OCTOBER 5th, Calculus

“Calculus required continuity, and continuity was supposed to require the infinitely little; but nobody could discover what the infinitely little might be.”
– Bertrand Russell

Ahhh, another fine October day to be alive.   There are Plenty of things in the world that will kill our body.   As we discovered yesterday, it could be an asteroid.   But what about what kills our spirit.   Ask any high school teen what subject they hate most.   I’m sure the most common answer given is math.   Now imagine that Math itself was a person.   Math wakes up, Math eats breakfast, Math gets ready for school.   What subject does Math itself dread going to?   Calculus.

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