Ancient Greece-Civilisation, Logic

"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

Pure poetry

thinking

"
Doing Math is like climbing a mountain
We find the simplest and most logical route up to the peak

An unsolved problem is like an unconquered peak
Riemann Hypothesis, Hodge conjecture, Golbach conjecture, P vs NP

There are still many peaks to conquer

Physicsits observes phenomenon, makes hypothesis and run experiments to verify the hypothesis.
Mathematicians constructs and runs all the experiments in their heads

Mathematicians look and attempt to solve problems from a variety of angles
"




Tata

CNY

Its CNY

BUT

We should never let go of our sights, goals and dreams.
So let's begin with a math quiz

The source of a lunatic asylum cost 6 million. How many houses at 15,000 each could have been built for that amount? To keep a mentally ill person cost approximately $4 per day, a cripple $5.50, a criminal $3.50. Many civil sevants receive only $4 a day, a white collar employee barely $3.50, unskilled worker not even $2 per head for their families. According to conservative estimates, there are 300,000 mentally ill, epilepstics in care. How much do these people cost in total, at a cost of $4 per head? How many marriage loans, at $1000 each could be granted from this money?


Source taken from "Maths problems in Nazi Textbooks"


Just Kidding everyone

happy CNY

social chains/rules

As a Chinese dude

There are certain rules that I'm supposed to adhere to

Respect to seniors
Being filial
To be diligent

What's the purpose of those things?
Is there a need to respect irresponsible seniors?

Filial?
Remember some MP scholar dad whose scholar daughter once said before
"Well life will definitely kill you in the balls if you aren't good enough"

You think she's filial?

Diligent? For what?

Black hair, black eyes, round nose
pui them all

Aryan

on that bloody ang mor

I have this ang mor tutor who is from Aussieland

Have been in Singapore for the past ten years

Well he's a lousy

Don't know why the government pays him to work here.
I'm 100% confident I can do a better job in conducting the tutorials than him.

No one understands his English, not even the e-lit grads
He lies through his teeth: when I showed pics of RV and *********, showing the inequality in our education landscape.

He claims he doesn't mind having his daughter studying a school with inferior facilities as long as she's having fun.

This coming from a white guy? Who floods all the international schools?

And anywhere how can you trust a foreign talent from OZ
A country where they have three months worth of leave

Think 365 days
260 are weekdays
- 90 days of leave
you left with 170
minus some public holds
you left with about 160

Who in the right mind will leave a country that works for less than half the time
To work in a microwave oven?
that's made of steel bars?
with a brand that looks like a thunder striking through a circle?

Well those outcasts of course

on being rich

Name the three richest people you know
Now name the top three most useless, people you think who are undeserving of what they have, who they are.

Are there any intersections?

Throughout my life I met so many people who don't deserve things they have

But seriously

You got to wonder whether its their rich fathers that screw them up, or are they just so screwed up that they just can't do anything at all.

But well let me first start with achievements linked supposedly, to merit

Remember SAF? OCS?
Supposedly the best recruits go there...
But who are they judged against?

If you put me inside an obese company...will I be the best recruit?

Will "best" is a subjective word...but I guess its not difficult to study its complement and consider what kind of people DO NOT DESERVE having a bar on their shoulder?

I have met officers who's hobbies are falling sick and getting injured...Govt paid 1k plus a month for such people?

Me?
550 a month and have to smell 200 asshole's shit everyday.


Speaking about SAFDB reminds me of my batch mate Chew actually
Well nice guy...quite fit...straight As student...rich dad...the kind of face that you won't want to scold but want to sayang when he makes mistakes.

Big Pussy

Well dad is rich enough to send him to Aussieland and study Med
His case...not too bad

On the other hand I have met guys who are just plain weak, academically stupid and is the kind that can't do any job well but sulk when they suck.

Does it matter?

Rich dad

Its so depressing that I don't even wish to talk about those useless people.


If there is really a god.

Is he one that ensures fairness?
Or is he one that rewards the fittest, and punishes the weak?

Why should fairness be granted to those that are undeserving?

"O"s

Recently Saint Nicks scored big on the "O"s exam results and the papers went wild with headings like "88% of top scorers are females"

And when interviewed these female top scorers commented on how girls at 16 are more disciplined than guys and thus can sit down for a longer time to mug.

Bull-shit

Firstly we need see that schools like RI, Chinese high, ACS(I) do not take "O"s anymore, coupled with NUS high (which has a substantial number of guys).
Next see that "O"s is a norm-referenced grading system
The Saint-Nicks scored big time due to a lack of competition, I guess.

