When rogue, inept, or corrupt opportunistic politicians downplay the high number of infections and fatalities plaguing their countries, by giving an oft-innumerate or gullible public a faux sense of security, who often loosely follow the health measures in place.
Fake right-wing “leaders” from the United States, Brazil, and India notoriously share a number of common denominators: use race or religion as a trump card, mask the math, and refuse to make social distancing or mask wearing mandatory.
by MathPlus April 02, 2021
Someone who tries to subdivide an angle into π parts using only a pair of compasses and an unmarked ruler.
Just as the trisectors of yesteryear tried to prove the impossible, pisectors are hell-bent to achieving their goal, hoping that their proofs would bring them mathematical fame or immortality—when being dubbed a “mathematical crank” feels less bitter than being a nobody or fading in obscurity.
by MathPlus February 07, 2021
Short for “Online meeting on Zoom.” A substitute or good excuse for not showing up in person even when there are zero restrictions for any physical or social gathering.
by MathPlus December 11, 2022
When profit-driven manufacturers would be launching a range of vaccines that aim to target specific Covid-19 variants, with varying pricing based on their infectivity, transmissivity, and mortality rates—for example, the vaccine for the more transmissible Omicron variant may cost less than the vaccine for the deadlier Delta variant.
With current booster shots proving to be semi-effective against Covid-19, manufacturers’ next creative move is to come up with designer vaccines to further boost their profitability.
by MathPlus January 25, 2022
When someone ignores or rejects anything associated with the number π because the sight or sound of it reminds them of their negative experiences of school math.
For millions of folks worldwide, lousy math teachers and boring math textbooks only hardens their pi prejudice as far as their distorted view of mathematics is concerned.
by MathPlus February 25, 2021
When a number of children are eager to get jabbed so that they could boast to their peers that they were vaccinated and that they would innocently be protected from all coronaviruses and their variants, with near-zero worry of any short- and long-term side effects considering their age and still-developing immune system.
Politicians and pharmaceutical companies are counting on bluster shots to further open up the economy, and to boost their profit, respectively, with little regard for potential long-term negative effects on the health or growth of millions of children, who have quasi-zero say in their vaccination choice.
by MathPlus December 27, 2021
The rate at which Donald J. Trump’s conspiracies and lies about fraudulent ballots brainwashes his oft-gullible hardcore supporters to donate to the post-election fund to "protect the results and keep fighting even after Election Day.”
Trumpvirus’s infectivity incited both Trumpists and QAnonists to contribute tens of millions of dollars, which could be used to settle part of the president’s bigly debt and to finance his own political rallies, especially if he’s running again in 2024 (assuming that he’s not behind bars by then).
by MathPlus December 05, 2020