Recent content by Charmar

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    Finding Solace in Favourite Quotes: Escaping Despair with Words of Wisdom

    The wolf will always be labeled as bad if little red riding hoods account is the only one entertained.
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    What Drives the Infinite Three Word Story Game?

    In a distant land called Arcadia, lived a monstrous mathematician who had discovered a new method to topple the evil tree shaped cow with a sharp and poisonous alicorn. Given that a maiden can only be found to catch an unicorn from the land of Nosgoth, also known for its nose and its legs...
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    Who is your favorite SciFi character?

    Full agreement on Picard as leader over Kirk. I'll chose the Cat from Accelerando for a favorite sci fi character.
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    People not interested in science?

    I understand the point you are making, but I don't see how more knowledge equals the extinction of the arts/culture. I'm sure some things would change, of course, but I think there are way too many unknowns.
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    Classifying Music: A Complex Art

    I've met more than a couple techno fans that are the same way, I'd bet one could find many examples for other broad genres. As a punk fan, I love some Dead Kennedys and Minor Threat but then someone goes and calls Blink182 punk and I want to protest.
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    What Are Your Deepest Fears?

    Losing my mind, dementia, Alzheimer’s etc., doubly so if I realize it is happening.
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    How Does Listening to Alan Watts Inspire Career Choices in Physics?

    This is one of my favorite songs Current song: Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
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    Is Having Close Friends Necessary for Happiness?

    In my opinion, being alone for a spell can be a great way to get things done, but for the overwhelming majority social interaction will turn in from a want to a need at some point. Into The Wild might be a good movie for you to check out, it kind of deals with the whole being alone for a long...
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    Undergrad Solve 8 Coin Riddle with 2 Weighings

    There's probably a better way to word this but here is my solution.
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    A few songs all physicists should listen to:P

    They Might Be Giants - Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JdWlSF195Y
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    High School How can you measure 4 litres with two buckets and a tap?

    This may prove to be useful in visualising your answer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ64IR2bz5o
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    What are the saddest songs you've heard?

    Joy Division - New Dawn Fades The Cure - Pictures Of You James Taylor - Fire And Rain Ryan Adams - I Taught Myself How To Grow Old Pink Floyd - Goodbye Cruel World
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    Things that make you way too angry (venting thread)

    People who take the topic and link it to something mostly unrelated and get up on a soapbox. Topic: Microwave gourmet dining for one Person 1: I made this recipe the other night. Person 2: I made it too, even my kid liked it. Trolltastic: At least you have kids, Jimmy Carter ate my kids...
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    What SciFi universe would you live in?

    Dune Metropolis Game Of Thrones, unless I can be Bronn, son of "you probably never heard of him."
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    Listening to music while doing math

    I find that it helps me concentrate for trivial tasks but if I'm doing something that requires a lot of effort or is new to me, I'll turn the music off. I could see students with headphones on being an overall hindrance in a classroom setting and I agree with the teacher regardless if I would...