Darwin should talk to Schrödinger February 15, 2008
Posted by Sina in : Main , add a commentCharles Darwin:
A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn’t there.
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111 Days in a Week February 11, 2008
Posted by Sina in : Main , 2commentsThere are only 10 types of people in the world —
those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
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Graduate School February 8, 2008
Posted by Sina in : Main , add a commentThe Question: Mathematics or Economics?
The details, with all values out of 10, are:
| Subject | Difficulty | Ability | Enjoyability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 10 | 6.5 | 11 |
| Economics | 7 | 8.5 | 8 |
An added problem to the decision is that my enjoyment in Economics has actually increased over the past year (probably from 7 to now 8)…will that continue?
My enjoyment in mathematics has been consistently off the charts for years. However, the difficulty level in mathematics has increased significantly into my final undergraduate year (probably from 8.5 to now 10).
My abilities in both subjects have been, and will continue to be, constant.
*knock on wood*
The Hot-Crazy Scale February 4, 2008
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The above graph is the plotting of Craziness versus Hotness for various famous Hollywood actresses. Those above the dotted line are hotter than they are crazy, while those below are crazier than they are hot. The further someone is from the dotted line, the more extreme the difference between their Craziness and Hotness is.
I tried to keep the sample ethnically diverse, but I couldn’t think of famous English actresses for some/many ethnicities.
It doesn’t seem that hotter girls are generally also crazier, which is what Barney predicts in How I Met Your Mother. Instead, the data is all over the map.
I wonder what the Bitchy-Hot scale would look like….
Reality Check February 3, 2008
Posted by Sina in : Main , add a commentAnna: Come on now, don’t you ever miss using Windows?
Sina: Yah, sometimes.
Anna: Really?
Sina: No.