Math Mutation

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Math Mutation 238: Programming Your Donkey Feb 18, 2018

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Does the "Buridan's Ass" paradox prove the existence of free will? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 237: A Skewed Perspective Jan 15, 2018

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The strange relativistic phenomenon of Terrell Rotation. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 236: A Stubborn Tortoise Dec 20, 2017

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Why do we believe basic logical arguments? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 235: Syntax Wars Nov 19, 2017

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Do human languages really need rules of syntax? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 234: Le Grand K Oct 16, 2017

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The suprisingly primitive method used for standardizing the kilogram. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 233: A Totalitarian Theorem Aug 28, 2017

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How the Pythagorean Theorem influenced Hobbes' Leviathan. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 232: Overcooked Bacon Jul 29, 2017

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Is there merit to the "Six Degrees of Separation" concept? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 231: A New Dimension in Housing Jul 01, 2017

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Buckminster Fuller's first four-dimensional house. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 230: Just Say The Dog Ate It May 27, 2017

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Should professors assign famous unsolved problems as homework? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 229: When Numbers Change Mar 26, 2017

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If you test a conjecture with values up to 60 digits, can you assume it will be true forever? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)