"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.