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August 15, 2010

JohnAllenPaulos: I'll have to revise Irreligion after reading Lady Gaga's trenchant argument for God: http://huff.to/bRMSWd

JohnAllenPaulos: I'll have to revise Irreligion after reading Lady Gaga's trenchant argument for God: http://huff.to/bRMSWd
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Published on August 15, 2010 06:55

August 13, 2010

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @grahamfarmelo: If Galileo, Darwin, Caesar & God had Facebook pages, their entries might look like this: http://bit.ly/9AByFJ

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @grahamfarmelo: If Galileo, Darwin, Caesar & God had Facebook pages, their entries might look like this: http://bit.ly/9AByFJ
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Published on August 13, 2010 14:17

JohnAllenPaulos: @DrMathochist Yeah, they don't seem to be communicating on all cylinders (or sillinders).

JohnAllenPaulos: @DrMathochist Yeah, they don't seem to be communicating on all cylinders (or sillinders).
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Published on August 13, 2010 06:04

JohnAllenPaulos: Read this piece on typos http://bit.ly/dqlxGj right after a drive through rural Maine revealed two signs for "laundramats."

JohnAllenPaulos: Read this piece on typos http://bit.ly/dqlxGj right after a drive through rural Maine revealed two signs for "laundramats."
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Published on August 13, 2010 05:17

August 12, 2010

JohnAllenPaulos: "God and Girls in Thailand" http://bit.ly/9SXOCY for @alaindebotton re atheists' alleged insensitivity to neediness

JohnAllenPaulos: "God and Girls in Thailand" http://bit.ly/9SXOCY for @alaindebotton re atheists' alleged insensitivity to neediness
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Published on August 12, 2010 08:02

August 11, 2010

JohnAllenPaulos: by @alicebell and via @silentypewriter The Myth of Scientific Literacy http://bit.ly/9SAPgB True to some extent of innumeracy as well.

JohnAllenPaulos: by @alicebell and via @silentypewriter The Myth of Scientific Literacy http://bit.ly/9SAPgB True to some extent of innumeracy as well.
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Published on August 11, 2010 17:13

JohnAllenPaulos: @republicofmath Re: widespread misunderstanding of equals sign. Wish I had dollar for every instance of "y=x^2=dy/dx=2x" I've read.

JohnAllenPaulos: @republicofmath Re: widespread misunderstanding of equals sign. Wish I had dollar for every instance of "y=x^2=dy/dx=2x" I've read.
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Published on August 11, 2010 08:49

JohnAllenPaulos: Not sigma, rho, nor beta, but "Greek statistics" nonetheless: http://nyti.ms/bdtQaK
Unfortunately phenomenon is universal.

JohnAllenPaulos: Not sigma, rho, nor beta, but "Greek statistics" nonetheless: http://nyti.ms/bdtQaK
Unfortunately phenomenon is universal.
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Published on August 11, 2010 05:58

August 9, 2010

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @ColinTheMathmo: @alexbellos PvsNP: If a problem can have purported solution checked in a short time, does that then mean solutions c ...

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @ColinTheMathmo: @alexbellos PvsNP: If a problem can have purported solution checked in a short time, does that then mean solutions c ...
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Published on August 09, 2010 05:20

August 8, 2010

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @suburbanlion: Claimed Proof That P != NP: http://bit.ly/aavrqr /via @slashdot #math #computing

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @suburbanlion: Claimed Proof That P != NP: http://bit.ly/aavrqr /via @slashdot #math #computing
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Published on August 08, 2010 16:39

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