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I'm passionate about

I'm passionate about the bright future for mankind that is being brought by science and technology.

An idea worth spreading

Psychology is really Biology. Biology is really Chemistry. Chemistry is really Physics. Physics is really Math. Math is really awesome.

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Whatever you wish, but leave the small talk at the door.

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• A reply on Talk: Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover

  Sep 14 2010: "Missing: The Point. Photo: (*) Description: High school students don't like maths because it is offered in the wrong way. Please, if you find it, call 956 *** ***. Reward offered: 2 IQ points.
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  A reply on Talk: Margaret Gould Stewart: How YouTube thinks about copyright

  Aug 20 2010: Far-fetched, ideological points of view move the world, Yuriy!
  
  A society of everyone doing what they love is pictured in the TV show Star Trek, and I think it's great and certainly possible.
  
  I think that one problem is that most of people think that work has to be unpleasant. They make a difference between "life hours" and "work hours" (or "school hours" for that matter). They just don't realise they CAN do what they love for a living. This is a product of our flawed linear education system.
  
  Another problem is that people are afraid of not being able to pay for a home and food for their family or themselves if they go for what they love instead of the "safe" option.
  
  I believe that if we (a) covered people's basic needs fully (home, food, etc) and (b) changed our education model (as in Ken Robinson's Learning Revolution) we can accomplish a society of people following their passions.
  
  How long it takes depends on how much people are willing to do it.

• A comment on Talk: Brian Cox: Why we need the explorers

  Aug 20 2010: That Carl Sagan quote, it touches me every time I hear it. Never fails. What a great man he was.
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  A reply on Talk: Peter Molyneux demos Milo, the virtual boy

  Aug 20 2010: I am very interested in artificial intelligence and programming in general. I also consider this game to be awfully dull, but games -at least not like this one- are not the future I see for AI.
  
  This AI system seems like it could feel somewhat real when you're the one playing (not just watching someone play) so I'm just curious to see if this kind of thing is a step in the right direction in artificial intelligence or not. I just want to see if "the tricks work", as Molyneux said.
  
  Plus, I'm a helpless consumerist, specially when regarding toys that remind me of science fiction films and books.
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  A reply on Talk: Peter Molyneux demos Milo, the virtual boy

  Aug 19 2010: The interactions are scripted indeed. It is like that scene from Fahrenheit 451 (I don't recall if it happens in the book as well) when Linda is "interacting" with the characters from "the family" on TV but there's actually no mic or camera she just says what she's supposed to say (phrasing it as she wishes) and the guys on the screen say "that's a wonderful idea" or "Yes, we will do that, Linda", because the interactions are fully scripted.
  
  From what we've seen on the video, I'm guessing that if you told Milo "yes, you are right, this new house sucks" he'd cheer up just the same.
  
  But don't get me wrong, I like this. I'll get one as soon as it hits the stores. I have to try it for myself.

• A reply on Talk: Carolyn Porco: This is Saturn

  Jul 3 2010: A very poor one I believe.
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  A reply on Talk: Gary Vaynerchuk: Do what you love (no excuses!)

  Jun 16 2010: Then why the fuck are you still there?
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  A reply on Talk: Gary Vaynerchuk: Do what you love (no excuses!)

  Jun 16 2010: Andrea,
  
  You don't have to do what you are good at just because you are good at it.
  
  I am very good at maths, physics and art, so everyone thinks I'm going to be a mathematician, an artist or a physicist. When I tell people I'm going to be an archaeologist, they say I would waste my talents.
  
  At first, I was OK with being an engineer in the future (I'm 15 now) because it's something I like after all. But then I started procrastinating on studying robotics and programming so I could watch the History Channel show Digging for the Truth. Then it was reading archaeology and anthropology books, and so on.
  
  In other words, it makes no sense to do something you do not love because no matter how good you could be at it, you're never going to reach your fullest potential. Word. You're just going to procrastinate into doing something else.
  
  Now, what is it that you do when you procrastinate? Maybe nothing because you feel guilty, but what do you want to do? That is your passion. Go for it.
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  A reply on Talk: Gary Vaynerchuk: Do what you love (no excuses!)

  Jun 16 2010: Inherit a lot of money is not the only way to get a lot of money. I believe that if he hadn't inherited a business, he would be rich by now anyway.
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  A reply on Talk: Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

  May 26 2010: Whatever you do, tell me about it! I would love to participate.