Quote: "So kids get moving, he added, and preferably away from their Wii's"
Question: Why isn't exercise an obvious help to society?
Comment: I think this article was great at showing two things. One is physical proof that exercise doesn't just help the body, but also helps the brain. I think that this sort of experiment helps parents and people who don't believe in exercise have proof they need to. It also at the end shows how society today with video games and technology has taken away from exercise and general health, and sugests the audience takes a step in the right direction.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Thursday, November 3, 2011
QQC 11/04/11
Quote: "There is no number that you can multiply by zero and get the result 7. So the answer to any problem where a number is divided by zero, is undefined. It doesn't make sense; it doesn't follow the rules."
Question: Is the problem (anything/zero = undefined) going to stick around forever, or is a new genius going to be able to figure out a logical solution?
Comment: Right now, at this point in mathematics, any number divided by zero is undefined. However, is that because there is no possible way to solve that problem, or is it because we haven't thought of the correct solution? The logic that anything divided by zero would equal infinity is half way there, and it took a lot of brainpower to get there. However so does the logic that nothing times zero could equal 7. Which proves it to be undefined. I cannot wait for this "rule" to be broken. I can't wait for some genius to come along and find a way to give an answer for the problem (anything/zero). Even if that have to make up a number like i, it will still be an exciting day for the world of mathematics, and I believe it is coming.
Question: Is the problem (anything/zero = undefined) going to stick around forever, or is a new genius going to be able to figure out a logical solution?
Comment: Right now, at this point in mathematics, any number divided by zero is undefined. However, is that because there is no possible way to solve that problem, or is it because we haven't thought of the correct solution? The logic that anything divided by zero would equal infinity is half way there, and it took a lot of brainpower to get there. However so does the logic that nothing times zero could equal 7. Which proves it to be undefined. I cannot wait for this "rule" to be broken. I can't wait for some genius to come along and find a way to give an answer for the problem (anything/zero). Even if that have to make up a number like i, it will still be an exciting day for the world of mathematics, and I believe it is coming.
Monday, October 10, 2011
QQC 10/10/11
“Character, hear, the mind of a champion. It’s what makes great athletes and it’s what comes from the growth mindset with its focus on self-development, self-motivation, and responsibility.”
I chose this quote because I think it does a pretty good job at summarizing the whole chapter. That being great at something, being a champion doesn’t come from pure natural talent. Being a champion comes from hard work and determination. I can completely agree with this in a lot of different ways.
For example, I myself have a picture in my head of what it would mean to me to become a champion in my life. Go to college; get the job I’ve always wanted, marry the girl, have the family, the whole jazz. Was I born with an incredible natural wittiness that could have easily carried me through high school and college and dropped me off in the hard world we call life? No I was not. However I tried hard enough up to this point, and I set myself up perfectly so that I can push my way through high school and college. When I get to the cold hard world we call life, I will has faced the challenges and I will know how to overcome them, unlike young Billy Beane.
This all brings up the question in my head of, how much is natural talent worth? And, how much is effort and motivation worth? If you can have a perfect mix of the two it would obviously work out the best right? I know I wasn’t born a genius, but I do know I have a higher level of intellect than a lot of people I know(not trying to be conceited but it is true, it always has been). I know people who are at an equal level as me, who before high school started I could connect with intellectually. However a lot of them did not set themselves up, and they are at equal levels of those who lack the wit to succeed.
So the question I propose is, What is the percentage that the two roles of(natural talent and effort/motivation) have on total success.
I chose this quote because I think it does a pretty good job at summarizing the whole chapter. That being great at something, being a champion doesn’t come from pure natural talent. Being a champion comes from hard work and determination. I can completely agree with this in a lot of different ways.
For example, I myself have a picture in my head of what it would mean to me to become a champion in my life. Go to college; get the job I’ve always wanted, marry the girl, have the family, the whole jazz. Was I born with an incredible natural wittiness that could have easily carried me through high school and college and dropped me off in the hard world we call life? No I was not. However I tried hard enough up to this point, and I set myself up perfectly so that I can push my way through high school and college. When I get to the cold hard world we call life, I will has faced the challenges and I will know how to overcome them, unlike young Billy Beane.
This all brings up the question in my head of, how much is natural talent worth? And, how much is effort and motivation worth? If you can have a perfect mix of the two it would obviously work out the best right? I know I wasn’t born a genius, but I do know I have a higher level of intellect than a lot of people I know(not trying to be conceited but it is true, it always has been). I know people who are at an equal level as me, who before high school started I could connect with intellectually. However a lot of them did not set themselves up, and they are at equal levels of those who lack the wit to succeed.
