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Also known as “Boris Math.” When hardcore math educators, most of whom are white supremacists or racists, object to using wallet-friendly, better-quality foreign math textbooks under the guise of protecting local authors and publishers, or are opposed to recruiting foreign math teachers and lecturers to teach in local schools and universities, because their presence unprovenly threatens the livelihoods of locals, who would find it hard to compete with cheaper foreign talents.
PM Johnson and his diehard supporters would fight hard to maintain Brexit math for nationalistic reasons, because any compromise to let in alien mathematical talent would be perceived as going against their Brexiteer principles—math and math education must be local, and not adulterated by foreign elements.
by MathPlus October 2, 2021
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Diehard Trumpists or alt-right white supremacists would show unwavering loyalty to their Insurrectionist-in-Chief, and christening their newborn “Covid Trump” is one such faithful act of allegiance to the “anointed” one.
by MathPlus June 17, 2021
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Unlike the negative image associated with creative accounting, other creative activities like creative writing and creative thinking are looked upon positively.
by MathPlus January 9, 2019
Get the Creative Accountingmug. Shortcuts that short-circuit hours of learning and practicing formal or traditional problem-solving methods to solving certain types of math problems.
Instead of spending hundreds of hours mastering the basics of school algebra, mature students or working adults with no formal education could be taught some quick-and-kill Samurai math methods, such as the Sakamoto method and the Stack Model Method.
by MathPlus August 22, 2017
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Singapore's subsidized tertiary education is mostly funded by sin tax, thanks to hundreds of thousands of local gamblers—Singapore is unofficially the third largest gambling market in the world.
by MathPlus July 30, 2017
Get the Singaporemug. The hypothesis that deep inside the digits of the decimal number π there is a string of 666 successive sixes rubbing shoulders—the number 666 is notoriously known as the “Beast or Devil Number.”
Recreational mathematicians think that should they locate the devilish pi, that might be very disturbing to theologians, who could alarmingly interpret such a recurring occurrence as a proof that the devil is in the digits.
by MathPlus March 31, 2020
Get the Devilish Pimug. The fake news that distract us through our personal devices, which we seldom stop to question, because of our impatience and laziness to think critically.
If American voters had known that all the disinformation on social media during the presidential campaign were fabricated thanks to Putin and gang to increase the odds of Donald Trump becoming President, the world wouldn’t have been so chaotic and pessimistic today.
by MathPlus December 10, 2018
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