Thought for the Day: Rashi's Approach to the Simple/Straightforward Meaning of Scripture is דָּ֜בָ֗ר דָּבֻ֥ר עַל־אָפְנָֽיו
Catchy title, no? Now you have more insight into why I was a spectacular failure working for a marketing company. (I mean, besides the fact that I consider marketing just the study of how to lie in the most efficient way to extract the most money from consumers. And, of course, I made no secret of my disdain while working for them.) On the other hand, I am quite good at mathematics. (No, not arithmetic.. I have trouble balancing my checkbook.) How good am I at mathematics? Consider what is meant by a "continuous function." Basically it means a function (think line on a graph) that you can draw without lifting your pencil. You get it; no breaks or jumps. Of course, you could have a function that has some jumps/breaks; that would be called "piecewise continuous." So far, so good. I know (and can construct) a function that is continuous at only one point. Right... any point you choose except that one, to move from one point to the next would require lifting your penc...