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 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion   Topic: How am I not smarter?

Logicurse
Posted: 05 Jan 2013, 12:27 pm 

Replies: 15
Views: 4,715
OP your desire to become more intelligent must come from within. Smart people tend to not specifically work towards the goal of becoming smart. They have domains of interest where they acquire knowledge and problem solving skills. Over time they branch out to areas that are sufficiently challenging ...

 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion   Topic: Were finnally getting Algebra in America!

Logicurse
Posted: 05 Jan 2013, 12:10 pm 

Replies: 29
Views: 6,386
I understand the OP is making a joke :D

 Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology   Topic: Some Number Line Intuition Needed

Logicurse
Posted: 04 Jan 2013, 9:41 pm 

Replies: 25
Views: 3,362
How does the number line show that the answer must be two? What does it mean to subtract 1 from 3 via a number line? I think that your idea is that "subtraction of a positive number" on the mechanical side translates to "removing bars" on the visual side. I don't think this is right. It would be be...

 Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology   Topic: Can there be a universe where mathematics is different?

Logicurse
Posted: 04 Jan 2013, 9:32 pm 

Replies: 47
Views: 7,978
The question is whether mathematics could be different or not. The answer to that is a definite yes, such as my insane concept of a stochastic number line where every number on the line is different every time you look at it. Such a universe would have insanely different mathematics than our own, a...

 Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology   Topic: Any Resources for Learning Proofs?

Logicurse
Posted: 22 Oct 2012, 6:27 pm 

Replies: 4
Views: 1,205
The following site is a compendium of proofs: proofwiki DOT org The style of presentation is clear and the delivery is exceptionally rigorous. While the previous posts mention books better suited to your needs I recommend trying to achieve the clarity of this website with each proof you create.
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