tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post8748750829995102052..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Pick A Numbertruepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-41309621789805720982008-04-17T16:34:00.000-07:002008-04-17T16:34:00.000-07:00My guess, by the way, is seven. What's my prize?hm...<I>My guess, by the way, is seven. What's my prize?</I><BR/><BR/>hmm, well I'm bringing that old book I told you about to the meeting tonight, the 1952 book on the Yemeni Jews airlift to Israel, so I guess I'll award that to you for your uncanny accuracy. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if calculators have caused damage to more than just our numeracy... since so much of life, of being alive, is incalculable, we seem increasingly unable nowadays to handle the large degree to which the "unknowable" must remain a part of life.Charles Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168475254263681673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-83606825946966262382008-04-17T16:09:00.000-07:002008-04-17T16:09:00.000-07:00How many numbers is Boston? I'm not psychic, you k...How many numbers is Boston? I'm not psychic, you know. <BR/><BR/>And that's the problem with the kids atop: They didn't want to win by getting the 'better' answer, they wanted to win by getting the 'right' answer, which they could (probably) only do by abandoning Reason in favor of e.s.p., thereby coming across not only as wrong but as losers. The better isn't attractive. It's a phantasy world of dreamers we face. For them if it's not perfect it sucketh.<BR/><BR/>My guess, by the way, is seven. What's my prize?Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-25555628824991759602008-04-17T15:35:00.000-07:002008-04-17T15:35:00.000-07:00Are you sure they wanted to win? They might have b...Are you sure they wanted to win? They might have been thinking "that it wouldn't be cool if i'm competitive at <I>this</I>."<BR/><BR/>Then again, since the advent of calculators, numeracy has become a lost art for many.truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.com