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The Mathematical Breakdown of Road Rage
You don’t hate math, you use it every day
You know, I hated math, right? I can’t do it, I just can’t. It’s never going to be used for anything. When am I going to use geometry again? Thanks for teaching me about triangles!
I hear this anytime I bring up what I studied. I never bring it up anymore. No good can come of this.
The answer is no and your explanation is more absurd than you think. You don’t hate math. You’d literally be brainless without math. The only reason you can understand this concoction of words I’m spewing on this white or black page is because mathematics taught you about order and patterns and symmetry.
Syntax. Think about it. Can you count the number of letters in each of the words? Yes, you can. Look at that, you’re doing math. Seems like you’re okay at it. Can you count the number of words, too? Holy moly, look at that!
It’s swirling around you at all times. If you decide to cut someone off on the freeway, you’re going through the trouble of mathematics without the formal environment of symbols.
Let’s say you find yourself on the freeway.
Driving along, in the fast lane.
All of a sudden, some jerk cuts in front of you and slows you down.
