
June 14, 2010 12:29pm by swood |
Complaint |
Lately I’ve been having mixed feelings and I don’t know how to reconcile them.
Last night, on “America’s Got Talent” I watched an 11-year old boy perform a rap routine and get accepted into the next round. He was a cute little kid and I admired the fact that he could go on stage [...]

February 5, 2006 11:02pm by swood |
Cool Things,
Riddles |
I have been doing a lot of thinking and research into the “Airplane on a Conveyor Belt” conundrum. For some reason, I find this thought experiment to be extremely compelling. You can tell a lot about a person’s thought process (and background) by the way they defend their position. It really is amazing.
As [...]

February 4, 2006 12:02am by swood |
Cool Things,
Riddles |
I’ve come across a thought experiment that SHARPLY divides people. The funny thing is that there is only one right answer. Physics dictates this to be so. Here it is:
A plane is standing on a runway that can move (a conveyor belt). The plane moves in one direction, while the conveyor moves [...]
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