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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
One time I got asked how I got so smart and why does it sometimes take me 10 minutes to answer her questions.
Yes that was one question.
The quick answer to that was I try to surround myself with people smarter than me.
And on the 10 minutes because I have to find the answer.
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I get occasional rolled eyes because it takes a bit for me to answer a question. It's not a matter of finding the answer. It's a matter of giving the background so the person will
understand the answer. I usually don't know how much the questioner knows about the topic, and err on the side of assuming not much.
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Oh and in an embarrassing situation, I learned that physics is math based.
I told a physics professor that I didn't think he could help me with an algebra problem.
Oh yes, he shared that goof with the entire math and science departments.
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I don't recall ever
not knowing Physics was math based. I'd love to know how you managed to miss it.
I got accosted on my block a while back by a tween boy and girl with an interesting question: My choices were English, Math, and Science. Which
two would I pick as musts to know?
I said "That's easy. English and math. Whatever you wind up doing, you'll be working with other people, and need to communicate at a high level verbally and in writing. So you must speak, read, and write English very well.
And math is a requirement for science. If you have math, you'll understand science. If you don't have math, you won't understand science.
Every science uses math somewhere, even if it's something like Sociology where the math is statistics."
The girl said to the boy "You see? I
told you!" I was tickled at having the conversation. I felt more optimistic about current kids as a result.
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Dennis