Demonstrating

[inverselina]

Spent a few days over the last week demonstrating, not the kind with placards and slogans as someone I who overheard me speak about it assumed but the kind where you realise how dumb first years are, and we are one of the best and brightest universities in the country

Comments

[valient_starr]

Oh dear ^_^. I had a similar experience once but it was at A levels at college and not at uni. I was trying to prove to some dude I was spot on with finding the volume of an oyster souffle (given it's a perfect sphere and it raises in proporting to the radius etc.) When after awhile I realised it wasn't the question of my maths or formulas that's the problem.

The dude didn't realise a 1/4 of an hour is 15 minutes and not 30. Hence different sizes of souffle on cooking.

Which was funny at the time; I got bored of the books so I just went into the library and got out all the old stuff. It's still a question I remember having fun with. Also the gloves thing worries me :S; in a similar concept if your cooking food you make sure you take precautions first, like if your deep frying make sure you are wearing gloves, that you don't get burnt and you know what to do in a fire etc. Or if making a dish with chicken or pork you make sure it's cooked properly.

[inverselina]

Misunderstandings happen I suppose. Cooking and science are very, very similar. It's a case of knowing when you have to be super-accurate and when you can just guess approximate amounts, that and thinking about what you're doing with respect to safety/proper cooking.

[xanthipe]

The sad thing is it doesn't get any better when they're trained operators in industry. I've had devices jammed into cameras every which way, it's quite depressing...

[inverselina]

Heh, I think some people just don't engage brain before operating machines/electronics.