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I'm passionate about

I enjoy cosmology the most, but I am now just starting to study the laws of physics, such as quantum mechanics, relativity, string theory, ect.

An idea worth spreading

Value education and understanding above all else.

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anything you want.

People don't know that I'm good at

Public speaking.

My TED Story

Though I certainly haven't been on the show or ever seen it live, TED talks science is surely one of my all time favorite shows on television. The speakers provide me with extraordinary information and inspiration.

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• A reply on Conversation: The U.S. Really Needs to Recycle it's Radioactive Waste. Here's Why.

  Aug 6 2012: I agree. Especially since fossil fuels simply won't be able to produce enough energy for our needs unless you increased consumption by a lot.

• A reply on Conversation: The U.S. Really Needs to Recycle it's Radioactive Waste. Here's Why.

  Aug 6 2012: You could also have a Plutonium core surrounded by radium encased in Beryllium so the alpha emissions from the radium could produce neutrons to fission the Plutonium. And surrounding that would be more Plutonium and surrounding that could be Thorium with shavings of Plutonium in it to help boost reactions. I'm not sure if I explained this well enough but I hope I did.

• A comment on Conversation: If parents showed more of themselves, would kids develop better, healthier coping skills?

  Aug 3 2012: My parents have always been kind of hard on me. But I learn from that to not be a complete snot. They never really talk to me about drugs or self injury but I'm smart enough to keep myself from doing such things. I know how to cope with life without the aid of my parents. But, I agree with you that this Is a pretty big issue and not all kid's are like me. I think the only problem is getting the word out about this since I personally believe that parents opening up to their children would save a lot of kid's from going down the wrong path.

• A reply on Conversation: Des any one think that the U.S. and China will ever go to war?

  Aug 2 2012: I can think positive and whenever a positive attitude is needed, I have one, but when I see a situation that can't 100% have optimism, that's were the problems start because anything that isn't 100% fine and dandy, will have problems that need to be focused on to make it perfect.
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  A reply on Conversation: Are there any teens on this site?

  Aug 2 2012: It really is annoying isn't it. What's even worse, is that I see other intelligent kids get sucked into the whole "gangster" /"fashion" trend and they start to ruin themselves as well. I just tell myself that it's people like you and me that make the future work. That's what keeps me buy. I also want to go to Harvard someday, but that may be big wishing. Never the less, that hope is what keeps me curious and willing to learn. In case you were wondering, since you are Chilean, Harvard is the best, top of the line university in the United States. Who knows, maybe my wish will come true. I live in a small town, so there aren't to many people like me, but there are still some and that's also another factor that keeps me going.
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  A comment on Conversation: Which is more contagious? The smile or the frown?

  Aug 1 2012: The straight face.

• A reply on Conversation: Des any one think that the U.S. and China will ever go to war?

  Aug 1 2012: Andrew, I am looking at this from an American stand point and right now, for an American, America is all that matters.

• A reply on Conversation: Des any one think that the U.S. and China will ever go to war?

  Aug 1 2012: Anything positive is possible, but there are very different levels of possibility and China has a very low possibility.

• A reply on Conversation: Des any one think that the U.S. and China will ever go to war?

  Aug 1 2012: The Chinese would never just transition right then and their. Even of they decided to (which will never happen) it would take years to make any difference because you would have campaigns. The Chinese government doesn't want power for it's people and it's going to stay that way. If the Chinese people had power and knew what was going on in the world, there would be revolutions, and the Chinese government obviously won't let that happen.

• A reply on Conversation: Des any one think that the U.S. and China will ever go to war?

  Jul 31 2012: The U.S. and China will never co exist because china is still a communist country and the U.S. is obliviously a democracy. The reason I ask this question is because I believe that china is trying to commence in economic warfare and one day the government may come to it's senses and stop this at once. The way we can stop china is to cut off trade to it for about six months so that we can collapse it's economy. Unfortunately, this isn't being done. It would only benefit America. It would bring the American economy up to the top again.