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Chicken and Egg

  Q: "Numbers and Words" (FM Waves) A: "Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons." (Pythagoras)   Similar Posts: EnviORment [sic] Babies & Operations Resarch OR & Me: The Future

Does the other way round apply?

We always have heard that education will make us free, will freedom make us educated?. Not necessarily; however, reading the interview to Bakary Diallo (Rector of the African Virtual University) on the first issue of ‘Walk In’ (UOC, Catalonian Open University) anyone can at least start betting on the fist …

Not another gentle post on Numb3rs… maybe.

After reading a lot of posts patronising Numb3rs I decided to have a taster. Regretfully in Spain was a total disaster (where’s our education system going?), and in Brazil, where I’m currently living, I think it’s on cable (however, from the last news appeared on press, the education system for …

MBA vs MSc

“To be or not to be, that is the question.” To study an MBA for increasing my understanding of business management, or to study an MSc on OR for increasing my understanding of business management. Which one will be better for my career?, which one will have better ROI?, which …