Tag archives for Math

  1. A Little Bit of Slope Makes Up for a Lot of Y-Intercept

    Math can sometimes be useful in explaining things.  I came across this witty quote from Professor John Ousterhout.  He’s a computer science professor at Stanford that spends 15 minutes every week in his lectures giving a life lesson.  This is one of my favourites. The basic idea is you want to be the red line…

  2. On Being Lost and Learning

    They say technology is making us smarter.  I disagree.  If you’ve ever seen some idiot slowly driving into a lamppost because their eyes were glued to the GPS, you know what I am talking about.  But it’s not because of the minor accident that they’re stupid, it’s because they’re not getting lost.  Let me explain.…