Posts tagged "math"

July 15, 2011
“ …the price of a robust legal defense system is, on occasion, letting some criminals go free. Defense attorneys sometimes use proofiness to get their clients off, but it’s not nearly so grave a sin as using proofiness to put someone behind bars.
  -Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception by Charles Seife

#math #law

July 11, 2011
“ bad mathematics is being used to deny our citizens — mostly our minorities — their rightful vote. In a democracy, there can be no graver sin.
  -Proofiness: the dark arts of mathematical deception by Charles Seife

#math #elections

October 10, 2010
“ I know plenty of people who can calculate how much the 40% off sweater on sale at Neiman Marcus will cost, but claim that things like mortgages or interest on their bank account are just too hard to understand.
  -we are in…like…so much in trouble… episode two.

#math