Leggo con una sensazione mista di piacere e disgusto che dopotutto la cultura scientifico-matematica in Italia non è messa poi così male. Nel Regno Unito recentemente è stata messa in commercio una nuova lotteria istantanea. Si chiama Cool Cash. Si grattano delle caselle al di sotto delle quali ci sono delle temperature, se tutte le temperature sono più fredde di quella stampata in cima al biglietto si vince. Ora, il problema è che le temperature sono anche negative, ebbene la lotteria istantanea è stata ritirata dal commercio perchè la gente non capiva che -7 è più freddo di -3. Come, 7 è più grande d 3!
Una delle mancate vincitrici racconta:
On one of my cards it said I had to find temperatures lower than -8. The numbers I uncovered were -6 and -7 so I thought I had won, and so did the woman in the shop. But when she scanned the card the machine said I hadn't.Geniale il "I'm not having it"... lei non è mica così stupida da farsi fregare. Tina Farrel la sa lunga!
I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it.
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Today I found out that mathematical and scientific culture in Italy is not that bad. It is a sour-sweet feeling, though. In the United Kingdom there was a new scratchcard lottery. It is named Cool Cash. On each card there is a temperature and if you scratch lower temperatures you win. The problem is that temperatures can be negative; they had to withdraw the lottery because people could not understand that -7 is lower than -3.
One of the wanna-be winners says:
On one of my cards it said I had to find temperatures lower than -8. The numbers I uncovered were -6 and -7 so I thought I had won, and so did the woman in the shop. But when she scanned the card the machine said I hadn't.I especially love the "I'm not having it"... she is not so stupid to be fooled. Tina Farrel knows better!
I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it.
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