Definitions by Numerati

The ChatGPT Pillionaire

A mathepreneur-turned-millionaire who makes money online by conspiring with ChatGPT to plagiarize π-related content on the web to create passive income streams or sources, while fully aware that the chances of being caught or punished are quasi-zero.

Is it a coincidence that the ChatGPT pillionaires are primarily from Nigeria, India, and Malaysia, where the oft-corrupt authorities pay lip service to copyrights infringement?

The ChatGPT Pillionaire by Numerati January 2, 2024

The Man Who Mistook Pi for Pie 

When on hearing the sound of the number π, an autistic person or idiot savant thinks of a slice of a cake or pizza instead, or equates either word for something else that is unmistakably alien or paranormal.

Just as the man who mixed up his job for his life, Prof. Paulos, who mildly suffers from schizophrenia, occasionally sounds like the man who mistook pi for pie.

The Man Who Mistook Pi for Pie by Numerati December 28, 2023

iPhone Index 

A figure that tracks how many months on average a blue-collar worker in a country has to work before they can save enough money to afford an iPhone.

The iPhone index (ii) in Singapore is arguably around 2, compared to 6 or 7 in neighboring Malaysia.

iPhone Index by Numerati December 22, 2023

MAL Math 

Short for “Mar-a-Lago Math.” Questions that creative math educators love to pose to expose the dark businesses and malpractices that often take place there between Mr. Pinocchio and his entourage of rogue advisors and morally corrupt lawmakers: shady deals, illicit affairs, illegal storage of classified documents, doctored valuations, and the like.

One billion-dollar MAL math question that has divided real estate agents and bankers is the value of the notorious Floridian private club, which ranges wildly from $18 million to over $1 billion.

MAL Math by Numerati December 10, 2023

Pinergy 

When the presence of the number π in a headline or image makes it more likely to be read even by someone who would normally have zero interest in the message.

Successful copywriters know that some pinergy in a copy could lure the readership by a few folds.

Pinergy by Numerati December 8, 2023

Pirealism 

Pi-related paintings or dreams that most people wouldn’t dare to talk about or share with others, because a large proportion of the content or event looks surreal, weird, abnormal, or occultic.

What are the chances that the roots of pirealism are demonic or satanic, or are the result of the influences of psychedelic drugs?

Pirealism by Numerati November 25, 2023

Dot 

The source that gives rise to art or contributes to a painting—unlike a dimensionless point with no length, area, or depth, a tiny dot still has an area.

A point may be likened to an idealized dot, which has been reduced to what mathematicians call an “infinitesimal.”

Dot by Numerati November 24, 2023