Since we'll be doing a bit of math today in class (plus this video kind of makes me think of how climate change science is debated)

By worldsfair on January 17, 2008.

In my hunt for things to incorporate in a lecture later today, I came across this great video (Ma and Pa Kettle) on the mathematics divide.

In the end, I won't actually be using it, but hey, I wonder if it also feels about right to those continually addressing the skeptics.

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Since I started a little self-disclosure yesterday, I am going to continue that theme. Very few people know this about me. The fact is, I have congenital amusia. No, that does not mean I am "easily amused." It means I am tone deaf.

Hey, I'm not European!

I have just been informed that those sneaky Europeans at AFOE are having a poll, and I'm on it in the category of "Best Non-European Weblog", and I'm losing badly.

I'm using that in my thesis defense. Don't try to stop me.

In that case, you can get a downloadable high res version at this link:

http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/swf/maandpakettleaddition…

I love that. Just love it.

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