Day 2: mat385

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Today:

• Announcements:
  • Keep up with the homework! Your first assignment is due Tuesday (at midnight). Email with questions, or post to the discussion.
  • You have a new assignment, which will be due a week from today.

• Last time: we started into logic, with Section 1.1: Elements of Logic
  • 1.1, Part I
  • 1.1, Part II
  • The marked up pdf

• I'll begin today by considering a couple of examples of "math abuse" (or "truth abuse").
  • To prove you're smart, know some math!
  • A Late Burst of Climate Denial Extends the Era of Trump Disinformation: Two Trump administration officials have been reassigned over the posting of debunked papers, with the imprimatur of the White House, that questioned the scientific consensus on climate change.

    The gambit appeared to be a rogue effort to put the imprimatur of the federal government on research that aims to undermine the established science of climate change. Doing so, many denialists have openly acknowledged, could give greater weight to such studies when they are submitted in lawsuits, congressional testimony or even the next National Climate Assessment, the government's premier contribution to climate knowledge.

• Then we'll hit Highlights of Section 1.2
  • 1.2, Part I
  • 1.2, Part II
  • The marked up pdf

• Links:
  • Nothing new at the moment.