John Allen Paulos's Blog, page 7

JohnAllenPaulos: No one ever exhorts followers to be the first to "unfollow" and thereby reduce the number of followers to a milestone number.

JohnAllenPaulos: No one ever exhorts followers to be the first to "unfollow" and thereby reduce the number of followers to a milestone number.

JohnAllenPaulos: Told of 2 "psychics" who predict coin flips with accuracy of 60% & 20%, respectively, most think first would be more helpful.

JohnAllenPaulos: Told of 2 "psychics" who predict coin flips with accuracy of 60% & 20%, respectively, most think first would be more helpful.

JohnAllenPaulos: Mathematics & Poetry - http://bit.ly/b3BJpz - More accurately (Sorta, Kinda) Mathematics & (Sorta, Kinda) Poetry. Oulipo-ish.

JohnAllenPaulos: Mathematics & Poetry - http://bit.ly/b3BJpz - More accurately (Sorta, Kinda) Mathematics & (Sorta, Kinda) Poetry. Oulipo-ish.

JohnAllenPaulos: @ptak Much clearer than there exists a 1-1 correspondence between pos. integers and neg. integers. ;-)

JohnAllenPaulos: @ptak Much clearer than there exists a 1-1 correspondence between pos. integers and neg. integers. ;-)

JohnAllenPaulos: If (I say "if") my tweets are worth writing, they're probably worth backing up.

JohnAllenPaulos: If (I say "if") my tweets are worth writing, they're probably worth backing up.

JohnAllenPaulos: Happy Halladays! (for Philadelphians only)

JohnAllenPaulos: Happy Halladays! (for Philadelphians only)

JohnAllenPaulos: Gov't report confirms obvious: Obama admin. low-balled BP oil spill estimates. http://n.pr/a6hyAr Evidence-based? - NOT

JohnAllenPaulos: Gov't report confirms obvious: Obama admin. low-balled BP oil spill estimates. http://n.pr/a6hyAr Evidence-based? - NOT

JohnAllenPaulos: It's OK in elections, but voting for better candidate for wrong reasons is a bit like cancelling the 6's in 16/64 to get 1/4.

JohnAllenPaulos: It's OK in elections, but voting for better candidate for wrong reasons is a bit like cancelling the 6's in 16/64 to get 1/4.

JohnAllenPaulos: @Gelada Tversky and Kahneman did most of their work together, but T died shortly before award was granted. Some flexibility is appropriate.

JohnAllenPaulos: @Gelada Tversky and Kahneman did most of their work together, but T died shortly before award was granted. Some flexibility is appropriate.

JohnAllenPaulos: @Gelada Not appreciably if eligibility were only extended to the recently deceased.

JohnAllenPaulos: @Gelada Not appreciably if eligibility were only extended to the recently deceased.