Ugh
I'm in a funny mood
Yesterday, my teacher reminded me of an assignment I completely forgot about. I was supposed to go to a meeting with my adviser on the extended essay, but it totally slipped my mind. And then she asked me "Are you okay? Are you losing it?" I'm pretty sure I said yes, and I feel like I have been losing it for a few months. I seriously need to get my priorities straight. I need encouraging words.
But I have good things going on too!
Thursday I took a three hour theory of knowledge test. Five minutes to read without writing or underlining, forty-five to plan and the rest to write. The question was about science and the fallibility of conclusions, which made me geek out. I proved that math and ethics are more similar than anyone gives them credit for, because even though nothing is more variable than ethics and human behavior, once you come to a decision, no amount of reasoning will convince you that you are wrong.
By the same token, science and history are really similar for the opposite reason. A scientist knows that what he's working on/with will be pretty much irrelevant in twenty or fifty years time. In fact, they expect it and if it didn't change, there'd be something seriously wrong with the progress of the world.
And art and logic are similar, because there are reasons that a piece of art appeals to the eye, and some of this is scientific and has to do with the shape and flow of things. And logic requires an "elegant proof" so it's really an art form, if that makes any sense at all.
I love you all at livejournal by the way. Seriously, you're all wonderful people and I'm proud to say I know you. I have no idea of where I was going with this post. Mild catharsis, I suppose.
Yesterday, my teacher reminded me of an assignment I completely forgot about. I was supposed to go to a meeting with my adviser on the extended essay, but it totally slipped my mind. And then she asked me "Are you okay? Are you losing it?" I'm pretty sure I said yes, and I feel like I have been losing it for a few months. I seriously need to get my priorities straight. I need encouraging words.
But I have good things going on too!
Thursday I took a three hour theory of knowledge test. Five minutes to read without writing or underlining, forty-five to plan and the rest to write. The question was about science and the fallibility of conclusions, which made me geek out. I proved that math and ethics are more similar than anyone gives them credit for, because even though nothing is more variable than ethics and human behavior, once you come to a decision, no amount of reasoning will convince you that you are wrong.
By the same token, science and history are really similar for the opposite reason. A scientist knows that what he's working on/with will be pretty much irrelevant in twenty or fifty years time. In fact, they expect it and if it didn't change, there'd be something seriously wrong with the progress of the world.
And art and logic are similar, because there are reasons that a piece of art appeals to the eye, and some of this is scientific and has to do with the shape and flow of things. And logic requires an "elegant proof" so it's really an art form, if that makes any sense at all.
I love you all at livejournal by the way. Seriously, you're all wonderful people and I'm proud to say I know you. I have no idea of where I was going with this post. Mild catharsis, I suppose.