Re: [FRIAM] Covid graph

2020-07-22 Thread thompnickson2
Eric, I couldn’t “see” the graph in your email. A me-thing, or a you-thing? n Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University thompnicks...@gmail.com

Re: [FRIAM] square land math question

2020-07-22 Thread Frank Wimberly
Incidentally, people are used to seeing limits that aren't reached such a limit as x goes to infinity of 1/x = 0. But there are limits such as limit as x goes to 3 of x/3 = 1. The question of the squares is the latter type. There is no reason the area of the small square doesn't reach 0. On

Re: [FRIAM] square land math question

2020-07-22 Thread Eric Charles
This is a Zeno's Paradox styled challenge, right? I sometimes describe calculus as a solution to Zeno's paradoxes, based on the assumption that paradoxes are false. The solution, while clever, doesn't' work if we assert either of the following: A) When the small-square reaches the limit it stops

[FRIAM] Covid graph

2020-07-22 Thread Eric Charles
I know some at FRIAM like to obsess over the ongoing apocalypse, so I thought you might appreciate this. It is the second covid graph I prepared for my Facebook feed. I think trying to think clearly about what's going on requires a data-visualization format something like this. We desperately want

Re: [FRIAM] credibility

2020-07-22 Thread uǝlƃ ↙↙↙
And still more progress toward realism in media: Over 280 Wall Street Journal employees raise credibility concerns about opinion page https://thehill.com/homenews/media/508373-over-280-wall-street-journal-employees-raise-credibility-concerns-about On 6/29/20 11:23 AM, ∄ uǝlƃ wrote: > I'm not