The Logic Cult‘Although he may not always recognise his bondage, modern man lives under a tyranny of numbers.’
~Nicholas Eberstadt, The Tyranny of Numbers: Mismeasurement and Misrule, 1995
Artwork by Bill Higginson
‘Oh God, like, have you seen this guy?’ Bunny said, indicating the television with her coffee, her manicured hands encircling one of my favourite mugs. The mug boasted the sentiment ‘MATHEMATICIANS NEVER DIE, THEY JUST GO OFF ON A TANGENT’. I’d gotten it my first year in college, along with a t-shirt that said ‘5 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE DON’T GET FRACTIONS’. I was the envy of all on campus, as I’m sure you can imagine.
We were sitting in my living room, having coffee and a ‘catch up’. The ‘catch up’ was Bunny’s idea. We’d been friends at high school, but in the two decades since tho
