Mathemagical Mathematics Combines The Beauty Of Mathematical

There Is Still A Difference Between Something And Nothing, But It Is Purely Geometrical And There Is Nothing Behind The Geometry.

Consider A Cow. A Cow Doesn't Have The Problem-solving Skill Of A Chimpanzee, Which Has Discovered How To Get Termites Out Of The Ground By Putting A Stick Into A Hole. Evolution Has Developed The Brain's Ability To Solve Puzzles, And At The Same Time Has Produced In Our Brain A Pleasure Of Solving Problems.

Politicians, Real-estate Agents, Used-car Salesmen, And Advertising Copy-writers Are Expected To Stretch Facts In Self-serving Directions, But Scientists Who Falsify Their Results Are Regarded By Their Peers As Committing An Inexcusable Crime. Yet The Sad Fact Is That The History Of Science Swarms With Cases Of Outright Fakery And Instances Of Scientists Who Unconsciously Distorted Their Work By Seeing It Through Lenses Of Passionately Held Beliefs.

When Reputable Scientists Correct Flaws In An Experiment That Produced Fantastic Results, Then Fail To Get Those Results When They Repeat The Test With Flaws Corrected, They Withdraw Their Original Claims. They Do Not Defend Them By Arguing Irrelevantly That The Failed Replication Was Successful In Some Other Way, Or By Making Intemperate Attacks On Whomever Dares To Criticize Their Competence.

The Violence And Double-talk In The Alice Books Probably Does No Harm To Children, But The Novels Should Not Be Allowed To Circulate Indiscriminately Among Adults Who Are Undergoing Analysis.