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 Topic: Course Evals!! |
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| sophiew Replies: 11 Views: 1843 |
 Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:41 am Subject: Course Evals!! |
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| Topic: Making of the Atomic Bomb |
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| sophiew Replies: 10 Views: 1440 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:12 am Subject: Making of the Atomic Bomb |
| Tonight’s reading was anything but Bohring (…heh.)
This is going to sound dumb, but I’m SO mad at Bohr for not being Hegel, because I want him SO badly to be the Hegel of science since his specialt ... |
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| Topic: Modern Times |
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| sophiew Replies: 12 Views: 1346 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:19 am Subject: Modern Times |
| I am so confused it’s rather absurd.
Einstein’s insight (skip this next paragraph, if you're skimming) I’m gonna try and tackle special relativity and how it applies to science, and I’m hoping ... |
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| Topic: Newton’s View of the world |
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| sophiew Replies: 12 Views: 1370 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:01 am Subject: Newton’s View of the world |
| Evidence of particles—waves bend around obstructions, but obstructions block light. If light traveled in waves, it would travel around obstructions; since it doesn’t act this way, it’s improbable that ... | |
| Topic: The Cat Massacre |
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| sophiew Replies: 13 Views: 2222 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:58 am Subject: The Cat Massacre |
| but he is a little h historian to be nit-pickity. answers.com doesn't acknowledge an answer, but i think if there's such a stunning difference between History, and history, there should be a distingui ... | |
| Topic: The Cat Massacre |
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| sophiew Replies: 13 Views: 2222 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:55 am Subject: The Cat Massacre |
| I wanna reiterate my Cronan quote I posted on the Herodotus/Thyucidides thing: “historical wisdom usually comes in the form of parables, not policy recommendations or certainties”
This account IS ... |
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| Topic: Kant and Hegel |
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| sophiew Replies: 20 Views: 2414 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:06 am Subject: Kant and Hegel |
| okay so the more i re-read the hegel bit of the text, the more confused i am about his key points. i think that they're:
-progress is made when nature provides an thesis and an antithesis and the t ... |
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| Topic: Kant and Hegel |
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| sophiew Replies: 20 Views: 2414 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:36 am Subject: Kant and Hegel |
| (the first paragraph is sort of synthesis to try to answer Jason’s question, the second is exploring a related awesome question that Olivia brought up in class)
Jason talked about History and Scie ... |
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| Topic: Kant and Hegel |
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| sophiew Replies: 14 Views: 1924 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:20 am Subject: Kant and Hegel |
| i think "a priori" (as in "without priori) more or less indicate "givens"; something you know without having to use actual experience, so proofs in geometry are a priori
i a ... |
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| Topic: Herodotus and Thucydides |
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| sophiew Replies: 14 Views: 3853 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:08 am Subject: Herodotus and Thucydides |
| i actually disagree with everyone so far. heroditus sounds more likethere's this nifty quote from william cronan, an environmental historian we read a lot of in (surprise, surprise!) environmental his ... | |
| Topic: Aristotle Reading 11/17 |
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| sophiew Replies: 13 Views: 1900 |
Forum: Art of Prediction Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:30 am Subject: Aristotle Reading 11/17 |
| Holy moly that was mildly dense.
@ Isaac--I think he was talking about potential being like the seed/tree thang The fact that it began by talking about how Aristotle/Plato’s views differed threw me ... |
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