To Carthage Then I Came Burning Burning Burning Burning

“When you finish a direct proof, you’ll write QED. When you finish a proof by contraposition, you’ll also write QED but you’ll also write Ta da! Because you’ll feel really great about yourself.”

Discrete math professor (via mathprofessorquotes)

Found this little guy at college today

Epimetheus Above the Rings of Saturn

via reddit

i cannot let the stress of right now over shadow the success i have faith in for my future.

Old Town, Portland

October 17, 2015

person: it’s too early for halloween stuff it’s over a month away

me: 

“In this presidential election season, one thing is certain: candidates will rarely — if ever — be asked what they would do to keep this nation at the forefront of science and innovation.

The truth is in the numbers. In the 1960s, the United States devoted nearly 17% of discretionary spending to research and development, reaping decades of economic growth from this sustained investment. By 2008, the figure had fallen into the single digits. This occurs at a time when the private sector has cut back on its research investment and other nations have made significant gains in their own research capabilities. China, for example, is projected to outspend the United States in research within the next decade. East Asia as a whole already does.”

— Janet Napolitano, Why more scientists are needed in the public square.

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