Science vs Intuition
Posted: September 10th, 2009 | Author: Tim | Filed under: science | Tags: grocery lines, linear equations, math | 1 Comment »Found a great article on the math of checkout lines. It does a great job of showing a concrete example of some fancy math concepts, and also shows the difference between thinking something is correct and having proof of it.
Given the picture below, which line do *you* think is faster? Click the image to find out.
Dreary Day…
It was a dreary day here today, so I just took to piddeling around online and found…