Economics and similar, for the sleep-deprived
A subtle change has been made to the comments links, so they no longer pop up. Does this in any way help with the problem about comments not appearing on permalinked posts, readers?
Update: seemingly not
Update: Oh yeah!
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Hurray for New Math, New Math
Meanwhile over in Bizarro World, I am saying:
LAST WEEKEND the Pope gave a warning against treating religion as a "consumer product� in which one picks and chooses the bits one likes. Though irretrievably atheistic, I have every sympathy with him. Dear me, I am a little bit pompous over in Bizarro World, aren't I?
In related news, Oliver appears to have been reading a couple of textbooks in the higher mathematics:
When mathematicians speak of set theory, no one suggests they be required to give equal time in class to those who dispute that the next number in the set �one, two, three� is �four�. I have checked this with two (2) mathematicians, one of whom is a Chartered Mathematician and I bet you didn't know there was any such thing. Both of them confirm that the set {"one", "two", "three"} does not have a member which is "four".[1]
[1] Perhaps Oliver is confusing it with the set {"one", "two", "three", "four"}[2]. It's a common mistake but you would have thought the Times subs would have picked it up. In Bizarro World. [2] More specifically, the ordered set, but now you're just being pedantic.
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