Comments on: grammar and sound waves http://www.3till7.net/2008/02/17/grammar-and-sound-waves/ Programming, espresso, and grumbling. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:27:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah http://www.3till7.net/2008/02/17/grammar-and-sound-waves/comment-page-1/#comment-229919 Sarah Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:27:36 +0000 http://www.3till7.net/2008/02/17/grammar-and-sound-waves/#comment-229919 Michelle: Wow. I don't know whether to be annoyed at how ridiculous that logic sounds to me, or impressed at the awesomeness of that kid for getting out of the exam. Michelle: Wow. I don’t know whether to be annoyed at how ridiculous that logic sounds to me, or impressed at the awesomeness of that kid for getting out of the exam.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.3till7.net/2008/02/17/grammar-and-sound-waves/comment-page-1/#comment-229820 Michelle Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:11:51 +0000 http://www.3till7.net/2008/02/17/grammar-and-sound-waves/#comment-229820 Your comment on #2 kind of reminds me of one of my college general philosophy courses. I don't remember who we were studying, but the theory was that nothing exists until someone - a human - sees it. Thus, chairs and desks and tables disappear when a classroom is empty. One student in the class somehow took the general idea of theory to prove that our examination didn't actually exist, thus we didn't need to take it (I don't remember the exact wording and would embarass myself if I tried to repeat it since I've forgotten everything I learned in college). Fortunately for him, it was so impressive that the professor gave him an A on the test and made the rest of the class take it without him. Your comment on #2 kind of reminds me of one of my college general philosophy courses. I don’t remember who we were studying, but the theory was that nothing exists until someone – a human – sees it. Thus, chairs and desks and tables disappear when a classroom is empty.

One student in the class somehow took the general idea of theory to prove that our examination didn’t actually exist, thus we didn’t need to take it (I don’t remember the exact wording and would embarass myself if I tried to repeat it since I’ve forgotten everything I learned in college). Fortunately for him, it was so impressive that the professor gave him an A on the test and made the rest of the class take it without him.

]]> By: Vera http://www.3till7.net/2008/02/17/grammar-and-sound-waves/comment-page-1/#comment-229705 Vera Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:12:30 +0000 http://www.3till7.net/2008/02/17/grammar-and-sound-waves/#comment-229705 HAHA "would/could int" I really need to make a note of that somewhere. Number 2, sounds a lot like the "anthropic principle" (see wikipedia for that, too lazy to link it). It seems a really interesting theory, but I also quite agree with you. There are a lot of things we most probably aren't able to perceive yet, nevertheless that doesn't stop them from occurring. HAHA “would/could int” I really need to make a note of that somewhere.

Number 2, sounds a lot like the “anthropic principle” (see wikipedia for that, too lazy to link it). It seems a really interesting theory, but I also quite agree with you.
There are a lot of things we most probably aren’t able to perceive yet, nevertheless that doesn’t stop them from occurring.

]]> By: Mar http://www.3till7.net/2008/02/17/grammar-and-sound-waves/comment-page-1/#comment-229549 Mar Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:46:40 +0000 http://www.3till7.net/2008/02/17/grammar-and-sound-waves/#comment-229549 the 2nd one is especially annoying. Honestly. Can we talk about something that's ACTUALLY deep, really?? the 2nd one is especially annoying.

Honestly. Can we talk about something that’s ACTUALLY deep, really??

]]> By: kathy http://www.3till7.net/2008/02/17/grammar-and-sound-waves/comment-page-1/#comment-229519 kathy Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:01:49 +0000 http://www.3till7.net/2008/02/17/grammar-and-sound-waves/#comment-229519 If a man says something and his wife isn't there to hear it, is he still wrong? If a man says something and his wife isn’t there to hear it, is he still wrong?

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