Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Kenny rises to new heights of geekdom

Or sinks to new depths, depending on your perspective.

John Derbyshire of The Corner passes on an anecdote that I find richly amusing...

Polish mathematician Antoni Zygmund once wandered past a room where lots of people were watching the World Series. One of his students helpfully explained to Zygmund, who knew nothing about baseball, what was going on. Zygmund's response: "I think it should be called the World Sequence."

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