The e-zine has several, but maybe it is only I who do not understand.
here’s math I don’t understand:
Buy 2 to save even more!
Not that I don’t understand the math of it, I just don’t understand why people are so stupid to fall for marketing campaigns.
Um, because they are stupid?
Because they were allowed to give up trying to learn maths when they were younger?
“It’s OK, Olivia, because you’re cute and don’t need math.”
“It’s OK, Trent, because you play Fuhbaw don’t need math.”
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If it’s something you buy regularly then “the more you spend the more you save” could be accurate.
If a tube of toothpaste is $3, or $5 for two or $7 for three then spending $7 for three does save me money because I am nearly certain to buy a third tube of toothpaste before I would have earned $2 in investment income on the extra $4.
But if we’re talking about hot water heaters… well that’s something I only need one of.
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But using it before it expires?
(Me looking at 5 tubes from Costco bought when they were an extra $5 off…)
Toothpaste is good for several years. Google tells me that the average person uses 6 tubes a year. So yeah… not really a problem.
I read this topology article. It was interesting but what I found really interesting is that on an abstract level it is saying you can have as much information as you have up to the level that you think it is credible but don’t always assume that your expected conclusion is correct. In this case they found one exception but I am wondering how soon this opens a new line of abstract thinking that leads to a lot of exceptions. A lot of PhDs and articles are earned in this manner of extending.