A highly stressful place where local students are more afraid of failing their math exam than of their parents dying—one in three said that life isn't worth living.
Dubbed an "authoritarian democracy" by critics, Singapore is "a first world oasis in a third world region"—where political dissidents would better apply for asylum in the US or the West to avoid being fined, jailed, or made bankrupt.
by MathPlus March 25, 2017
Get the Singaporemug. When the value of the mathematical pi is exactly three, which can be inferred from two verses in the Bible (1 Kings 7:23 and 2 Chronicles 4:2)—the “biblical pi” contradicts the mathematicians’ value, which is about 3.14 or 22/7.
How does one reconcile the value of pi in the sky with the irrational value of pi on earth? Could theologians or theomaticians explain the missing “0.14” bit to the mathematical brethren?
by MathPlus October 17, 2018
Get the Pi in the Skymug. It is the presence of God in your life, not your possessions, that makes you a success—stop chasing material things and start a personal relationship with Him.
You may be financially naked, educationally unqualified, and not connected to people of influence, yet if you've faith in the power of the presence of God in your life, you can expect your nothings to turn into somethings—who you have, not what you have is what matters.
by MathPlus March 15, 2017
Get the Who you have, not what you havemug. The female equivalent of chameleon-politician Lindsey Graham. A label for a female politician who operates like a modern-day Judas, by putting position or profit over principles or people—for example, she would call a corrupt presidential candidate racist and xenophobic, but when he later backed her against an opponent who is a critic of him, she would start perpetuating the lie that the ex-president didn’t get re-elected because the election was “rigged.”
Could a morally bankrupt Harriet Hageman function effectively or properly during her term in office, when those under her already have a low opinion of her due to her yo-yo ethical behaviors?
by MathPlus August 17, 2022
Get the Harriet Hagemanmug.