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Old 08-15-2012, 03:20 AM
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Default A reminiscence (off topic, sorry...)
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Originally Posted by lightworker888 View Post
Braden is one of those deep thinkers who can explain things like the guy next door so I find him easy and fascinating to listen to. LW888
Even though I have no idea who Gregg Braden is, this reminded me of when I taught as an adjunct in a major university system many decades ago (ouch!). I became good friends with one of my colleagues, and our sons became good friends too. I was never very good at mathematics; I thought that Tropic of Calculus was an X-rated book….

At age eight my friend’s son was able to teach me the basic principles of binary mathematics by explaining the concept, which for me was a challenge, in an eight-year-old’s language! After graduation from MIT, he joined Bill Gates’ team and went on to be one of the developers of Excel, while goodness knows how I still remember his binary math explanation!