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Imagine a world in which the vast majority of people are devoid of passion, ambition, and creativity. All they think about is comfort, security, some pleasures in the morning and some pleasures at night, just enough to be distracted from the emptiness of …

In many videos when we’ve discussed evolution and natural selection, we’ve talked about how variation in a population can fuel natural selection and evolution. So if you have a population of circles, obviously a very simple model here, maybe some of these…

The function g is defined over the real numbers. This table gives select values of g. What is a reasonable estimate for the limit as x approaches 5 of g of x? So pause this video, look at this table. It gives us the x values as we approach five from value…

Hello everyone. So, here I’d like to talk about harmonic functions. Now, harmonic functions are a very special kind of multivariable function, um, and they’re defined in terms of the Laplacian, which I’ve been talking about in the last few videos. So, th…

So let’s see if we can come up ways to compute what 2.8 times four point seven three is. So pause this video and try to work it out. Actually, I’ll give you a hint: try to figure out just using the digits, not even paying attention to the decimals, the di…

Over the last few years, organic food has spread like wildfire. Despite higher prices, buying organic is turning from an alternative into a moral and social responsibility. Organic food is supposedly healthier, more natural, and more ethical. But what do …