“Uncertainty is the only certainty, and the only security is learning how to live with insecurity.” — John Allen Paulos on the varying degrees of certainty, and our fear of the unknown… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fExWBy3FlGE&t=279s
Context is needed to make sense of math. “And that’s not taught a lot. Instead, the formal procedures are emphasized... almost to the exclusion of anything else” — John Allen Paulos on metamathematics & figuring out the independence of events… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fExWBy3FlGE&t=279s
“[With stories] you can get a mathematical idea across without raising people's unnatural fear of mathematics” — John Allen Paulos on teaching math through storytelling… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fExWBy3FlGE&t=279s
“If you never play a song, you're not going to be real fond of your piano lessons….” — John Allen Paulos on why rote problem solving doesn’t unlock the playful nature of mathematics… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fExWBy3FlGE&t=279s