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Category: Reflections

Green + Green = Pink

Beverage and logic collide.

Ben Orlin Reflections 2 Comments June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 1 Minute

Your Earliest Mathematical Memory

What do these memories reveal about us - and about math?

Ben Orlin Education, Reflections 15 Comments September 5, 2018September 4, 2018 7 Minutes

Poem on a Pyramid

If each edge is a line, then each face is a stanza...

Ben Orlin Reflections 11 Comments August 8, 2018August 13, 2018 4 Minutes

My Favorite Student-Advisor Moment

How a student found bravery and an advisor showed grace.

Ben Orlin Reflections 8 Comments May 30, 2018May 30, 2018 4 Minutes

Tales of Pythagoras

Six myths. With cartoons.

Ben Orlin Reflections 4 Comments February 28, 2018February 22, 2018 1 Minute

The State of Being Stuck

Advice from a guy who spent a decade on a single math problem.

Ben Orlin Education, Reflections 80 Comments September 20, 2017September 18, 2017 6 Minutes

The Case for the Brambles

I just finished my twenties. I spent them coasting on dumb and outrageous luck.

Ben Orlin Reflections 16 Comments August 24, 2017August 29, 2017 6 Minutes

The Emergency Black-Box Checklist

When is it okay to execute a mathematical technique without understanding it?

Ben Orlin Reflections 15 Comments June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 4 Minutes

The Three Phases of the Mathematical Life

I met the most famous man in Vietnam. He's a guy who studies algebra.

Ben Orlin Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Math, Reflections 17 Comments May 24, 2017August 17, 2017 6 Minutes

Why Are Mathematicians So Bad at Arithmetic?

18 x 93 is... hey, look over there!

Ben Orlin Reflections 59 Comments January 11, 2017January 10, 2017 2 Minutes

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