When reading the excerpt “The Origin of Greek Number-Philosophy” from Charles Seife’s Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea I found the whole cult scene of Pythagoras’ followers a little sketchy. It was very interesting the basis on the teachings of the Greeks was based on Geometry and how the numbers correspond to shapes. I have never really tried to put it in that context before (or have been conscious of doing so). I also loved how all throughout what they though were completely rational was fundamentally irrational and imperfect. I was also loved how he related music and math, how he used ratios to illustrate the intervals and aesthetics of the sound and also how the perfect ratio is portrayed in the Parthenon and is regarded as the most aesthetically pleasing form. I also found 0 interesting to begin with. As compared with today, zero is still a mystery. Scientists and mathematicians still have no definition for an integer divided by zero. So we have not progressed so far, although zero ca still play an important role in mathematics, there is still so much that zero has left to be answered.
On a separate note, I was thinking about Captain Planet the other day. “Captain Planet was a television cartoon aired in 1990 to raise awareness about environmental issues amongst children.” (Wikipedia) All in all, this seems like a weak premise to base a television show off of because 1. Children aren’t going to go out and recycle or save the whales. 2. This show had a staggering amount of violence and didn’t set a very good example. I also felt bad for Ma-Ti, because he never had a cool ring power. Each planeteer had a ring that gave them special abilities. There was Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, and Heart. Ma-Ti had Heart. You can’t save the world with heart. But beside that it probably had the coolest theme song:
Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Heart... Go Planet
By your powers combined I am Captain Planet.
Captain Planet he's our hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero
He's our powers magnified and he's fighting on the planet's side.
Captain Planet he's our hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero
Gonna help him put asunder, bad guys that like to loot and plunder.
(You'll pay for this Captain Planet)
We're the planeteers, you can be one too
cause saving our planet is the thing to do
looting and polluting is not the way
hear what Captain Planet has to say.
THE POWER IS YOURS!
You need to make a point about the readings, not just state what you find interesting, but describe why it interests you.
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