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RE: Musings on the Oxymoron of the "Only Choice"
Great post to make people think @krnel.
To quote "Freewill" by Rush:
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
Any thoughts on the way people butcher mathematical concepts?
i.e. saying things like "4 times smaller". Things like that seem to be all over the TV these days.
I also have a Lowe's commercial in mind as a demonstration of ignorance of the English language.
Mathematically, times can refer to
xor*to refer to multiplication, which can also be described by factors. You can say you are multiplying something by a factor of (4x), and you can divide something by a factor of 4 (4x). The factoring of size is what is being referred to, not the strict "times = multiplication", but the "times = factors" aspect. Otherwise we should say "one fourth smaller"? It's easier to say a "hundred times smaller" than "one one hundredth smaller" :P Fraction are not very liked lol.People in Murica seem to especially dislike the hard work that math can create.
Thank goodness for debit cards.