Annotations, Ch 18

[anon_j_anon]

“Aboard this ship, in the middle of space, I am free to define myself according to my will. I choose my axioms, both human and Vulcan, upon which I build my mathematics.”

- Spock

A note on mathematics

I don’t know as much about the history of mathematics as I’d like, but I do know this: everything you learned in grade school and university is

Comments

[chibinecco]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

It's really nice to see someone put effort into annotations like this, even though it's sadly unlikely any of your readers will understand this. But if any fandom will, it's the Trekkies. I understood this well enough to grasp the concepts, but certainly not enough to implement it. XD Still, very cool.

[yazmin_enbouton]

But if any fandom will, it's the Trekkies

This! so much TRUTH in that statement... oh, how I love this fandom :D

[yazmin_enbouton]

I'm not very good with words or at explaining/expressing myself, so just let me tell you that I found myself smiling and nodding the whole time while reading this annotation.

[roseandheather]

I hate math.

I really, really hate math, and I am not interested in it at all except where it concerns dosage calculations and how much anaesthetic I have to give X animal to keep it from clawing me. And possibly how much I have to charge Y client for dosing X animal, depending on whether or not I'm running the desk that day. (Go veterinary nurses.)

So why is it, precisely, that I am feeling the urge to trudge through Calculus to get to all this cool new stuff?

Not cool, Anon. Not cool at all. One of my primary axioms is that I hate math, but if I must do it hand me my nice Euclidean proofs and/or single-variable algebra and leave me be.

Now where can I take correspondence courses in higher mathematics?

[ginxbloodgood]

FINALLY! Someone who understands. I have been trying to express a similar sentiment for a while now. I have not used axioms and non-Euclidean geometry as an anchor for my argument, but I have been trying to get people to understand just how fluid and versatile logic really is, ever since Calculus I back in high school.

I think I'm a little in love with you, just so you know. :]

[margarks]

Your intelligence and knowledge is fascinating. I don't understand a lot of the math (or some of the other annotations) stuff, but I like knowing the background of some of your story choices. Especially as they concern to Spock's introspection and growing self-awareness.