What is the difference between maths and philosophy?

Answer: There is a joke that goes as follows: Math Departments are cheap beca.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You What is the difference between maths and philosophy? Armin Nikkhah Shirazi Written May 6 There is a joke that goes as follows: Math Departments are cheap because all a mathematician needs is a pencil, paper and a wastebasket. Philosophy departments are even chea... Read More » How do cinema employees catch people that go into another movie after they leave the one they were in? Ivan Rorick, former cinema usher (2004-2006) Written May 8 We didn't, generally. Actually taking the time to crack down on people who do this would be more expensive than the cost of the ticket they would have bought if they hadn't.... Read More » I got an offer from Microsoft and Amazon in Seattle upon my MS CS graduation. The salaries are pretty similar. Which offer should I take? John L. Miller, Principal Engineer in Azure Compute Allocator at Microsoft (2016-present) Written Dec 24, 2015 I've worked at both Amazon and Microsoft. If you're not planning on staying long (i.e. a couple years), and would like to live in Seattle proper, I'd work at Amazon. If qua... Read More » Did the White House doctor lie to us on January 16, 2018, about President Trump's health? How could he possibly be in excellent health? Sierra Spaulding, 2017/2018 Top Writer Written Jan 16 Did the White House doctor lie to us today? That "White House doctor" is no fly-by-night charlatan. The Presidential physician is Dr. Ronny Jackson, a rear admiral in the Na... Read More » Why should I use C++ instead of Python for scientific computing? Victor Eijkhout, I wrote the book on Scientific Computing. Ok, *a* book, not *the* book. Still. Updated Nov 19 In my beginning programming class I show students two bits of code, bubble sort in C++, and bubble sort in Python. The C++ code runs 100 times faster than python. And then ... Read More » What was the "removing the headphone jack" of another industry? JG McLean, charter member of the unhelpful biography society. Written May 1 In the late 1980s, IBM was desperate to stem the tide of "Clone PCs". The original IBM PC had been built from commercially-available components and used an internally-develo... Read More » Are eggs not recommended to cancer patients because of the fact that they contain choline which helps cancer cells expand? Steven P Robinson, former Staff Sergeant at United States Air Force Reserve (1983-1992) Written May 2 Are eggs not recommended to cancer patients because of the fact that they contain choline which helps cancer cells expand? To answer this question I did a web search for inf... Read More » Why is Microsoft no longer in Fortune Magazine's best place to work list after being on the list for 16 years? Is Microsoft no longer a cool place to work at compared to Google? David Seidman, former Security Program Manager at Microsoft (2005-2016) Written Sep 18, 2016 Former Microsoftie here, but now a Googler. I don't know for sure, but I suspect it is three things. One, Microsoft used to have amazing health care - basically you paid no... Read More » What is the number whose square and cube are equal? Michael Dramitinos, studies Physics at University of Crete (2020) Written May 1 You need to convert it to math, like so: [math]x^2 = x^3[/math] , now all we need to do is solve the equation. I'll rewrite it as so: [math]x^2 - x^3 = 0[/math], now ,factoring out the [math]x^2[/math] we have [math]x^2(1-x) = 0[/math]. So , there are 2 possibili... Read More » What happens if a UK citizen needs medical care while in the US but cannot pay? Paul Holman Updated May 6 I have direct experience of this situation: Immediately necessary, life saving medical care is provided straight away, without delay or reference to how you will pay for it.... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.