User:AlexNg

Bookmarks: Steven Pinker || Noam Chomsky

If I could have two lives, I would be a researcher first, then a crazy political activist second.

What the future holds for me:

(The left and right extremes are less probable jobs, but perhaps the most interesting.)

::::::::::: ← Increasingly scientific | Increasingly political →

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Studying Biolinguistics < Molecular Biology researcher < Just a Doctor <|> Passionate Political Activist > (Almost impossible) Prime Minister of Canada

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No to:

Big government

Anti-abortion (aka Pro-'life' by the political right)

Same-sex marriage

Singapore's Education System, with elite-students getting preferential treatment and ones who need more help left to fend for themselves. (See the movie I Not Stupid Too)

Yes to:

John Locke's Theory that humans are characterized by reason and tolerance (they are not born evil)

Ratings:

America: From Freedom to Fascism: ** - Interesting idea... not much support. So much for the 'revolution'

South Park: *****

Family Guy: *****

Simpsons: **** - maybe it's too intellectual for me... I just want a good laugh without the need to think.

Note to self:

Worksheet Question #21:

$\backslash frac\{2\backslash sqrt\{7\}\; +\; \backslash sqrt\{3\}\}\{3\backslash sqrt\{7\}\; -\; \backslash sqrt\{3\}\}\; \backslash times\; \backslash frac\{3\backslash sqrt\{7\}\; +\; \backslash sqrt\{3\}\}\{3\backslash sqrt\{7\}\; +\; \backslash sqrt\{3\}\}$

Taking the bottom part first:

$(3\backslash sqrt\{7\}\; -\; \backslash sqrt\{3\})(3\backslash sqrt\{7\}\; +\; \backslash sqrt\{3\})$

Expand it:

$63\; +\; \backslash sqrt\{189\}\; -\; \backslash sqrt\{189\}\; -\; 3\; =\; 60$

Now the top part:

$(2\backslash sqrt\{7\}\; +\; \backslash sqrt\{3\})(3\backslash sqrt\{7\}\; +\; \backslash sqrt\{3\})$

Expand it:

$\backslash sqrt\{1764\}\; +\; \backslash sqrt\{84\}\; +\; \backslash sqrt\{189\}\; +\; 3$

Note:

$\backslash sqrt\{84\}\; +\; \backslash sqrt\{189\}\; =$

2\sqrt{21} + 3\sqrt{21} =

5\sqrt{21}

Simply:

$42\; +\; 5\backslash sqrt\{21\}\; +\; 3\; =$

9 + \sqrt{21}

Putting the two parts together, we get:

$\backslash frac\{9\; +\; \backslash sqrt\{21\}\}\{60\}$

Multiple Choice Answer: C

You gotta be kidding! The last step (where 5 disappears and 9 appears) makes no sense at all!