Murray Bourne
@bourne2learn.com
Interests in mathematics, science, politics. Born on a blue day. Is there intelligent life on Earth? Stuff I'm working on: https://bourne2learn.com
"Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back." [Gore Vidal]
September 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
"Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back." [Gore Vidal]
Interesting graphs in the Daily Desmos https://www.dailydesmos.com/
September 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Interesting graphs in the Daily Desmos https://www.dailydesmos.com/
A tsunameter is a buoy anchored to the ocean floor. It detects changes in water pressure providing early warning of tsunamis.
September 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
A tsunameter is a buoy anchored to the ocean floor. It detects changes in water pressure providing early warning of tsunamis.
The logarithm laws - an easy explanation: https://www.intmath.com/exponential-logarithmic-functions/3-logarithm-laws.php
September 16, 2026 at 8:15 AM
The logarithm laws - an easy explanation: https://www.intmath.com/exponential-logarithmic-functions/3-logarithm-laws.php
"Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?" [Eleanor Roosevelt, US diplomat, author, and lecturer, 1884-1962]
September 16, 2026 at 4:15 AM
"Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?" [Eleanor Roosevelt, US diplomat, author, and lecturer, 1884-1962]
"Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them." [T.S. Eliot]
September 16, 2026 at 12:15 AM
"Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them." [T.S. Eliot]
Your chance of a heart attack is 3 times higher in the morning than the rest of the day. http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1825044,00.html
September 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Your chance of a heart attack is 3 times higher in the morning than the rest of the day. http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1825044,00.html
"Understand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it." [Agatha Christie, author]
September 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Understand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it." [Agatha Christie, author]
"It is by character and not by intellect the world is won." [Evelyn Beatrice Hall]
September 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
"It is by character and not by intellect the world is won." [Evelyn Beatrice Hall]
September 15, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Google Trends data for term "football" in Australia https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=football&geo=AU
September 15, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Google Trends data for term "football" in Australia https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=football&geo=AU
Reposted by Murray Bourne
"Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle." [Mahatma Gandhi]
September 15, 2026 at 12:15 AM
"Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle." [Mahatma Gandhi]
"There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about." [attr. to John von Neumann, mathematician, physicist, computer scientist]
September 14, 2026 at 8:15 PM
"There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about." [attr. to John von Neumann, mathematician, physicist, computer scientist]
"If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing." [John Brunner]
September 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing." [John Brunner]
"Computers are like Old Testament gods: lots of rules and no mercy." [Joseph Campbell]
September 14, 2026 at 12:15 PM
"Computers are like Old Testament gods: lots of rules and no mercy." [Joseph Campbell]
Integration by parts twice https://www.intmath.com/blog/mathematics/integration-by-parts-twice-5396
September 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Integration by parts twice https://www.intmath.com/blog/mathematics/integration-by-parts-twice-5396
"To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life." [Samuel Johnson]
September 14, 2026 at 4:15 AM
"To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life." [Samuel Johnson]
"The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for." [Laurence J. Peter]
September 14, 2026 at 12:15 AM
"The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for." [Laurence J. Peter]
Did you hear about the man who got cooled down to absolute zero?
September 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Did you hear about the man who got cooled down to absolute zero?
"If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world." [Claude Pepper, senator b.1900 d.1989]
September 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world." [Claude Pepper, senator b.1900 d.1989]
"Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion." [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]
September 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
"Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion." [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]
Retiring early means a longer life - an urban myth? https://www.intmath.com/blog/mathematics/retiring-early-means-a-longer-life-an-urban-myth-822
September 13, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Retiring early means a longer life - an urban myth? https://www.intmath.com/blog/mathematics/retiring-early-means-a-longer-life-an-urban-myth-822
"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action." [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]
September 13, 2026 at 4:15 AM
"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action." [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]
"Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other and we need them all." [Arthur C. Clark]
September 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
"Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other and we need them all." [Arthur C. Clark]