
Alex Kontorovich on the Absolute Truth of Pure Math
The Joy of x
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I Love Chess, but I Don't Want to Watch Harry Potter Movies
Chess is pointless in a way that math is not, it seems to me as someone who loves both of them. On the other hand, if school's mandated chess, that's right, i wouldn't be opposed. I took my, my older son to his first chess tournament, and he lost the game, yeh. But being able to lose a game, thare's such an important lesson to be learned there That amat also could teach, if you, you know, if a problem beats you, if you can't solve it.
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