Imagine if we remove the whole EPL from England now, Newcastle will be the best team in England and taking part in Champions league already.

Discipline? Sitting down and study for long hours?
What happen to teach less learn more?
Dynamic and holistic education?
How does sitting down in front of a book for long hours prepare you for the real-world, globalized work-force out there?

Discipline in study?
No life you mean?

Girls being more disciplined than guys?
You know guys at 15,16?
They think about sex 24/7

YOU KNOW HOW MUCH DEDICATION AND DISCIPLINE IT TAKES?
TRY BEATING THAT

Vaccine

News state that most European countries have excess of the H1N1 Vaccine.
Singapore too

Now our man in white "advises" us to go for the jab.
Well if the g-men in the world can stop those pharmaceutical companies from doing those freak experiments and releasing those virus into the public for profits then there's no more need for those things.

Anyway learned two new words today

Minister
Salesman

The Pope

So the Pope was attacked and fell recently?

If the Pope is really the kind of person he is made out to be...

Shouldn't he pardon his attacker?
Visit her in prison/hospital to counsel her and pray for her?

The cheapest science

You know how many people always say pure Math is the cheapest science as all you need is a clear brain and open mind.
You don't even need pen and paper if you are good enough.

Well I say the cheapest science are those lab-based sciences instead.

Do you agree with me that pure human thought is the most expensive and precious thing in the world?
And in the current research fraternity the more heavy machinery you use the less pure thought you expend.

Well least I'm not alone in this thinking
My supervisor
And I also read about this in the book "Letters to a young mathematician"

"Mathematics is unlike other sciences where you can just waste a lot of money on experiments, got no results to prove or disprove your original hypothesis and yet still be able to publish and thus secure your tenure. In mathematics you can't possibly publish a paper with the following abstract: I have tried and failed to prove the xxx theorem and here are the methods that I tried."


I always wonder myself, I truly appreciate the Renaissance and Ancient periods because I like mathematics or do I like Mathematics because I'm a fan of the people belonging to the Renaissance and Ancient periods

Stalin

You know how there exist many people who condemns Stalin for his blah blah blah

And since I just watch a movie on him maybe I shall talk about him

You know at a poll not so long ago a number of (and its a number big enough to shock most people) Russians actually voted that they think Stalin did a great job.

Of course all those Historians slam these poll results and those surveyed.

Now lets look at this from another perspective:

Stalin was (self-elected) to run Russia, to serve Russia and her people.
These historians condemn him for his acts of mass-murder (Mostly non-Russians)

So if we were to base his performance on his original job-scope, what grade does he deserve?

These historians fail to see that if not for the Russian army the Germans might have won WW2 and so what happens then?

These idiots won't get to enjoy hiding in their offices and waste tax-payer's money anymore.

You know you might say "Well Stalin was the leader of one of the two strongest nation on Earth, he had the responsibility to act for the welfare of Earth's citizens!"

Yar right

So can you explain what the fuck happened at Copenhagen?

So we should slam all the people at the summit?

Those people who would rather save a bank than Earth?

Raining

You know how people always say they like rainy days.

I always think that these people don't think deep and declare their preferences at a very superficial level.

What's so likable about rainy days?

The cool and windy weather that comes with it? Well then they should say they like cool and windy days isn't it. Since there are days when it rains and it isn't cool and windy.

What's so unlikable about rainy days

The floor gets wet, which increases your probability of slipping.
Everyone drives slowly, including the SBS drivers.
It becomes freaking warm after the rain as there's no more clouds.
Who likes to dress up, go out and get wet?


So what's so likable about rainy days?

1 + 1 = 2

You know people always say "wah the proof of 1 + 1 = 2 is enough to fill a whole blackboard"

I never really knew the proof actually, throughout my four years in NUS.
But recently I started to pick up Set theory on my own since it's known to be the logical foundation of Mathematics and even though I didn't come across the proof in the lectures notes this proof came up suddenly in my head one day when I was walking to the gym.

First we need define cardinality, which basically means size, in the "counting" sense
Next we need define what is 1 and what is 2 and the empty, null set.

1 is the set containing the null set
2 is the set containing the null set and the set containing the null set.

Assume % is the null set
1 = {%}
2 = {%,{%}}

Next we need define the operation "+", which is a binary, commutative, associative and distributive operation
Next we need define "="

so see that 1 + 1 has the same cardinality as 2.

"gifted"

I never understand how can parents be cruel enough to send their children for tuition even before they(the children) start attending primary school.

