Recent content by Xander

Oh I'm still holding the short end I think but it's improving. I'm managing to cull idiots from my social circle and replace them with fascinating people of intellect. It is good! I had far too many strays and wastrels before... still got some just not as many as before. In fact this new more...

Honesty when required is a boon but permanent honesty? No duplicity? That's just boring!! Without duplicity most subtlety is lost, sarcasm fails and most jokes are dead in the water. Honestly, dishonesty is an important trait but like all traits it has it's applications. Stray away from those...

Jeepers you're quick!! :D I managed to avoid most of the "cheer" so I guess I should complain... of course I could :w:

http://forum.infjs.com/showpost.php?p=192434&postcount=41 Okay how the hell do you not have an opinion on something and does it hurt? :w:

A few pieces of "science" I love to pull out when people think it's all fact. 1. The universe is beige. 2. The universe is saddle shaped. 3. Time slows down round a black hole. 4. Holes in the pattern researched recently based on scans of the universe is evidence of alternate dimensions...

The answer that I love the most is "it's a complex number" which of course is always followed by the challenge of "okay then what is it then? Three thousand four hundred and sixty two is a complex number next to seven so what's the square root of -1?" :evil: If there's something I hate more...

Scientific principles vs conspiracies? What's the square root of -1? What produces gravity? The thing is that science does not prove anything other than what is the current theory to dismiss science is foolish because it's the sum total of people's work thus far but to dismiss things which...

Oddly enough a curriculum is a good idea... the only problem is that instead of setting goals it tries to map paths and that's just crazy. Too many influences... it's like predicting weather... with a blind fold and no computer!

Actually the worst offence in education is far simpler than that and is one that most seem oblivious to. Education teaches you what others did, how others solved their problems... it fails singularly to equip you to solve problems. That is the context they lack and the reason why you get so...

Well I guess you could argue that they're encouraging more in depth thinking by having a total lack of it. You can tell it's tailored to one type though by the total lack of context to most of the questions.

So TV is bad cause it has commercials which affect us but the internet is better cause it's more intellectual? Strange. TV is full of nonsense but books are a source of wisdom/ knowledge. Stranger. Using computers is intellectual. Strangest. It matters not one whit what you use. If you're...

The whole education system is an abortion! Basically it's designed around SJ. You remember facts and figures because that's what people do in school. It's pointless. As my father put it once, it's only important what you got at school until you hit college, it's only important what you got at...

Ass :evil: Oh I agree with the sentiment... I'm just unsure that change would improve things or whether you'd just end up with the discriminated against doing the discrimination in revenge. Let's just face it. People are dumb. If they weren't dumb then the world would be epically cool...

Would your response be different if twenty people out of forty that you know thought you were an ass and you didn't know which versus knowing which people had said it? I would think that even with just one person, a rational and sensible being, the effects would be noticeable. Now increase...

People's perceptions require no validation beyond that they believe in it. Besides logically you have no proof of corruption of the system because of this anonymity. If you do then either it's not working or they've circumvented the problem of anonymity which again makes an objection against...