Recent content by NoName013

Since things caused by chemicals in the brain are meaningless, and everything we percieve is caused by chemicals in our brains, everything we percieve is meaningless. Completely agree with this, yes, it makes sense.

I'm at U of I so of course we use it (Zumdahl was the Gen Chem prof. here before he retired and moved to a warmer climate). One chem prof said he hates Zumdahl b/c he's gotten so rich writing a basically plagiarised book while he is doing research and gettin nothing, heh.

What are your favorite quotes, from scientists, about philosophical questions? Explain why if you want, or let the quotes stand on their own. ========================================================== I don't think we're here for anything, we're just products of evolution. You can say...

No, because: 1. Wars speed up the advancement of technology 2. There are many interesting WW2 movies 3. I have not been personally affected by him except in positive ways (#s 1 and 2), therefore I am should be grateful he did what he did. 4. Actually, if it wasn't for Hitler, Poland would...

On one website, it said that the H+ makes no difference in the equilibrium..but that doesn't make much sense. Someone please explain. Thanks.

H I guess this lab is pretty common for freshman chem. I had the report for this due last week. My lab manual gave the expression [H+][FeSCN2+]/[Fe3+][HSCN] but my professor gave the other one(without H). The reaction was carried out in a .5M nitric acid solution to prevent this...

Suslick Wow, I actually know the guy who did a lot of the early work on sonochemistry, I think he even founded the field. He teaches a course to a small group of freshman about why chemistry is interesting. Name is Suslick. Too bad I'm more interested in biochem than his research, he allows...