I like Descartes. You might remember him from my last year's philosophy class, in which I doodled him eating Play-Doh to signify the influence he took from Plato's ideas.


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I've been looking at (read: obsessing over) probability problems all evening, and all I can say is that holy shit, no wonder I was confused on the difference between nCr and nPr.

Here is the problem I understand:  The Boy Or Girl Paradox
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Hi. I am a literary snob, and this is bugging me.

"A day-dreamer escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, he takes action in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more ( Read more... )

I think the internet has taught me more about social justice than any school, teacher, presentation or authority ever has, and more than anything else I think that's kind of pathetic ( Read more... )

I hate people who can't be bothered to read or follow instructions or basically do anything right the first time even though they have all the resources possible available to them ( Read more... )

Fun Fact: According to le Wikipedia, the human stomach can comfortably hold about a liter of food. That's about two pounds ( Read more... )

It's Remembrance Day up here in the Great White North, so I'd just like to say ( Read more... )

EDIT: Today, I bitchslapped myself with the sleeve of my turtleneck sweater. Don't know if it's sadder that I in fact own and wear a turtleneck sweater, or that even the sweater itself thinks I'm a pussy because of it.

From my creative writing class.

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On the frustration I feel every time I sit down at a piano, without fail:My hands shake; ( Read more... )

So last night I was thinking, and I kind of realized that numbers have no meaning unless in relation to each other, and that they're also man-made concepts, and that they are measuring ratios, and it gave me that punch in the gut that I haven't gotten since I figured out that words are actually meaningless and that time is also a man-made concept ( Read more... )

Al I have when I feel like I'm ( Read more... )