Archive for October, 2012


How Politicians Try To Act Like Mathematicians

So these days you’ve probably been hearing an awesome bunch of government numbers thrown around in the news and debates – all concerning taxes and the federal budget and deficit spending and what not. I certainly have, and while watching the last debate it put me in mind of how real mathematicians treat numbers, which [...]

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All Those Presidential Polls Mean We Are A …

Cartoon Text TV Announcer: This evening in the RagMuffin Poll RomTree leads by 2 points, but in the GiddyUp Poll OBark is ahead by 2 points all outside the margin of error. Mimosa: What’s it all mean, Woody? Woody: That we are a Poll – arized nation   Tree Translation: About the Presidential election and [...]

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