Mae Cotton Assignment 1 repost

Math is to me, the language of change. It describes a Universe that is constantly in flux, even if we may not have a full grasp of the grammar as of yet. As someone who eats the same thing every day and wears the same clothes, there is something appealing about staring Into the Void.

As for magic, I honestly have no strong opinions on it. It is a subversion of expectations either by way of distraction or obfuscation. I don’t really seek out magic shows or magicians because while I think the process of the trick is interesting, that is often held tightly in secret.

All of that said, there is clearly a link between math and magic. Take for instance a levitation trick. These are just some clever exploitation of physics and force balancing so the subject appears to be floating unassisted. Like we have seen in class, the shuffling of a deck can also be mapped mathematically. To say that they don’t have at least some link would be dishonest and the position of an overtly contrarian skeptic.

Wow this way more pretentious than I intended