Talk:263: Certainty - Revision history

82.132.237.110: You're a bitch?

2026-01-05T18:02:09Z

You're a bitch?

2001:67C:E60:C0C:192:42:116:203: I am sorry, but the title text explicitly challenges the reagers (including me) to politicize "a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac)"

2026-01-05T17:48:41Z

I am sorry, but the title text explicitly challenges the reagers (including me) to politicize "a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac)"

172.68.65.198: Correcting a common misconception

2020-03-19T15:59:20Z

Correcting a common misconception

Kazvorpal at 14:32, 29 October 2019

2019-10-29T14:32:28Z

Kazvorpal at 14:30, 29 October 2019

2019-10-29T14:30:54Z

Kazvorpal at 14:28, 29 October 2019

2019-10-29T14:28:59Z

Kazvorpal at 14:28, 29 October 2019

2019-10-29T14:28:14Z

Kazvorpal at 14:27, 29 October 2019

2019-10-29T14:27:06Z

108.162.246.211 at 02:12, 14 July 2014

2014-07-14T02:12:07Z

108.162.219.223 at 20:23, 17 January 2014

2014-01-17T20:23:25Z

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	The Old Testament does not declare pi equal to 3.0; that's actually a [https://www.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale-blog/from-our-faculty/history-of-pi/ common misconception] (see paragraph 3).		The Old Testament does not declare pi equal to 3.0; that's actually a [https://www.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale-blog/from-our-faculty/history-of-pi/ common misconception] (see paragraph 3).

−	Politicize a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac)? Easy: a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is fake news, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is deep state, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is democrat hoax, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is boring. !AGAM	+	Politicize a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac)? Easy: a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is fake news, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is deep state, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is democrat hoax, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is boring. !AGAM {{unsigned ip\|2001:67c:e60:c0c:192:42:116:203\|17:48, 5 January 2026}}

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	The Old Testament does not declare pi equal to 3.0; that's actually a [https://www.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale-blog/from-our-faculty/history-of-pi/ common misconception] (see paragraph 3).		The Old Testament does not declare pi equal to 3.0; that's actually a [https://www.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale-blog/from-our-faculty/history-of-pi/ common misconception] (see paragraph 3).
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		+	Politicize a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac)? Easy: a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is fake news, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is deep state, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is democrat hoax, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) is boring. !AGAM

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	* To expand on that last one, math is fundamentally little more than an expression of logic using a notation system as language. Many logical fallacies can be seen as mathematical fallacies. Essentially, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) can be complexified until it is very long and convoluted, but then tweaked so that it ceases to be true, and many will not notice the error at a glance. And this is what many verbal expressions of both formal and informal logical fallacies are essentially doing.		* To expand on that last one, math is fundamentally little more than an expression of logic using a notation system as language. Many logical fallacies can be seen as mathematical fallacies. Essentially, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) can be complexified until it is very long and convoluted, but then tweaked so that it ceases to be true, and many will not notice the error at a glance. And this is what many verbal expressions of both formal and informal logical fallacies are essentially doing.
	—[[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 14:27, 29 October 2019 (UTC)		—[[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 14:27, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
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		+	The Old Testament does not declare pi equal to 3.0; that's actually a [https://www.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale-blog/from-our-faculty/history-of-pi/ common misconception] (see paragraph 3).

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 * Politicians and government bureaucrats have imposed "New Math" of various types on children forced to suffer the public school system, several times.
 * Don't forget the famous stories of legislators wanting to change pi to be equal to 3.0 like it is in the Old Testament, parodied on Usenet and by my favorite author in ''[[Wikipedia:Stranger in a Strange Land|Stranger in a Strange Land]]''.
-* Mathematics is one of the biggest forms of lying that advocates of central planning use. There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
+* Mathematics is one of the biggest forms of lying that advocates of central planning use. There are [[Wikipedia:lies, damned lies, and statistics|lies, damned lies, and statistics]].
 * To expand on that last one, math is fundamentally little more than an expression of logic using a notation system as language. Many logical fallacies can be seen as mathematical fallacies. Essentially, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) can be complexified until it is very long and convoluted, but then tweaked so that it ceases to be true, and many will not notice the error at a glance. And this is what many verbal expressions of both formal and informal logical fallacies are essentially doing.
 —[[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 14:27, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

