When someone tries all deceitful ways to cover up any previous falsehoods, or to avoid looking incompetent, inefficient, or untrustworthy in the face of difficulties or new ethical challenges.
An unhealthy number of senior math and science editorial staff in Singapore, who are shortchanging dozens of authors and their publishers, have contracted the lie tumor, as they selfishly take up key positions that are beyond their abilities or capabilities.
by MathPlus January 03, 2019
When the most important day of the year for millions of earthly fathers in pre-pandemic days is already low key or an almost a non-event, unlike Mother’s Day that looks more like a year long affair— Father’s Day has taken a back seat in human or family relationship during this coronavirus crisis, when eating or dining out is forbidden in many parts of the world that are experiencing their second, third, or fourth wave.
This year, ironically or sadly speaking, in a number of liberal countries, Father’s Day in a pandemic is being celebrated in homes where the child is looked after by two dads rather than one—it’s Fathers’ Day, or Father’s Day 2.0, that would test the moral or social fabric of Generation Y or Z in coming decades.
by MathPlus June 20, 2021
Unrealistic or nonsensical word or story problems, routine and nonroutine, that may or not be solvable—however, most of them serve to humorize, parodize, or satirize mathematics.
One question from “The Bigly Book of Fake Math Problems” is the following: “At a Trump rally, if 10 coronaviruses infect 10 diehard supporters in 10 minutes, how many of these foreign viruses will be needed to infect 100 supporters in 50 minutes?”
by MathPlus November 24, 2020
The nickname for Father Christmas, who would have a pretty good excuse this year to deliver zero toys to brainwashed kids who believe their parents that the coronavirus is just another seasonal flu that would go away by year end, and that wearing a face mask and practicing social distance is for the weaklings who just want to be politically correct.
For kids of thousands of QAnonists and diehard alt-right Trumpists, Santa Corona would give them a miss in 2020 as a “punishment” for putting their faith in conspiracies and falsehoods, propagated by no other by the Conspiracist-in-Chief, who would probably need to be escorted out on 1/20/21 for refusing to make way for the President-Elect.
by MathPlus December 01, 2020
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