Thaaaat's Numberwang

"Number occupies a strategic position in this conflict, because it is simultaneously the most generalized basis of thought and that which demands most abruptly the question of its being." — Alain Badiou

See also Mitchell & Webb's "Numberwang" sketch.

“a bigger, more prominent Saudi institution—King Saud University in Riyadh—has climbed several hundred places in international rankings in the past 4 years largely through initiatives specifically targeted toward attaching KSU’s name to research publications, regardless of whether the work involved any meaningful collaboration with KSU researchers” — Cash for Citations?

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a bigger, more prominent Saudi institution—King Saud University in Riyadh—has climbed several hundred places in international rankings in the past 4 years largely through initiatives specifically targeted toward attaching KSU’s name to research publications, regardless of whether the work involved any meaningful collaboration with KSU researchers” — Cash for Citations?

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Another day on earth, Olivia Locher

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newsweek:

meredithbklyn:

The Fox news graphics department is on a roll, guys.
(look at Romney’s pic)
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Nice try, Barack.

newsweek:

meredithbklyn:

The Fox news graphics department is on a roll, guys.

(look at Romney’s pic)

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Nice try, Barack.

“Note how the 8.6 percent unemployment rate in November looks higher than March’s 8.8 percent rate, and about the same as the 9 percent unemployment rate in October.”  — Today In Dishonest Fox News Charts

Note how the 8.6 percent unemployment rate in November looks higher than March’s 8.8 percent rate, and about the same as the 9 percent unemployment rate in October.” — Today In Dishonest Fox News Charts

“So what we did was we crafted language that was so obscure, so confusing, so uninformative, but so precise.” — Jack Abramoff’s guide to buying congressmen

nevver:

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So what we did was we crafted language that was so obscure, so confusing, so uninformative, but so precise.” — Jack Abramoff’s guide to buying congressmen

nevver:

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Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely different. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

(Source: quantumaniac, via proofmathisbeautiful)

langer:

Because I know you needed it, internet, I made you this reaction gif of Tavis Smiley and Cornel West hearing the news from Bill O’Reilly that nobody on Wall St. committed any crimes.

langer:

Because I know you needed it, internet, I made you this reaction gif of Tavis Smiley and Cornel West hearing the news from Bill O’Reilly that nobody on Wall St. committed any crimes.