how a mathematician counts the number of cows in a field: counts the number of their legs, and divides by 4. keywords: complication
Month: May 2019
JOKE
proof of the existence of God: the fact that you might feel dizzy when looking down, but never when looking up. keywords: theology, argumentation
types of development
Development can be scalar or vectorial. Scalar development is commonly called evolution. (The most fundamental scalar development is the progression of space-time, as described by Dewey B. Larson.) Nature created man to carry out vectorial development. (cf: “Man was created by water to carry it uphill.”) A gram of vectorial evolution is worth a kilogram … Continue reading types of development
PUN
retweet: a weekend of prayer and fasting for the fey crowd
auto-antonym
‘It doesn’t matter.’ 1. I’m not concerned with the situation you are referring to. 2. I have taken care of the situation you are referring to.
QUIP
Happiness is when your test scores are from concentrate, and your juice beverage is not.
Impeach the treasonous dotard
- what USA Today (30.May.2019) says some people are saying. Get over it already – what USA Today (30.May.2019) says other people are saying. The world needs Esperanto – what I say. (It seems to me that ‘dotard’ is being overloaded with the meaning of ‘idiot’. After all, just as the truly insane are not … Continue reading Impeach the treasonous dotard
quotient construction in the real world
A well-known quotient construction in the real world is the discounting of chance occurrences and coincidences. keywords: Mathematics, thresholds
novaj (anglalingvaj) vortoj aldonitaj al sia vortaro fare de Merriam-Webster en aprilo 2019
Jen la ligilo al la listo de vortoj keywords: dictionary, dictionaries, new words
auto-antonym
‘a hard sell’ 1. something unlikely to occur 2. forceful argumentation that makes something likely to occur