Another nice Math Problem
admin Published in the old blog in 1022/08/16 I recently got recommended a YouTube video by MindYourDecisions with the following problem: Which number doubles when the last digit becomes the first…
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ChatGPT Babble
I asked ChatGPT to give a proof of the Theorem of Pythagoras. Here is what it came up with. To understand how this could happen we should be aware that…
Problems with Infinity
Another old blog entry, again about the foundations of math. I recently came across one of the many videos on Youtube dealing with the problem of infinity. At the end…
The Ethics of AI
I wrote this text for the old blog some years ago. The topic of AI and its ethics is now even more urgent. So, I repeat the text in the…
Corona – Revisited
Dieser Beitrag ist von 2021, also von vor 2 Jahren. Für mich ist das Lesen dieses alten Textes ein Test, ob ich ihn heute noch genauso schreiben würde. Ich denke…
EMT – Simulation of the Two Child Problem
The two-child problem is a problem in probability theory with a solution that seems paradox on first sight. I wrote about that problem before. Let me repeat the explanation and…
Problem mit Zahlen
Wenn sogar das Bundesministerium für Gesundheit das nicht kann …
Gödel’s Mysterious Incompleteness Theorem
In my book, Gödel’s incompleteness theorem is one of the greatest achievements of human thinking. It crashed into mathematics like a hammer when it was published. It destroyed the firm…
Computing Primes with Python and EMT
Another old posting from my previous blog. Continuing to get acquainted with Python, I looked at the book „Introduction to Data Science“ by Joel Grus. I have it in German…
High School Students proved Pythagoras
Recently, some YouTube videos came up in my inbox that refer to an article in the Scientific American. It seems, I cannot read this article without a subscription. But there…