OK, I am not the coolest guy in the world. It doesn't take a genius to work that out, but I try. However when you find that you are good at Maths and Physics, it's hard not to become a geek. But that's not necessarily a bad thing... The other day someone told me that I was the biggest Geek they knew. But then they went a bit further and said that although I was a massive geek, I was absolutely fascinating. And I think this is because I enjoy explaining things to people in a way they understand. I don't use 50 words when 10 will do. Information is only useful if people understand it, so why make things inaccessible to the majority of people. Other people who think like this include Albert Einstein and Richard Feynman, which I think is good company to be in.
Anyway, I stumbled across this website that demonstrates my point nicely. This guy takes data and rather than put it in a boring line graph or pie chart, he puts it into a diagram that makes more sense. Anyway, here are a couple of examples to what I mean
Anyway, this just goes to show – Maths, Physics, Statistics, these things don't need to be boring, and if kids were taught things simply and in a way they can visualise the results in a meaningful way, then maybe more people would be less ashamed of being a geek.
And that is my thought for today.
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