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Just Sven
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1 year ago

Friday. Thankfully. I do have to admit that today’s thread pic is a headscratcher.

Just Sven
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1 year ago
Reply to  Mac

I’d argue that point -- especially if you always know how to use a can opener!

BTW, I told my can opener incident to my doctor during my physical last week and that both of my parents had dementia. He said “Well, you seem fairly functional right now” which made me laugh, but we agreed that some testing might be warranted.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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1 year ago
Reply to  Mac

I think Sven has a new answer to that age-old question, “How are you?”
“Fairly functional right now.”

Paddy O'Furnijur
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1 year ago

Happy Physics Friday, Gerbil Nation!
Good morning, Sven, and Mac!

I had many, many honors students who had poor math backgrounds and found chemistry difficult because of that. A simple problem involving a formula like a = b/c would stump them if I gave them values for a and b, and asked them to solve for c. They had all taken algebra in Middle School and the teachers taught them to substitute in the answers on a multiple choice test if they didn’t know how to solve the problem. That doesn’t help when the test isn’t multiple choice. I grew up with Ohm’s Law (I = E/R), so that was never a problem.

The biggest problem with HS physics was realizing that there may not be a formula to solve the problem you’ve been given, but you can use more than one formula to eventually get to where you need to go.

Just Sven
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1 year ago

“Difficult” perhaps because math is racist?

Paddy O'Furnijur
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1 year ago
Reply to  Mac

I’d tell my students that they may find chemistry difficult because it is the first math-based science that they had encountered, and it was true. They weren’t accustomed to using math anywhere other than in math class and had to wrap their heads around the concept that math actually had application.

Just Sven
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1 year ago

Apparently the country is bracing for a night fiery, but mostly peaceful protests triggered by the release tonight of videos showing five black Memphis cops killing a black citizen.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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1 year ago
Reply to  Just Sven

Yet another example of how structural racism has infected every aspect of American society. I wonder if those cops were all Uncle Tom’s?

Just Sven
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1 year ago

The usual MAGA types -- somehow, it happened because of Trump.

Just Sven
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1 year ago
Reply to  Just Sven

Videos released -- haven’t watched yet, but what actually happened doesn’t matter nor does it matter that it happened in one city in the country.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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1 year ago
Reply to  Just Sven

I agree. That’s why the entitle, rich, white off-spring of other rich, white people are burning down the inner-cities, where minorities live. All in the name of anti-racism and anti-fascism.

It sounds like someone hasn’t thought this through.

Just Sven
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1 year ago

And if nothing happens, they’ll all clap themselves on the back and brag about how civilized they are and how systemic racism made people think that they were going to burn down WalMart.