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Do They Really Wonder Why We “atheists” Get So Much Delight Pondering The “known Universe”?


It’s not some “Big” secret. Cern particle physics laboratory in Switzerland publishes it’s findings regularly. Nearly all the Astronomy Observatories and affiliated laboratories and organizations the world over, freely share their findings with the rest of the world regularly. And these are just two examples of all the wondrous fonts of information that are flowing out of all the multitude of scientific method going on today.
With all due respect, all this is just a tad more interesting than what I was brought up to believe, namely, the Bible. Yawn.

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Can I Get Into The Macaulay Honors Program?


Hi, I’m a senior at a high school. I’m an IB diploma candidate taking the following courses this year:
IB History HL, IB English HL, IB TOK, IB Physics HL, IB Urdu (independent study), AP Psychology and Medical Careers (Elective). Last year, in addition to the above mentioned IB classes I also took IB Economics SL and IB Math Studies. My GPA is 3.5 and my SAT scores are 1900. Do I have a shot at the Macaulay Honors Program?
Extra Curricular: I’m in Mock Trial and Peer-Support (a community service club) and have done Model U.N in the past. I’m a polyglot and proficient in several languages including English, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Punjabi and Sindhi. I also volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and am affiliated with an NGO in Pakistan (my native country) for which I fund raise to provide relief to the disaster victims.
I was wondering If I had a shot at the Program? because I know its really competitive.

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Would It Affect My Career If I Start Class 11 In 2013?


I am 16 years old, and I passed Class 10 in 2012.
I want to study basic Class 9-10 Physics, Chemistry and Maths properly and a little of the Japanese language in the next 5-6 months, so I want to start Class 11 in an English-medium school in 2013 instead of studying Class 11 books in such a short time.
I have already taken admission in a state board(Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha)-affiliated junior college, but the classes just started recently and I don’t think I can study class 11 Physics and Chemistry in more detail without having proper knowledge of class 8/9/10 Physics and Chemistry. Also, the teachers aren’t very proficient in English, and they teach much of the course in Oriya, a language I am the least proficient in. My school removed class 8 books from class 8 and we were taught class 9 books instead. Class 8 books had the basic concepts which were to be taught in class 10, and I didn’t fully comprehend those concepts.
Moreover, I aspire to be a physicist, so I ‘need’ to have proper knowledge of Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
My mom says that it would have drastic consequences if I don’t study class 11 this year, that I won’t get admission in any school in 2013 and that there’s an age-limit for getting admission in a class in a school, going to college/university and getting a job. I secured 66% in Class 10.

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What University Do You Think Would Be Best For An Electrical Engineering Student?


Hello, I’m looking to do my undergraduate degree in EE and I was wondering what university would you recommend. Here are my two options (both Canadian Universities)
Option One: University of Western Ontario (UWO)
– a more diverse, social (party-type) university , might have more clubs
-Tons of options. General First year of engineering, several specializations
(i.e, embedded systems, power systems, wireless communications)
They also allow you to:
a) get dual degrees in EE & Comp Sci or Physics or Bio or Economics, Honors Business Administration in 5 years
b) Bachelors of Engineering plus a Juris Doctor (JD) in 6 years (competitive)
c)Bachelors of Engineering with a doctor of medicine (MD) in 7 years (highly competitive)
d) Bachelors of Engineering plus a Masters of Engineering in 5 years.
-Co-op is available, not as many placements as the following university
-Campus is more attractive
Option Two: University of Waterloo
-Not as diverse (mostly Chinese and Indian students) who do not party as much. Much more focused on academics (which isn’t a bad thing, but i’d probably not be near the top of the class)
-One of the best engineering universities in the world. Affiliated with the likes of Research in Motion,(This university is the birthplace of Blackberries) , Microsoft (Bill Gates did a speech there), IBM, Apple, Google & the Perimeter Institute of Physics where Stephen Hawking has presented many times.
-Tons of research in emerging areas like Quantum Computing & Quantum cryptography
– Specialization in EE (like embedded systems) is possible, not to sure of dual degrees however.
-Largest Co-op program in Canada. Once you get acceptance, you are guaranteed CO-OP placements. It takes 5 years to get your degree but they claim that students make $50,000-$80,000 over their co-op terms and that would be great in order to pay for tuition and residence.
-Campus is not as attractive
As you can see, both universities sound great. I will apply for both and hopefully I could get some advice from you guys. Thanks so much!

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What Would Be The Best Place To Start Learning Math?


Math is not my strength by any means, but that is more tied to poor logic. I am very intuitive though and am greatly interested in acquiring the skills to pursue higher math. I’ve been through school and did okay in the classes, but I’ve never really understood WHY the problems are solved the way they are. I am a visual-kinetic learner and haven’t really found a niche to absorb math the way I’d like. I love astronomy, physics and meteorology and would like to pursue those interests further, but math is something that is always in the way. Do any of you know of a good place to start, as a refresher, that will challenge me and perhaps appeal to my learning style? Books? Websites? Thanks in advance.

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What Is The Non Religious Reason That Jews Are Hated?


I get that this is probably not the best forum for this question, but nonetheless here it is…
Why are Jews so hated by both niche groups and by larger groups? I have a Master’s in Physics, and I am fairly versed in my history about Hitler jumping on the bandwagon and using popular hatred of the Jews to commit atrocities against them in the 40’s, but I don’t remember the reasons, only the fact that the hate was there. Today, while my 8 year old son and I were watching the History channel in the background and building Legos, he heard the narrator talking about how Hitler leveraged the “general census of poplar opinion of the Jews to launch a political offensive against them” and he asked me why do people hate the Jews. I thought about why people hate them, and I couldn’t think of the foundation that drives the hatred. I am not a religious person, and don’t raise my kids in that fashion, so his question didn’t come from a place of difference of religion, and I respectfully ask that anyone who answers doesn’t cite only religious differences for hating them.

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