my term ends tomorrow. i am looking forward to it as i am getting quite sick of doing math and philosophy. i never thought i would say that but i've been doing too much work for the past few weeks. i dont stay up past 1am for work but i feel that i am losing the focus and drive for work.

i think i need a few weeks of doing nothing related to math ( Read more... )

it never occurred to me before today how difficult summarising/rewriting an argument can be. i always assumed that after i (feel that) i understand an argument, writing it out should follow pretty easily. it turned out that i was stuck with summarising strawson's "self, mind and body" for almost 2 hours just now and i am still not certain that i am ( Read more... )

A train moves along the real number line with constant integer velocity and starts out at t=0 at an integer. At each time t=0,1,2,..., you are able to check whether the train is at a single integer of your choosing (which may be a different choice each time). Explain how it is possible to determine the train's velocity and starting position.

A and B both pick a random integer separately. What is the probability that A and B end up with the same integer ( Read more... )

A and B both pick a random integer separately. What is the probability that A and B end up with the same integer ( Read more... )

my housemates in oxford are some seriously crazy people ( Read more... )

i just finished sara gruen's water for elephants ( Read more... )

1. as much as schools teach us how to build and project self-confidence, no one is fully confident of or comfortable with themselves. this is not only because not everything is within our control, but also because we are not perfect beings and we are not infinitely plastic. not perfect refers to our lack of (certain) abilities while not being ( Read more... )

i just called mindef call center to ask about exit permit stuff and the service i got was seriously top notch.

today i felt utterly tired and sian ( Read more... )