Adventures in Tech

Kids ask the best questions. Unburdened by prior knowledge or assumptions, their questions are driven by pure curiosity and a deep desire to learn something new. As adults we can learn a lot from how kids ask questions and seek knowledge. And we can also learn or strengthen our understanding of a particular topic by answering kids questions. For example, my son asked me a question about even and odd numbers, and why we get an even number when we add two even numbers or two odd numbers, and an odd number when we add an even and an odd number. Because this knowledge is drilled into us since our younger years, we stop wondering why. Intuitively we know the proposition is true, and we can cite a couple of examples to prove it to ourselves. For example, adding 2 and 4--both even numbers, gives us 6, also an even number. When we add 3 and 5--both odd numbers, we get 8, which is an even number. If we choose a mix of an even number and an odd number and add them, we got an odd numbe