Posts from ‘June, 2010’

The top of my hair is slowly turning brown. For the longest time I just thought it was the lightning in my bathroom or something but it is actually getting quite brown. Based on what I have read on the interweb just now it could be due to being in the sun for long periods [...]

The spring terms in Waterloo are always the hardest. The atmosphere as a whole during the summer is very relaxed. It is hard to sit down and really focus. Also being here for 10 months straight doesn’t help either.

Time to take a nap, then go do some math and philosophy.

I hate probability but you can sometimes pose very simple questions with interesting answers.

Suppose you’re on a game show, and you’re given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what’s behind the doors, opens another [...]

I didn’t graduate but I have friends that did. On Wednesday Amy and I went to Joanna and Nelson’s convocation. It was so boring. I spent most of it just talking to Amy and Joanna’s brother Edward.

After the ceremony it was picture taking time. I really liked how this photo came out. Kudos to [...]

I think I will be giving another talk in July while at the undergraduate math conference. I can talk about anything so I ned to figure out a topic now. The talk has to be either 20 minutes or 50 minutes long.

I wouldn’t mind doing something related to prime numbers but not sure what. Another [...]

Is it wrong to kill animals for food? I eat a lot of meat, yet I don’t mind being called a hypocrite and say that I think it is wrong to kill animals.

My basic reasoning is I would argue that it is morally wrong for a human to harm a creature, any creature. Killing an [...]