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 Ways math can be, and often is, politicized:
 * Politicians and government bureaucrats have imposed "New Math" of various types on children forced to suffer the public school system, several times.
-* Don't forget the famous stories of legislators wanting to change pi to be equal to 3.0 like it is in the Old Testament.
+* Don't forget the famous stories of legislators wanting to change pi to be equal to 3.0 like it is in the Old Testament, parodied on Usenet and by my favorite author in ''[[Wikipedia:Stranger in a Strange Land|Stranger in a Strange Land]]''.
 * Mathematics is one of the biggest forms of lying that advocates of central planning use. There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
 * To expand on that last one, math is fundamentally little more than an expression of logic using a notation system as language. Many logical fallacies can be seen as mathematical fallacies. Essentially, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) can be complexified until it is very long and convoluted, but then tweaked so that it ceases to be true, and many will not notice the error at a glance. And this is what many verbal expressions of both formal and informal logical fallacies are essentially doing.
 —[[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 14:27, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

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	Politicize that? Easy. When you apply the same policies to a diverse group, the outcome differs from person to person. Just insert context and it can work in a wide range of situations. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.211\|108.162.246.211]] 02:12, 14 July 2014 (UTC)		Politicize that? Easy. When you apply the same policies to a diverse group, the outcome differs from person to person. Just insert context and it can work in a wide range of situations. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.211\|108.162.246.211]] 02:12, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
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		+	Ways math can be, and often is, politicized:
		+	* Politicians and government bureaucrats have imposed "New Math" of various types on children forced to suffer the public school system, several times.
		+	* Don't forget the famous stories of legislators wanting to change pi to be equal to 3.0 like it is in the Old Testament.
		+	* Mathematics is one of the biggest forms of lying that advocates of central planning use. There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
		+	* To expand on that last one, math is fundamentally little more than an expression of logic. Many logical fallacies can be seen as mathematical fallacies. Essentially, a(b+c)=(ab)+(ac) can be complexified until it is very long and convoluted, but then altered so that it ceases to be true, and many will not notice the error at a glance. And this is what many verbal expressions of both formal and informal logical fallacies are essentially doing.
		+	—[[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 14:27, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

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	But what about cryptography? A mathematical topic, and hardly apolitical nowadays. However, I appreciate and enjoy Randall's sentiment about the purity of mathematics. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223\|108.162.219.223]] 20:23, 17 January 2014 (UTC)		But what about cryptography? A mathematical topic, and hardly apolitical nowadays. However, I appreciate and enjoy Randall's sentiment about the purity of mathematics. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223\|108.162.219.223]] 20:23, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
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		+	Politicize that? Easy. When you apply the same policies to a diverse group, the outcome differs from person to person. Just insert context and it can work in a wide range of situations. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.211\|108.162.246.211]] 02:12, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

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	Abelian means that ab = ba, but this distributive law is different. Both the distributive property and the Abelian property are assumed properties of numbers, i.e., accepted as true and used to prove more complicated properties. Non-Abelian examples of objects that "look" like numbers are not too hard to construct. One interesting example is where "a" abd "b" are rotating a book clockwise 90 degrees (a) and rotating the book forward 90 degrees (b). Start with the book facing you for reading and first do "a", then "b", which is written "ab". The result has the front of the book facing up. Now do "b" first, then "a", to get "ba". Now the binding of the book is facing up and the front of the book is facing to the right. So, "ab" is not "ba". The best I can think of for the distributive type of thing is for everything to make sense, except b+c is something for which multiplying by "a" is undefined.--DrMath 09:07, 22 November 2013 (UTC)		Abelian means that ab = ba, but this distributive law is different. Both the distributive property and the Abelian property are assumed properties of numbers, i.e., accepted as true and used to prove more complicated properties. Non-Abelian examples of objects that "look" like numbers are not too hard to construct. One interesting example is where "a" abd "b" are rotating a book clockwise 90 degrees (a) and rotating the book forward 90 degrees (b). Start with the book facing you for reading and first do "a", then "b", which is written "ab". The result has the front of the book facing up. Now do "b" first, then "a", to get "ba". Now the binding of the book is facing up and the front of the book is facing to the right. So, "ab" is not "ba". The best I can think of for the distributive type of thing is for everything to make sense, except b+c is something for which multiplying by "a" is undefined.--DrMath 09:07, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
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		+	But what about cryptography? A mathematical topic, and hardly apolitical nowadays. However, I appreciate and enjoy Randall's sentiment about the purity of mathematics. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223\|108.162.219.223]] 20:23, 17 January 2014 (UTC)