Cross posted at Engineering Education.

I was a student attending the prestigious Math Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP) during the summer of 1993 when it was announced that mathematician Andrew Wiles was believed to have solved the most famous unsolved theorem in all of mathematics. Unfortunately, for me, the post-proof hype turned to gloom. Wiles ( Read more... )

Lately I've been encouraged to make more of my posts unlocked. I only do that under certain circumstances, but I feel this is an important occasion because I believe I have spotted a hoax and that I am unusually qualified to unmask it.

( The Daniel Tammet Hoax )

This is the first post I've made public in a while, and I'm doing so because I want to publicly shame everyone involved.

Just over two years ago, I was treated in the emergency room at Grossmont Hospital. I received several bills for my treatment, and paid them all within a few weeks, in a pretty normal way.

Last month, I received a call from ( Read more... )

This morning, during my almost daily trip to the coffee stand down the street, just before my morning walk, I heard the old Nena song, 99 Red Balloons, playing. I love that song, as does nearly everyone who was young and concious during the height of the Cold War.

( Where is our 99 Red Balloons? )

This is abblog. If you want to read something in it besides this post, you must be on my friends list. You can request to be on my friends list here. However, I might ignore. I might also add you. Beyond that, I have several filtering levels. If you request to read my journal, you should tell me enough about yourself for me to know what ( Read more... )