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Hi: I started Graduate school this year (Physics), but my performance has been awful, I think I'm going to be kicked out from University. I recently was diagnosed with ADHD, which explains my hard struggle through school during my whole life. I find this horrible and I'm full of anger...

Nice gesture!

Gold standard is just a reference. Money could be backed bu Gold, Silver, or any other standard than debt.

Socialism and Corporatism are very strong around the World, Libertarianism won't have a place so easily. Freedom goes hand to hand with responsibility, and the interesting question is, if people is willing to take responsibility for their own actions instead being proctected by their government.

I have this problem too. I try to be apart from TVs, people talking, or looking around the window. But the worst enemy now is web browsing.:smile:

Happy Left-Handers day to all of us!

Sounds like you had a nice time among all those academic activities. Thank you!

It's great to know. Some sports require a schedule because, after all, you're not a professional athlete but a Graduate student. Weekend events are great because you can share ideas and worries with student partners. Thank you so much for your answer.

Bailouts were a very bad decision. Citizens should not have paid for other's financial mistakes. Europe and USA got into crisis after a big credit expansion, and, when thing went bad, they took an even worst decision: to save the banks and corporation in trouble. But the biggest problem is...

I know Graduate School is hard and full of activities (Coursework, TA, RA,...), but I was asking to myself if there is a way to have some time to get a hobby to cope with the stress of studies. I was thinking about things like Sports, Music, or Home Improvement. Is there a way to get organized...

It's official now. We have passed the Peak Oil and there is not evident solution: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/01/nature-journal-study-peak-oil/

Time is another important factor. We can't process matter to get energy and then changing our paradigm with celerity. The change from Oil to biofuels or another kind of energy is going to be expensive and it's going to take time to get it done.

I've been learning a litle bit of Economics by myself. I was reading about how the money is established by a country. I'm working on understanding about fiat money, but I've been reading about people discusing about the importance of adopting a metallic currency, like gold or silver. This people...

I think Economics as Weather. Numerical models are useful to explain what's happenning, but we won't be able to predict beyond some weeks. The problem is not Mathematics but our concept or "value", which is subjective because of the individual's perception. Mathematical models must be focused on...

The guy in charge of the bikes is missing.