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1/13/11

Dear Ask Boz,

I really like math, but most people I talk to say it is boring. What should I do?
Nicholas

Dear Nicholas,

Nicholas, this is a real problem. I recently read that math ranked between "amputation" and "limb reattachment" in terms of popularity. It is up to people like you to show everyone how exciting math is.

DO NOT attempt this by showing them math. Because it is soooooooooo boring. Nope, you're going to have to market it by linking it to something much more exciting. Here's a few possibilities:
  • You have to make it sound cool:
    - Mash up the word "math" with already exciting words. Say "That's mathtastic!" or "I just had the most matherific idea!"
    - Use math associated words when describing great things. "That movie was totally algebraic!" or "This beer is completely Pythagorean!"
  • Nobody likes running, but everyone likes getting high. So runners made up the "runner's high." It doesn't really exist, but it sounds so good that people actually go out for runs. So tell your friends about the wicked "math high" that you get after doing 20 trigonometry problems!
  • Barak Obama is the most popular black president of all time. Describe yourself as a Mathrican American. This will get your liberal friends into math, and will also gain you the hatred of Rush Limbaugh, which is always a karmic plus!!
  • Seems like lotsa people like the end of the world these days. Design a website about the coming "mathageddon" or "mathpocalypse." Create a really difficult math problem that people have to solve to figure out the date or our mathmatical doom!
  • Everyone likes sex, with the exception of married women. Inform people that by practicing Tantric Calculus they can achieve a "mathgasm" that lasts for hours.

See, Nick, it's not so hard. Unlike math. Which is waaaay too hard.

Boz


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