swampers

I caught wind of the series a few months back, and hunted the episodes down as well as I could. I'm up to 56 Up and I've found it really interesting especially given the timeline on camera is roughly in line with my father's (before he passed away a few years ago.)

The biggest takeaway for me was that, while you can't necessarily 'see the man' in a seven year old, you can most certainly see the seven year olds in the adults. Everyone's just trying to get along; but we're all still just kids inside, a little scared and a little uncertain about how to deal with the world at large.

I similarly didn't appreciate this approach. It pillories those who think like this, whether that's within their control or not.

I didn't like it when Gmail did it either, and removed tabs almost immediately.

Let me control what I see and how I see it. Provide me the tools to move things into other 'feeds' if I want to, but don't force me into using these tools. Otherwise, give me what I've asked for (posts, emails, etc) in the order I've received them.

See also: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-31594956 'Nutella jar house blaze' kills Twickenham family's dog

Hopefully not too close, or else the parabola will be set on fire.

Probably a huge amount given that ~50% of the mathematicians* who have ever been alive are alive today.

Source: Pure Mathematics Hons BSc, St Andrews - I took the St Andrews "History of Mathematics" course this site's information is used in.

*For a given value of 'mathematician'. And 'alive', I guess.