And there are actually tuition centers claiming to be able to "fix" their children into the GEP.

Don't these idiots understand the meaning of Gifted?

With such parents, even a child like Mozart will be forced to study English Maths Science and drop Music.

On being clean

Someone was telling we have the most corruption free government in the world.

Does he realize that we have one of the best paid government in the world?
And our MM says that if we want the best leaders, we should expect to give the best wage.
So loyalty to country should be scrap off the SAF's core values isn't it?

BTW did not get caught doesn't mean it doesn't exists
in a proof by contradiction no contradiction doesn't mean the statement is correct
in hypothesis testing do no reject does not mean accept.Hypothesis testing is just a screwed up form of proof by contradiction anyway since statisticians can't do much math anyway.

Which reminds me of a story...
Once upon a time a thief escaped from a city where he was wanted into a country town. And he got elected as the town's leader. True to his thief nature he made a law stating that stealing is not against the law and everyone in the town started stealing from each other. When the city's police arrived at the town wanting to arrest their man everyone was like
"what's wrong with stealing?"

Here's another...
Our big boss man gives you a drumstick...
Meaning you better be prepared to pay him a whole chicken.
But that's not the end of the story
Why?
Dude you still own him a drumstick.


The person I was referring to in the first sentence is my father btw. Now you sort of know why I always say my life is an obstacle to my dreams.

Taiwan

Recently Taiwan had that bad bad natural disaster right?

Then everyone was so sad on TV, crying over the loss of their loved ones and property.
And then people started to point finger at the president, at the minister. Which is a total waste of time and effort as the president won't resign and those bozos aren't smart enough to recall such things during the next election
Then people started donation drives which I don't really dare to give because I'm sure there's more than one Durai in this world.

Then suddenly!

The sentence of the previous president Chen was passed down and suddenly everyone's attention was diverted to whether the sentence was too light, too heavy and how they are going to get the money back.
And nobody bothered to point finger at Ma again.

Perfect timing in terms of Chen's sentence it seems. A perfect decoy event. Yet the Taiwanese don't realize anything.

Chen must be thinking "chao chee bye so many presidents in the world with everyone in the business and I'm the only one caught"

Eugenics

hm...from my point of view

The only thing worth studying in life science and psychology is Eugenics.
Those who disagree with me are advised to go watch the anime MONSTER.

Surely my big boss man agrees with me.
If not why would there exist stuff like GEP, SAP schools, Top 5 JCs, IPs

Don't you ever wonder why usually pretty girls, cool guys come from so and so sec school, JC?
Simple, genes at work. All course this accounts for just a majority, its for a mathematical for all argument.

Conversely all peasants in Jurong should all have some similar look too. So recently I make an effort to observe all the fellow commuters faces when I take bus 172.
And true enough
I think my theory is correct

I think to myself
"Look at all these god-damm faces"
"I cannot be like that...."

You might argue..."hey there are condos and terrace housing in Jurong also wad"
yar and do you expect those people to take buses?

Putting JP1, JP2, JP3 is like telling us
Ok guys we have put all things that you guys can afford into one shopping center so just hang around that area and please don't go town and pollute other parts of Singapore. If things get worse we will build a super cage and cage up the whole of Jurong.


I admit I do admire A.H for his balls, firmness, his bravery to express his views and his daring to put his thoughts, plans into actions.

Time to build gas-tanks...in my head.

Copenhagen

Today LIFE interviewed a Singaporean lecturer who is working in Copenhagen


1) It has recently closed a major capillary road in the name of carbon reduction, which speaks volumes about the city's environmental stance.

2) the generally relaxed atmosphere

3) an atmosphere that does not make people feel like they need to constantly get ahead. It is an environment which treasures living for the moment and savouring the small but fine things in life, especially the space to pursue things outside the economic realm.

Anyone dares to bet with me if given a choice whether he wants to "return to his roots"?

Same as some posting I had before..."he has some human hostages" herehahahahehehehohoho

MOH

Recently some man in white says his job is really tough
He has to make so many decision on this, on that every day

Sorry sir so do you actually wish to be...

sweeping PIE,ECP?
Collecting dirty dishes at the coffeeshop under my house?
Be a taxi-driver?
Teaching a class of twenty normal technical kids maths and writing a ten-page lesson plan followed by a five page reflection for every lesson?

NDP

It is morally right to spend millions on a NDP

When there are thousands of jobless people?

When there are so many elderly who help to build our nation from a third world country to first world country collecting empty cans, cardboards just to put food in their mouths?

Think hard
It is real
Think deeper
It does not make sense at all