@dmorey@tangotiger how about writing 0.999... as a series and showing we can always get within epsilon of 1 for a finite truncation. Might be one of the easiest series convergence proofs!
I’m shocked and deeply saddened by this. Danya was such a brilliant player, communicator, and educator. He brought the game to life for so many of us. I’m at a loss. RIP Danya
@TheFFEJ17@Thelonias3@badbillypratt@BMcCarthy32 I agree with you it’s a not a big deal at all, but espn could do better. Analogy would be a post about Abraham Lincoln dying and it says “who was in the country during the American civil war.” Yeah technically true, but did he contribute more than that?
@TheFFEJ17@badbillypratt@BMcCarthy32 I think you’re just stubbornly clinging to your original, strange point. Majority of people who read “he was on the roster” will assume that’s the maximally praising statement that could be made. It’s true, but its tacit implication is false.
@TheFFEJ17@badbillypratt@BMcCarthy32 I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make. Do you not think the post would improved if it said “who was the closer for the franchise during their 2005 championship run,” rather than what it says now? It’s a simple, benign post but could be better.
@LyingWrongAgain@thebadstats Yeah what he’s saying is crazy, just demonstrates scientific illiteracy. It reminds me of pre-enlightment natural philosophy. Without scientific thinking people were just kinda like ehhh well it seems like that could be true; e.g. Aristotelian physics
@LyingWrongAgain@thebadstats Do I think that astrology is pseudoscientific bullshit? Yes I do. I’m only saying it is actually quite amazing to consider the minuscule amount of light reaching us from distant stars can have a significant effect on us
@LyingWrongAgain@thebadstats In a sense, the effect of the electromagnetic interaction on our behavior and conscious state is actually ginormous compared to what one would think only considering, say, the physical effect of light from a distant star on the physical state of rocks.
New* video! If you’ve ever wondered what topology is, this problem is one of the best examples I know of to give an authentic sense of what it’s all about: https://t.co/YKZXcjoJ8l
Q: How much of this campaign in 2024 was razor focused on AI?
Think about what we focus on instead. Consider the possibility that we are behaving in a fashion that defies logical explanation.
@MenschOhneMusil Hi Mordecai, would you please make a tweet about this spectacular piece that sits now in the Tucson Museum of Art? https://t.co/VMBhuUbv15