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When tens of millions of fans idolize their virtual stars or digital avatars, which are created thanks to computer animation and human actors, where every virtual idol has a real soul, each with their own personality traits, likes, and dislikes.
Business owners couldn’t care less whether “Virtual Idolatry” is “Vanity 2.0” or “Idolatry 3.0” as long as there is a lot of money to be made in the booming industry, which is estimated to be worth about US$230 million in China within the next two years.
by MathPlus December 27, 2021
The use of emojis instead of letters or symbols in questions, equations, or expressions as an attempt to lure those who are not so symbol-minded to math.
An example of emoji math is to calculate the value of each item from the following pair of equations:
2 🍩 + ☕️ = $3.90
3 🍩 + 2 ☕️ = $6.60
Answer: 🍩 = $1.20, ☕️ = $1.50.
2 🍩 + ☕️ = $3.90
3 🍩 + 2 ☕️ = $6.60
Answer: 🍩 = $1.20, ☕️ = $1.50.
by MathPlus October 17, 2017
When the coronavirus has a soft spot for right-wing governments, whose leaders are often morally bankrupt and managerially inept, as their fake leaderships currently account for over half the world’s infections and nearly half the deaths.
Think of the US, Brazil, India, and Russia. The failure of these nations’ rogue leaders to contain the coronavirus pandemic arguably shows that “Covid-19 is right-wing.”
by MathPlus March 26, 2021
When the number π tries to keep herself fresh in the mind’s eye of mathematicians and math educators, by getting involved in the christening of new words and phrases, such as “piralysis,” “Covid-π,” and “pi in the sky”; or by letting her and other pi expressions being redefined with new meanings, often associated with Covid-19 or its variants.
Like the top billionaires who became wealthier during the coronavirus crisis, thanks to Urban Dictionary, pi in the pandemic was productive in producing a few dozen new pi-words and phrases to keep the mathematical brethren in some quasi-aha! mood in the midst of fear and pain.
by MathPlus October 15, 2021
When mathematics can not only help someone to be logical and rational, but it can also help them to be humble, gracious, resilient, joyful, and happy—they can experience the hidden happiness of mathematics and the good life.
If mathematics is the key to understanding the workings of the universe, schools and teachers play a key role in ensuring that students are exposed to the pi of life—when they can experience joy and happiness through math.
by MathPlus January 9, 2019
The generation of babies who saw the light of day during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the coronavirus showing little sign of saying goodbye to earthlings, much to the delight of pharmaceutical companies.
What will be the population size of the coronials when the WHO finally declares the planet corona-free?
by MathPlus December 11, 2022
The dreaded vaccination question everyone in Africa and Asia is avoiding to answer even as India continues to donate millions of its home-grown, half-baked vaccine, which has received zero approval from WHO, to the developing world as part of its vaccine diplomacy—when the locals themselves have near-zero faith in their own vaccine.
In and outside India, the question to ask shouldn’t be “Who wants a Covaxin jab?” but rather “Who doesn’t want a Covaxin jab?”
by MathPlus March 22, 2021