long for an orgasmic pi chance encounter, especially when they’re at their most vulnerable state of mind.
by Fasters August 28, 2022
The most disruptive figure in all of humanity, and the universe’s most nonreligious figure, whose death on the cross now allows humankind to have a direct communication line with their Creator, without daily, weekly, monthly, or annual rituals, rites, and animal sacrifices, or obeying man-made religious laws.
In some parts of the world, the mere mention of Jesus Christ, or being caught reading the Good News about His love and power, could land truth seekers behind bars, because His name is above all other names—all (human, demonic, or spiritual) forces, governments, and principalities on earth are under His sovereign rule.
by Fasters September 03, 2023
If you suspect you have contracted the coronavirus, you are right—it is like Murphy’s Law applied to the “foreign virus,” especially if you are a diehard Trump loyalist.
by Fasters May 06, 2020
When superstitious (or arguably vain) people would dearly bid for items like car plates, phone numbers, and house units that display “auspicious” or “lucky” numbers, or a string of “patternful” digits.
Guesstimate how many million bucks the digital or numerical vanity business is worth every year in Asia and the Middle East.
by Fasters February 17, 2023
A math educator who approaches a question or problem from a new angle, by not thinking outside the box, but throwing out the box entirely, to increase their chances of experiencing an aha!
Be it trying to think about a wicked problem from a rogue leader’s viewpoint (like Trump, Putin, or Kim) and see what pops up; or self-imposing a set of rules and a time limit to focus on the issue; or reading the Bible and praying in the Spirit, is what some mathematical weirdos would playfully do to tackle their problem.
by Fasters February 02, 2023
When white Christian nationalists or ultra-MAGA patriots subscribe to the radical pedagogy that adopting (or adapting part of) the Singapore math curriculum would only adulterate theirs, because exposing local students to alien problem-solving strategies and heuristics under the guise of multicultural math or ethnomathematics would only give undue credit to foreign curriculum math specialists and publishers.
A number of white or “woke” curriculum censors are covertly working hand in hand with American textbook publishers to push for the wokenization of Singapore math, with both parties having a vested interest to ensure that dear inch-deep-mile-wide K–12 math textbooks rather than value-for-money foreign math titles inundate as many states and local schools as possible.
by Fasters May 09, 2023
When the irrational number π is paranoid or petrified that some radical elements of the mathematical brethren might conspire together to promote other mathematical constants like e and 𝛷 in gracing the pages of reputable math journals on a regular basis.
A few notable constants have discreetly approached some Fields medalists (the equivalent of Nobel Prize winners in mathematics) in their dreams by revealing to them some of their sexy numerical and geometric secrets after hearing leaked news of “what’s pi thinking?”
by Fasters August 13, 2022