OddThinking

I was just reminiscing about when I enrolled in Biology 1 at uni. They wanted to get a feel for the mathematical literacy of their students, so they gave us all a quick numeracy test, to see if we understood some basic concepts.

There were only four questions, clearly labelled Question 1, Question 2, Question 4 and Question 4.

I think I met the required standard…

In which Julian challenges the thinking of the Mensa executive.

Meantime, I started negotiating a deal. Grace would persuade Ben to give up the secret to the binary trick…

As further evidence that I am a sad, sad nerd, I proffer a story from a long, long, long time ago, that I really should have let go by now.

How could I possibly put a dollar value on human life?

Let me show you!

To understand the genius of Camille Jordan, we need to do a little experiment together.