So the question I propose is, What is the percentage that the two roles of(natural talent and effort/motivation) have on total success.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
QQC 6/17/11
For this weeks quote, I wish I could take the entire reading as a quote. I love the solar system and all that it provides so much, it truly satisfies my taste for mystery in the world we live in. However I can only choose one quote so the one I choose is: “From the tiniest throbs and wobbles of distant stars they can infer the size and character and even potential habitability of planets much too remote to be seen—planets so distant that it would take us half a million years in a spaceship to get there”
The reason I choose this quote is because it really reminds me a lot of how large our solar system is and all of the hidden mysteries behind it. It is something that strikes a certain nerve in my brain that brings up large amount of questions, comments, and general feedback.
To start, the solar system freaks me out. It is so vast and although there are no other forms of life that we know of, there are millions of other minerals, gases, and just general pieces of life that we know about. I really want to become something like an astronomer, I mean not really because I am very impatient and would hate to wait so long just to find a piece of stardust. But imagine finding life on another planet—that would be crazy! And just because some scientist says there are no other life forms out there do I have to believe it?
I don’t think I do, and this is where so many questions come up about the solar system. Who else is out there looking at us? Asking if we are the only life form out there that doesn’t have communications with the rest of space yet? What planets are out there that will help us in the future of the earth? There are so many questions to ask about space and there are so many that have been asked. All I know is that space is something that will forever interest me.
The reason I choose this quote is because it really reminds me a lot of how large our solar system is and all of the hidden mysteries behind it. It is something that strikes a certain nerve in my brain that brings up large amount of questions, comments, and general feedback.
To start, the solar system freaks me out. It is so vast and although there are no other forms of life that we know of, there are millions of other minerals, gases, and just general pieces of life that we know about. I really want to become something like an astronomer, I mean not really because I am very impatient and would hate to wait so long just to find a piece of stardust. But imagine finding life on another planet—that would be crazy! And just because some scientist says there are no other life forms out there do I have to believe it?
I don’t think I do, and this is where so many questions come up about the solar system. Who else is out there looking at us? Asking if we are the only life form out there that doesn’t have communications with the rest of space yet? What planets are out there that will help us in the future of the earth? There are so many questions to ask about space and there are so many that have been asked. All I know is that space is something that will forever interest me.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
QQC 06/10/11
"Even a long human life adds up to only about 650,000 hours. And when that modest milestone flashes past, or at some other point thereabouts, for reasons unknown your atoms will shut you down, silently disassemble, and go off to be other things. And that's it for you." In this quote Bill Bryson is presenting the fact that even the longest life is ungraspingly short in the timespan of the universe. And then you're done.
This really makes me think. And Bryson isn't the first person to bring up this point, or say this, and every single time I hear it it makes me think. It makes me realize that life is a short deal, and that you really need to live every moment in it the best you can. You need to take risks and chances to try to excite your life, but not enough to make it any shorter than it already is. Every time I hear this I always try to excite my life, and do things I normally wouldn't. However Bryson puts a certain twist on this semi-famous saying, one I have yet to hear in my short life.
Bryson compares the short life that human beings have to the atoms that create our body, and to the universe itself. He declares that your life isn't just short, and you don't just die, the atoms in your body simply disassemble. And like previously stated, that is it for you. This brings up the question for me: What is our actual reason to be here on earth? We were brought here, and given such short lives, there must be a fairly simple reason we are here. And why hast anybody figured it out yet?
This really makes me think. And Bryson isn't the first person to bring up this point, or say this, and every single time I hear it it makes me think. It makes me realize that life is a short deal, and that you really need to live every moment in it the best you can. You need to take risks and chances to try to excite your life, but not enough to make it any shorter than it already is. Every time I hear this I always try to excite my life, and do things I normally wouldn't. However Bryson puts a certain twist on this semi-famous saying, one I have yet to hear in my short life.
Bryson compares the short life that human beings have to the atoms that create our body, and to the universe itself. He declares that your life isn't just short, and you don't just die, the atoms in your body simply disassemble. And like previously stated, that is it for you. This brings up the question for me: What is our actual reason to be here on earth? We were brought here, and given such short lives, there must be a fairly simple reason we are here. And why hast anybody figured it out yet?
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