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I'm passionate about

Less passion, more curiosity! I tend to get heated when people blame a whole group of people for the actions of an individual. I'm not a fan of stereotypes based on race or gender.

An idea worth spreading

In 100 years, some random kid will be laughing at you. They will be laughing at the way you dressed, the movies you liked, your concept of gravity, the way your culture treated other people, the gods you worshiped, and the fact that we watched a show called the Jersey Shore.

Talk to me about

Anything you like really, if I'm interested I'll talk to you!

People don't know that I'm good at

Cooking!

My TED Story

For a while I used to get inebriated and watch TED for a few hours, feeling good knowing there are still some clever ones in the world.

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• A reply on Conversation: Is there any scientfic research taking place with what are called dreams of the future?

  Apr 29 2011: Are you talking about how time seems to move at a different pace ala Inception?

• A comment on Conversation: What is the future of mankind?

  Apr 29 2011: In the future, we'll have flying cars, and live on the moon! Food will come in pill form and everything will be nuclear powered!
  
  Or at least that's what they thought back in the day.
  
  Who knows, the future isn't here yet! I'll let you know what it's like when I get there :D

• A reply on Conversation: One Worldwide Government

  Apr 29 2011: @Pabitra
  
  Did you just compare Apple to being cast out of paradise?
  
  +2 :D haha

• A comment on Conversation: Give me a list of 5 things: What did you like best about school or wish there had been more of?

  Apr 29 2011: What I would like to see in schools
  
  1: Computer Languages taught at a fairly young age.
  Computers are not going anywhere, and it might be a good idea for kids to know how to make their own progams instead of buying what is there.
  
  2: More real world math applications.
  I guess this would fit in well with the programing. I remember being so disconnected in math classes growing up because I failed to see why I would need it.
  
  3: More creative writing courses and a younger age.
  I only found one creative writing course in high school, and convinced the teacher to let me have a semester to write as a independent study. I don't know if the situation is similar else where, but creativity is a great thing to foster.
  
  4: More science projects/fairs!
  Only in elementary school do I remember being a school wide science fair.
  
  5: More pragmatic teaching of real world skills
  Lots of kids will not end up in college. Why not teach these kids real world skills to help them after they graduate.

• A reply on Conversation: What is the most important question you should ask yourself?

  Apr 29 2011: Why not?
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  A reply on Conversation: What is the most important question you should ask yourself?

  Apr 29 2011: haha
  
  Someone would of hacked it by now!
  
  Unless that's what shamans have been doing for centuries...
  
  Oh noes, my jokey answer has shattered perception on the universe!

• A comment on Conversation: What is the most important question you should ask yourself?

  Apr 29 2011: "Who the hell do you think you are?"
  
  Less of a question, more of a good idea...
  
  "Think for yourself, shmuck!"
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  A comment on Conversation: How do you deal with it, when the amount of things you wandt to know learn or internalize grows faster than you can process it?

  Apr 29 2011: Your reaching the point where you realize how little you know!
  
  Welcome to the club! :D
  
  I find in learning, especially self teaching, that the more information you gather, the more questions rise, and the need for more information to answer those questions! Then when you answer those question, more tend to pop up. Argh! On has to be immortal to learn it all!
  
  Pesky circle of knowledge and ignorance, they just keep feeding into each other!
  
  My advice, don't try to know it all, cause you can't! Try to stick with a subject your really interested in, or try to give yourself a well rounded array of general knowledge. Or not, what do I know! haha

• A reply on Conversation: Introducing/Seeding life in mars

  Apr 29 2011: That is a major concern, and I remember reading somewhere that that might of happend.
  
  I know, that's a great reference right? haha

• A reply on Conversation: Public University, and how to convince the private sector to pay for it!

  Apr 29 2011: They wouldn't. However, there is a great need for qualified people in many, many fields. Mostly science and engineering programs.
  
  There is nothing wrong with that. Why should a corporation pay for someone to get an English degree?
  
  If a student wishes to go to school for english or a unfunded field, there would be nothing stopping them from paying for their education via more traditional means.
  
  The basic idea of this is more of a quick way to beef up our ranks of scientists, engineers, and more technical based fields. I'm not saying the softer sciences are not important, however they are not as vital to our country and society as say an electrical engineer.