Subj : Re: packets To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu May 07 2020 22:23:28 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 02-May-2020 07:48 <=- NB>>> That's ok... math ends up being useful no matter what one ends up NB>>> doing, the higher math mostly useful for the sciences... As I said, NB>>> I ended up not really staying in the physical sciences, but got into NB>>> the social sciences... :) BM>> "Broadens your horizons". :) I don't have much use for math beyond BM>> the basics, but the puzzle solving aspect of Algebra has probably BM>> helped my figure out some things in Real Life: sort of discover a BM>> pattern (the 'plus x' portion of the equation). As for application BM>> towards the social sciences. maybe is Brand X with the Buy 2, get $1.50 BM>> off coupon.... NB>> Being able to think logically, as well as outside the box, are both NB>> useful skills.... ;) BM> And some times be able to think in a logical true/false manner, other BM> times to not be constrained by all the rules. Generally depends on the actual situation at hand, which is most useful... :) BM>>> Some things are very yes/no, true/false, work/won't work and no matter BM>>> how much one tries to get around won't alter. Other the premise is BM>>> wrong but has been accepted as true and can be so can 'altered' -- BM>>> really is the first one, just had the wrong information. NB>>> Basic math is very much yes/no.... when one gets into the logic levels NB>>> of math and sciences, there's more of the how you get there can make a NB>>> difference.... and there might be more than one way... And when one NB>>> is dealing with people instead of math and science, there's a lot more NB>>> factors, and a lot more of the shades of white/grey/black.... :) BM>> People have a ton of variables built in! Makes things fun. :) Can BM>> be annoying to someone trying to figure out the science behind. NB>> People just aren't that easy to quantify.... and trying to pigeonhole NB>> generally makes for wrong answers... ;) BM> Right: they can't even quantify themselves: what was liked yesterday BM> maybe 'egh!' today. What was the right amount of food yesterday was BM> too much today. Simple examples, and barely touching quantification, BM> but we get the idea. Exactly... :) NB>>>> ... Of people born in 1839, 100% who ate carrots are dead! BM>>> That seems proof enough carrots are bad for you!! NB>>> Faulty reasoning, just like one might do with the below.... ;) NB>>> ... 100% of people who breathe die. BM>> Stop breathing and save yourself!! NB>> But when one stops breathing one does die... ;) BM> Use a respirator? NB> That only works for a while.... eventually one still dies... BM> As do all things. Yup. NB>>> ... I like stuffed animals. Oven baked with bread crumb stuffing. BM>> Hmm: previous message had one about eggs and chickens; wonder what the BM>> next message's will be?! NB>> As I almost recall, it probably had nothing at all to do with that NB>> train of thought (I'm pretty sure that those had been essentially NB>> random tags [g]).... I do have a lot of food related tags, though... BM> Hmm: really short ones could be 'snack tags'! Maybe.... ;) ttyl neb .... He's so cheap: Even if he were in a canoe he wouldn't tip. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .