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In English, however, the noun mathematics takes singular verb forms. It is often shortened to math in English-speaking North America and maths elsewhere. http:

by mattyb 17y ago

In English, however, the noun mathematics takes singular verb forms. It is often shortened to math in English-speaking North America and maths elsewhere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics#Etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics#Etymology The author goes to Oxford.

padmanabhan01 17y ago
I was not talking about the usage 'math' or 'maths'. I was saying, it is not the fault of math/maths when we make wrong assumptions like 'house prices can't go down' or 'prices will always increase' etc. GIGO.
- mattyb 17y ago
  Duly noted, and I agree.
- grellas 17y ago
  In the early 1980s in California certain prominent second mortgage lenders filed bankruptcy after advertising long and loud that "you can't lose on California real estate." In theory, when you invested, you loaned your money directly to a California homeowner secured by a deed of trust. In reality, given that the borrower was paying 15 points on the loan, plus 24% interest, the loan hardly fell into a typical "secured" category. These borrowers were in fact taking out 3rd, 4th, and 5th loans on properties whose only "equity" consisted of paper value generated by mass phony appraisals done by or in coordination with a whole set of players who had a stake in keeping the game going. When it all collapsed, people were observing how naive all those investors were to invest in something that sounded too good to be true. It looks like our Wall Street wizards fell victim to the same impulse. This led to the bad assumptions that fueled their greed and to their ultimate demise. Nothing new under the sun, said Solomon. It is all too true.
  - grimoire 17y ago
    Large gains always means you are assuming a large risk. No one has yet to come up with a way of removing (or greatly reducing) risk without also greatly reducing the gains. Ignore large gains at your own peril.
joe_the_user 17y ago
Thanks, and here I had been thinking that "the maths" was a neologism like "The Interwebs".
- Batsu 17y ago
  Glad I'm not alone on that one.

by mattyb 17y ago

padmanabhan01 17y ago

I was not talking about the usage 'math' or 'maths'. I was saying, it is not the fault of math/maths when we make wrong assumptions like 'house prices can't go down' or 'prices will always increase' etc. GIGO.

mattyb 17y ago
Duly noted, and I agree.
grellas 17y ago
In the early 1980s in California certain prominent second mortgage lenders filed bankruptcy after advertising long and loud that "you can't lose on California real estate." In theory, when you invested, you loaned your money directly to a California homeowner secured by a deed of trust. In reality, given that the borrower was paying 15 points on the loan, plus 24% interest, the loan hardly fell into a typical "secured" category. These borrowers were in fact taking out 3rd, 4th, and 5th loans on properties whose only "equity" consisted of paper value generated by mass phony appraisals done by or in coordination with a whole set of players who had a stake in keeping the game going. When it all collapsed, people were observing how naive all those investors were to invest in something that sounded too good to be true. It looks like our Wall Street wizards fell victim to the same impulse. This led to the bad assumptions that fueled their greed and to their ultimate demise. Nothing new under the sun, said Solomon. It is all too true.
- grimoire 17y ago
  Large gains always means you are assuming a large risk. No one has yet to come up with a way of removing (or greatly reducing) risk without also greatly reducing the gains. Ignore large gains at your own peril.

joe_the_user 17y ago

Thanks, and here I had been thinking that "the maths" was a neologism like "The Interwebs".

Batsu 17y ago
Glad I'm not alone on that one.