bemusedlybespectacled:

if you ever think mythology is boring or serious business or whatever shit

just remember that cerberus, the hell-hound and guard dog of the underworld, comes from the root indo-european word ḱerberos, which evolved into the greek word kerberos, which got changed to cerberus when it went from greek to latin

ḱerberos means “spotted”

that’s right

hades, lord of the dead, literally fucking named his pet dog spot

EMILYYYYYYY. why couldn’t this have been our class though.

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- Valar Morghulis.
- Yes, all men must die, but we are not men.

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alexandraerin:

Say I’m 32 years old and you’re 22 years old.

In how many years will we be the same age?

…

Silly question, right? If you define aging as a process that stops at death, the only way we’ll ever be the same age is if I die first. If you don’t, then we’ll never be the same age. Every time you age a…

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Stan Getz & João Gilberto “The Girl From Ipanema” (1964) (by rovingeye2)

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imathematicus:

mathematica:

Today, I excitedly opened my email, knowing today my panel would be announced for my research presentation. I had compiled so much beautiful, amazing data. All of my effort had gone to making my argument elegant and simple yet genius and thoughtful. What I have on paper is nothing less than beautiful.

And then I opened my email and threw my binder across the room.

My panel consists of English professors and history professors.

Everything I had been working on all semester for presentation went out the window. My task now? Simply to communicate a simplified, rather ugly version of everything I have been working on. I have to make them understand my research - this panel of people who may have taken one calculus class about 20 years ago.

There has been much discussion on the mathematics tag lately about the importance of communicating math. While I hope none of you all are ever put in my shoes, it leads to an interesting question I replied to someone’s question in my inbox regarding: what is the use of mathematics if you cannot communicate it?

What do you think?

Having to present to non-math persons is like using Spanish to describe English. It just doesn’t work as well. 

Second Answer: The great David Hilbert once said, “A mathematical theory is not to be considered complete until you have made
it so clear that you can explain it to the first man you meet on the
street.” Best of luck to you.

Third Answer: The GREATER Einstein said, “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

You can explain ideas and concepts simply, but there gets to be a point where a baseline knowledge is essential.

reginasmom:

“I Can’t Remember Where I Put My Phone Two Seconds Ago But I Vividly Remember Every Embarrassing Thing I’ve Said Or Done Since 2008” a book written by me

Ha! Try 1993.

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