Finding a Girlfriend, Drake Equation Style

So let’s say that I was in the market for finding a significant other. The total candidate pool (C) would then be:
C = Pdc * F * G * A10 * S * Dn * Ra * A
Where:
C = total number of candidates
Pdc = total population of DC metro area
F = ratio of females
G = [...]

Consequentialist Ethics in an Infinite Universe

A Consequentialist Argument for Weighted Consideration of Interests
or: How an Infinite Universe Affects Consequentialist Ethics
A common argument against consequentialist ethics is the empirical fact that most persons seem to place more weight on the consideration of interests of those they know than on those they don’t. While not fatal, it is true that most [...]

Emoto’s Emotive Water Crystals

You may have heard about Masaru Emoto before–he’s the guy who claims that emotions, when directed at water just prior to freezing, will cause the water molecules to freeze in patterns that are associated with the emotion in question. He is, as you might imagine, completely fucking retarded.
Nevertheless, because the US gov’t is also [...]

Mathematics, Science, and Philosophy

I had two take-home exams due today. I didn’t start them until after nearly 4 am this morning.
At first I was scared. I glanced at the tests, and simply didn’t know where to start. The questions seemed senseless to me, and certainly well beyond my ability.
I had five hours to finish the tests, which were [...]

OMG WTF

It is not as though this is a freshman level course. Everyone in the class is either a mathematics or engineering major. The only students in the class are people that really should know better.
So why the fuck can’t they get it?
I’ll give an example of what Dr. Cheney said in class today. “If x is a [...]

An Academic Impasse (or: Where Do I Go From Here?)

I am at a point in my academic career where I have reached an impasse.
When it comes to mathematics, I find myself consistently more capable than any of my fellow students. On my last hyperbolic geometry exam, for example, I answered every question correctly, with points taken off only for bad notation. Everyone else in [...]

Midterm Exams

I slept in today.
I don’t know quite how I managed to do it again. I seemed fine at first. But I couldn’t… I just couldn’t… ::sigh::
Anyway, that means I skipped my English class. More than likely, that class will be dropped soon. But no matter. English class isn’t important to my degree.
What far more concerns [...]

A Lack of Substance (or: From Flaky to Wiki)

I just finished my calculus midterm.
What I like most about take-home exams is that while taking the test you can listen to OCR songs and play games of chess and scrabble at the same time. Plus, if you get stuck on a problem, you can always sleep on it and try again the following day. I think that whenever I finally [...]

My_Friend, Chapstick, & The Death Of Logic

I was contacted today by an old acquaintance that I haven’t spoken to in nearly a year. The IM conversation started as you might imagine it to start — with friendly banter and an update on one another’s status. But, after a slight lull in the conversaton, he mentioned his old girlfriend, Z-. Last I [...]

Am I Becoming Normal?

Wow… What a productive day I’ve had thus far… 
I took my literature class exam at nine am this morning, and I have my calculus exam this afternoon at two pm. But this is of no real importance compared to what else happened today. 
You see, as of today, I have a legal tag on my car, [...]