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So there’s this thing on the internet that annoys me

Published by Jonathan Weatherhead on July 26, 2012

What is the answer to 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1-1+1+1+1+1+1+1×0 = ? The answer is 14! I keep seeing this circulate the internet, generating pages of comments, people brazenly stating an incorrect answer as if it were the gospel truth and backing it with the most uneducated reasoning.… Read the rest

Jesus explained through numbers

Published by Jonathan Weatherhead on December 13, 2011

Reading through the commentary on a friend’s recent video discussing religion, I noted some confusion with regards to the Christian faith’s tenet proclaiming Jesus to be the Son of God and God. Indeed this duality is a mind boggler that seems to steer right into paradox – is Jesus Son of God and God?… Read the rest

A Brief History of Infinity

Published by Jonathan Weatherhead on October 14, 2011

A Brief History of Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable We human beings have trouble with infinity. Philosophers and mathematicians have gone mad contemplating its nature and complexity – and yet it is a concept now routinely used by schoolchildren.… Read the rest

Quickie

Published by Jonathan Weatherhead on December 13, 2007

Something quick cause I have nothing else. Yeah I had to scrape the barrel deeply for this one. But, I was a friend’s hero, twice, for my troubles solving this. sin(pi/100) + sin(2pi/100) + sin(3pi/100) + … + sin(199pi/100) = ?… Read the rest