I was just reminded about my Formspring account.
Click on ASK FYN to see what I mean.
Today I logged in and there are a few unanswered questions. Here goes, in no particular order. Identifying details might have been asterisked.
I am a professor at a University north of ***** and would like to include your “about” text and a link to your blog in a program for a theatrical program in my department. What cha think?
Sure! I’m all for theatrics, er, theatrical departments. Thanks for the question, that one was a surprise!
Why me?
Why not? You’re here, aren’t you? By that, I mean, regardless of whatever you believe about one’s existence on whatever plane, no matter what your religion, lack thereof, particular belief system, etc., you’re here on this planet with the rest of us. For better and worse. Let’s make the most of it. Some of us might be better suited to making the “least” of it, but I don’t beat myself up about that.
Take a sphere and shrink it to such a degree that finally the sphere has no exterior at all. Now, turn it inside-out. What does that look like to you?
Even though math was never my highest graded subject, I did make it to a little bit of geometry. If I go back to school, math is going to be the first subject that I return to.
To answer your question immediately, the result, in my humble opinion, looks like a cross between a pinwheel and at least several logos of some corporations.
Since I do my best to be as informed as possible, I’ll tell you that I was one of those nerdy bordering on know-it-all kids that carried a dictionary around to look up meanings and spellings of words that I didn’t understand. Of course, I’m going to utilize the resources at my clicking disposal right now.
I believe that what my asker is asking refers to Smale’s paradox.
Here’s a video called ‘Outside In’ and I’m watching it again now. Where was THIS when I was in high school? I feel robbed!
