“The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function.” — Edward Teller
Infinity
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In the Bible there are many references to the Jordan river. Joshua 03:17 “The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing […]
State Number of days to double cases england 9.170667077048846 northern_ireland 9.440172590839559 scotland 11.09717971461147 uk 8.984112697842296 wales 5.958681781105541 All warranties explicit or implied as to the accuracy of this data are nil. Explanation of term doubling number. The number of days for the number of cases to double. So for example, […]
When thinking about the new reality of the COVID19 virus, a lot of things roll through my brain. I think about the quote that Jeff Goldblum says in Jurassic park about the dinosaurs — “Life will not be contained. Life breaks free. It expands to new territories, crashes through barriers, […]
In my post on February 10 I predicted that there would be a million cases of coronavirus by March 1. Today, March 6, I am looking at the number of cases outside China reported as 2400 on February 24 and 1200 on February 20. One can use these values to […]
In my post on February 10 I predicted that there would be a million cases of coronavirus by March 1. It was a simplistic back-of-the-envelope calculation. On the same day, Donald Trump made the prediction, “Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do — you know, a lot […]
As anyone who has played backgammon, players can double the value of the game through the use of the doubling cube, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64. Doubling can be used in many contexts. It can be an important tool in understanding exponential processes. The use of the exponential […]
The new cosmology could be ushering in a profound religious, moral and ethical consciousness similar to the science of Galileo. In that time, the mere transition from a topocentric to a heliocentric viewpoint was considered blasphemy by the established church. And indeed, cosmology does seem to drive beliefs, an answer […]
When I think about infinity, I usually start with a straight line, or an open highway stretching off in the distance to a vanishing point. But to a pioneer, infinity is really about discovering new worlds. You can stop anywhere on that open highway — and there discover a new […]
So, now, you are at a crossroads. A small town in the middle of the desert, a highway going East to West, a highway going North to South. There are more roads. A storekeeper at the gas station keeps an eye on the traffic. Much of it is familiar faces, […]
Thinking about running away from home, most individuals naturally confront a natural question. “If I walk out, where do I end up?” By naturally, I refer to a logical consistency, a divine intelligence that would reason through all the possible preparations in the advent of any possible adversity. Of course, we […]