Someone with skills in “left brain” (math, data, analytics) and “right brain” (creative, intuitive, subconscious) disciplines—the horizontal line on the top stands for breadth of knowledge across domains, while the vertical lines represent two areas of depth knowledge.
Most math teachers are I-shaped; some are T-shaped (a generalist to a shallow level with a depth of skill in one field), and very few are π-shaped persons.
by MathPlus August 20, 2021
Do your best in whatever you do, especially when no one is around, and don’t expect anything in return for your good deeds—live as if it is your last day on earth.
If only more people’s mantra were “Give a shit!” regardless whether their boss likes them or not, or whether they’re fairly being treated, heaven would be overcrowded.
by MathPlus March 20, 2021
The suspected Judas in President Trump’s administration, who stabbed his boss in the back, by writing a treasonous letter to the newspaper to expose his irrational and amoral behaviors, and to reveal why his staff deliberately withheld information from him.
Could Trump anonymous betrayer-writer ever be identified, assuming that he or she is not a New York Times staff writer who ghostwrote the op-ed to discredit the President?
by MathPlus September 09, 2018
The number of people in the Indian diaspora who look forward to be jabbed with Covishield, India’s homegrown coronavirus vaccine, with a number of them hypothesizing whether Trump’s corona cures, such as being injected with disinfectants or radiated by UV light, might inexpensively be more effective.
Politicians claimed that in the first quarter of 2021 zero countries outside India would be allowed to import the much-coveted locally branded Covishield, as vaccine nationalism should come first before aliens could profit from it.
by MathPlus January 04, 2021
When mathematics’s most famous constant π transcends different math topics and disciplines, permeates both art and science, and lays hidden in philosophy and religion, often popping up in the least expected places in nature—the symbol π is a global icon that resonates positively or negatively with peoples of all ages and backgrounds.
Pi is sovereign among dozens of mathematical constants, but God is Sovereign among thousands of gods and goddesses, or deities and idols.
by MathPlus July 18, 2021
Facebook’s new corporate name with a blue infinity logo that appears to be a cosmetic attempt to divert attention away from negative stories plaguing the now-toxic brand, which has put “profits over people and safety”—the parent company that also owns Instagram and WhatsApp wants to go beyond social media into areas like virtual reality (VR).
by MathPlus October 29, 2021
What a Christian calls “the unmerited favor of Jesus,” because there are no coincidences in their life.
What the world calls “luck,” for the born-again believer, this word isn’t part of their spiritual vocabulary.
by MathPlus February 27, 2021