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Lover of math. Bad at drawing.

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Author: Ben Orlin

Confessions of a Luddite mathematician.

Why do some wizards know no spells?

Ben Orlin Math 10 Comments March 16, 2022March 15, 2022 3 Minutes

I can’t multiply 2573 by 389.

Neither can you, I bet.

Ben Orlin Education, Reflections 85 Comments March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 4 Minutes

Transitivity and its failures.

In a complex world, A > B and B > C may not mean A > C.

Ben Orlin Math 21 Comments March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 3 Minutes

Two ways to play chess. Also, two ways to live.

Surfing the state space vs. probing the game tree.

Ben Orlin Math 12 Comments February 23, 2022February 22, 2022 2 Minutes

A theory of trios.

Inspired by the card game SET.

Ben Orlin Cartoons, Math 5 Comments February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 2 Minutes

A Love Story of Machine Learning

Supervised yearning.

Ben Orlin Math, Sentiments 14 Comments February 14, 2022February 8, 2022 1 Minute

What makes a great puzzle? Five books, five answers.

Languages. Shapes. Logic. Computation. And a rival to sudoku.

Ben Orlin Catriona Shearer, Puzzle Wizard, Math 10 Comments January 24, 2022 5 Minutes

A book of deep, easy-to-play mathematical games (and why they matter).

Now available for preorder.

Ben Orlin Math 25 Comments January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 2 Minutes

NHL, Please Fix Your Standings

Please, NHL, for the love of all that is logical, change your standings.

Ben Orlin Open Letters 18 Comments October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 2 Minutes

A Hundred Thousand Billion Poems

Pull up a chair, and set aside 200 million years.

Ben Orlin Reflections, They Made a Thing 15 Comments September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 1 Minute

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