The Boy Who Hated Chemistry
“I’ve finished my required chemistry courses. I’ll never have to open another chemistry book for the rest of my life. Now, anytime I see the periodic table, I can point at it and laugh.”
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Merits Of Linear Algebra
I recommend taking linear algebra regardless of whether or not it’s a degree requirement of yours. It’s a course that will, to use metaphor, break frames that’ve been built up around you. With respect to calculus and other math courses, the material in linear algebra is very new, maybe 100 years old, hence the ease…
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Distance Functions
I took a fundamental concepts of math course in Boston. It dealt a lot with proofs and how to formally write a proof and different ways of proving different statements. One of the things I found most interesting was when we covered what are called distance functions. In 95% of mathematics only one distance function…
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Anthropology Is A Breeding Ground For Daydreaming
I happened upon an audiophile thought during an anthropology lecture in the auditorium. I imagined a high end recording device that primarily recorded audio but also had a 360 degree camera lens affixed to it, enabling it to gauge its position in the auditorium with respect to surrounding objects. the user would record for the…
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Consideration 3
The world of academia. Two things: 1. You have likely been in the following situation: the prof poses a question to the class. Some discussion ensues. A student raises their hand as an indication they have something worthwhile to add, and is called on. Their opening is “Oh, I was just gonna say” followed by…