[ExI] cheerful thought

[spike]

From: extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Mike Dougherty
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 6:31 PM
To: ExI chat list
Subject: Re: [ExI] cheerful thought

 


On Dec 12, 2014 6:47 PM, "spike" <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> >…If one went to heaven only to discover one’s harp was always out of tune and one’s wings didn’t fit right, would those be ith world problems?

> >…What’s the point in being a math geek if you can’t have a weird sense of humor?

>…It's just one dimension less than that line of course. 

>…If not a weird sense of humor I'd have none at all. 

 

When Descarte came up with the term “imaginary” for the i axis, I wonder if he realized what potential it creates for geek wordplay?

I have heard that he had a horse which understood mathematics, and was a most attentive audience whenever he introduced a new concept.  But not in this case, for when the mathematician tried to explain the concept to the beast, it objected with an emphatic NAY!  

(Brace yourself, you know it is coming.  Save yourself, stop reading, flee!)

The problem was he put Descarte before the horse.

 

 

 

 

 

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