tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post2239676636851219354..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: Erdos and grapefruits?Michael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-1094940908732667292008-09-28T18:18:00.000-07:002008-09-28T18:18:00.000-07:00The "large batch" approach also has the benefit of...The "large batch" approach also has the benefit of often being cheaper than making things in small batches, and there's less likelihood the food will go bad before you make it all. We do this all the time at our house for convenience and price -- buy a huge package of chicken breasts, for instance, and grill them all at once, eating 3-4 of them and then cutting up and freezing the other 8-9 for later. It's convenient and cheap -- and not a sort of rationalized laziness like Erdos had.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-50904101404127141522008-09-28T17:11:00.000-07:002008-09-28T17:11:00.000-07:00Oh, I'm not saying I want to emulate Erdos. (It w...Oh, I'm not saying I want to emulate Erdos. (It would be nice to have his mathematical ability, though.) And you'll notice that I cook my own food and then refrigerate it, which from what I understand is not something he would have done.Michael Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-73480733872057959152008-09-28T10:48:00.000-07:002008-09-28T10:48:00.000-07:00I'll bet you can cut a grapefruit in half. I'll al...I'll bet you can cut a grapefruit in half. I'll also bet you know how to tie your own shoes. <BR/><BR/>And trim your nails when they need trimming. According to "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers", Erdos once tried to get Fan Chung (Ronald Graham's wife, and a first-rate mathematician) to cut his toenails, which had gotten pretty grungy. She refused. <BR/><BR/>Despite the continued adulation and glorification of Paul Erdos, the man gives me the creeps. Not someone I'd recommend emulating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com