Mandatory?

Count up all of the people who have ever lived. I think you get about 12 billion. From my standpoint, the number you get depends on two things: how many people have ever lived and how good you are at counting. I figure that about 12 billion people have been or are still alive and that you’re reasonably good at counting.

Reductio Ad Absurdum

Preamble:

Don’t worry. This post isn’t all about math. It is a typical ramp through whatever crosses my mind. I wrote the title thinking I’d write about RAA. I have some vague ideas. Just before starting to write, I realized that some people might think “Oh good grief: another post about proof techniques. I’m not going to even bother reading this one.” That’s a fair enough thought to have. At this point, I can’t really say whether it will be about proof techniques. I rather doubt it though. I seem to be feeling just a tad on the whimsical side. I’ll probably digress midway through the first paragraph where I actually do address the title of this post.

The Fable of the Chickens and the Hockey Stick

Given that a significant number of the people that I admire here portray themselves as female, I feel that it might be appropriate for me to let them know that my admiration for them is not just intellectual. I admire them as a studly man might admire them. However, my recent writings have not been particularly manly. My goodness! When I think that Saturday, half the time I was calling myself Alice, my heart just goes pitter patter thinking of how feminine I must have