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Yep, I'd be interested in your thoughts too.I wouldn't mind a brief synopsis.
Yep, I'd be interested in your thoughts too.I wouldn't mind a brief synopsis.
I wouldn't mind a brief synopsis.
Yep, I'd be interested in your thoughts too.
Six pages in, and @skotl asked what appeared, at first glance, to be a fairly straightforward question. We're excelling ourselves with this one, lads.
The principle of arguing is that the combatants need to analyse their own thoughts on the subject, attempt to describe them, assess a contrary or alternative perspective and in the process invariably learn something new. Like I say, that's why I am here...
I'm up for a debate. I too will need to do a bit of research though, as this is far from my area of expertise. It's fairly obvious that you are better informed than most on this thread, so I'd be glad to bounce some ideas around and see what happens.It would need to be a debate, I only came in here for an argument...
So I was just bemoaning the casual use of geometric terms only to find myself being told I'm "wrong"!
I hate that so I double check only to discover a new-to-me weirdness with "non-Euclidean" which I thought I was quite familiar with and "not Euclidean" which I had never heard of. let me have another look at it and get back to you.
I do resist the temptation to correct spellings on any forum because people are attempting to describe a thing and if I can tell what they mean by the use of an incorrect spelling, correcting an error does not contribute to the discussion. In fact it usually derails it. Using the correct terminology for a thing on the other hand is incredibly important especially in a complex field like geometry and especially if the argument becomes confused to the point where someone is accused of being wrong when I'm not.
One of the things I particularly enjoy is to discover the hidden complexities of otherwise trivially "simple" problems. Like constructing a circle around a sphere. What could be simpler? But dig into it just one tiny bit and there is a vast ocean of complexity. We are only scratching the surface with whether or not it has sides, let alone the semantic argument regarding the use of the word "drawing" to imply a physical object being curved in 3d space.
The principle of arguing is that the combatants need to analyse their own thoughts on the subject, attempt to describe them, assess a contrary or alternative perspective and in the process invariably learn something new. Like I say, that's why I am here...
A game that's aged very well. Still playable.Portal" where you can jump through or drop stuff into "holes" or portals which have an in and an out.
Yea the inside and outside was a joke....wasn't particularly good one but I did remember it!
I've forgotten more mathematics than I can remember....all I can remember about geometry is "decide frame of references" ....perform lots of clever calculations based on said frame of reference.....repeat until you run out of ideas or get bored and head to the pub....the latter being where I met said bloke!
Number/Time series I always found quite difficult....somehow an infinite series would all boil down to 0 or 1 or Pi. After a while I worked out that the questions on the exam were quite contrived....so there weren't that many possible answers!
Yea the inside and outside was a joke....wasn't particularly good one but I did remember it!
I've forgotten more mathematics than I can remember....all I can remember about geometry is "decide frame of references" ....perform lots of clever calculations based on said frame of reference.....repeat until you run out of ideas or get bored and head to the pub....the latter being where I met said bloke!
Number/Time series I always found quite difficult....somehow an infinite series would all boil down to 0 or 1 or Pi. After a while I worked out that the questions on the exam were quite contrived....so there weren't that many possible answers!
Cough 42 cough.Clearly the Answer is 43. You might have to travel to the edge of the universe to fully understand that
Clearly the Answer is 43.
Cough 42 cough.
Unless I've missed something obvious...
Meantime, we need to be careful not to jump between dimensions willy nilly
You never know what will pop out.
Cough 42 cough.
Unless I've missed something obvious...
That was 30yrs ago
That was 30yrs ago