Ep 74: Off the Number Line — Simple Counting and a Detour on the Way to Infinity, Part 1

A conversation that starts about numbers goes off the rails and morphs into an important discussion on expanding your horizons to improve your skills, life, and well being. Zach and Rafe start with a simple enough concept: counting, the Natural Numbers, and 1-to-1 correspondence using rocks and tallies and fingers.  But somewhere between 1, 2, 3, and infinity the talk veers to dinosaurs and Godzilla and King Kong and Mothra, the necessity of math for the advent of civilization, being well-rounded and understanding the nature of the human experience and further to working to grow and appreciate all the skills of others around you.  The Olympic games are discussed and a great fundraising idea comes up.Finally, the idea of growing and improving yourself is the basis for making the world a better place: start with yourself and make yourself better; share that growth and watch the goodness grow.And Zach and Rafe will be back in Part 2 with some actual fascinating things about the nature of infinity!*****As always, you can reach the Buf at [email protected]*****As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee:https://buymeacoffee.com/bufnagleOn this page, you can do a really nice thing like send us a couple dollars to help cover the cost of recording and hosting and microphones and research and all that.  Any little bit really helps!  Thank you in advance!!!