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Sep 03
2009

Learning to count

Posted by Prashant Bhatt in Teaching , Philosophy , Mathematics

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Prashant Bhatt
Actually everything that can be known has a Number;
For it is impossible to grasp anything with the mind or
To recognize it without this (Number)
- - - Philolaus of Tarentum
Greek Thinker, Four Hundred years before Christ(1)

Our medical teachers drilled the importance of numbers into us. Starting a history without knowing the age of the patient was an absolute “No-No” in front of my guide.

We all count
IRADIX Job section often sends alerts telling radiologists of an opening with a salary of over 100,000 Indian rupees. Or there is a count of the largest online community-over 3315 by now.

And of late, the “Best Radiology Teacher” vote is probably the most visited section of IRADIX.

One of my Alma mater was goading me to Vote.

Does one give Bharat Ratna to Mahatma Gandhi? I queried.

But then he/she may be ‘voted’ 2nd or 3rd best teacher, came the reply.

I never thought of it like that.

The debate ..and counting continues.