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T₀

Read as Trump’s naught or reproduction number. The total number of people Donald J. Trump had infected and is likely to infect in coming days and weeks, because he selfishly and vaingloriously refuses to protect others by wearing a face mask and to isolate himself, when he is still not corona-free and is contagious to others.

Based on media reports, the White House superspreader’s T₀ among his entourage has so far been no fewer than a dozen victims.

by MathPlus October 9, 2020

Covid-👶

When some high-GDP countries whose low fertility rate is below their mortality rate are offering baby bonus cash gifts to their citizens who give birth during the coronavirus pandemic—the authorities don’t want the plague to prevent their nation from having “corona babies.”

Thanks to Covid-👶, Singaporean families could receive up to $35,000 as Baby Support Grant if they planned to add a new member to their family to help arrest the population decline.

by MathPlus October 11, 2020

Covid-1984

When corona skeptics, vaccine conspiracy theorists, and those opposed to mandatory vaccines and masks, who claim that any lockdown is causing "more harm than the virus,” stage public rallies to challenge the authorities for infringing their rights and controlling their lives—1984 is a novel by English novelist George Orwell, which examines how facts and truth are politically manipulated by dictators or rogue leaders.

Protesters in the UK are holding placards that says that “Covid-1984 is being used for political purposes and public control.”

by MathPlus October 14, 2020

🦠₁₉ is winning and 🤥₄₅ is losing.

When the numbers of infections and deaths in the US are surging, while Donald J. Trump’s poll numbers are heading south, when it should be the other round if he was not obsessed with his re-election prospects and valued human lives.

When a corrupt and inept president, who puts profits and polls above principles and people, has a cavalier attitude vis-à-vis his diehard supporters, most of whom refuse to wear a mask and to practice social distancing at his political rallies, considering that he himself flirted with death after he tested positive for the coronavirus—it is no surprise that 🦠₁₉ is winning and 🤥₄₅ is losing.

by MathPlus October 17, 2020

Doom-and-Gloom Math

The hypothesis that a large proportion of the people in the developed world would lack the critical thinking and quantitative skills required of a 21st-century citizen, because the politics of nativism, populism, and racism plaguing their societies have directly or indirectly brainwashed or radicalized them.

Thanks to Trumpism or right-wing politics, clothed under white supremacism or white Christian nationalism, millions of adults and children have fallen victims to the gospel of doom-and-gloom math, who blame millions of immigrants and refugees for stealing their blue-and white-collar jobs and for invading the promised land of their forefathers (who did the same thing to Native Americans).

by MathPlus April 28, 2023

Is Algebra Divine or Demonic?

Algebra became evil or murderous when God allowed Satan to put the alphabet in math, or when the father of lies got his wish to separate earthlings into simple- and symbol-minded people.

During his last metamathematical talk, Prof. Ian tried to answer these questions:
a) “Is Algebra divine or demonic?”
b) “Is Zero invented or discovered?”
c) “What is the value of Pi on Venus?”
d) “What is the color of Phi?”

by MathPlus April 30, 2023

Gossip

Tasty or juicy words that we enjoy swallowing, as they head their way into our innermost thoughts—they are easy to remember and retain, and are ever ready to be shared.

It’s unlikely that those who gossip to you won’t gossip about you. Think of the harm or hurt a gossip does to relationships and friendships.

by MathPlus April 30, 2023