some light on the subject

james and moose (see the links to their blogs on the right) have been arguing on the mathematical proof of why women are evil. i was going to just comment on their blogs but this is going to be too long an explanation. i don't feel like writing the proof out, so if you don't know what proof i am talking about, go here.

moose pointed out a discrepancy with the first line, girls = time and money. in math word problems "and" refers to addition, so this should be girls = time + money, not girls = time x money.

though moose's logic seems sound, it can be beaten with a stick, and here's how:

there is an opportunity cost associated with a man spending time with a woman. if a man is with a woman, he is losing his opportunity to be at work, earning more money to spend on the woman. time with woman = time away from work x wages = total opportunity cost

that being said, i have a few discrepancies of my own:

a. for any square root, there are two possible solutions. the square root of evil can be both positive and negative. the whole point of the +/- in front of the quadratic formula is to account for this. therefore, the square root in this problem can only be accepted by using Riemann Surface Theory.

b. time is not equal to money. time is infinite, money is finite. they can not be equal

c. there are too many women in the world for a man to meet them all, therefore, women can be considered infinite. if infinite = evil, we are all screwed.

as much as i appreciate the humor in the original theory, i think there is even more humor in proving/disproving it. your thoughts?