Why Perfection Continues to Evade Society. Just a few weeks ago I was surprised to see a headline indicating American confidence had increased over the past few years.
The following chart from a January Gallup poll gives a glimpse into that confidence: How quickly things change. As a friend recently told me, when everything looks good and optimism is up, that’s a sure sign everything is about to tank. Recently, all the headlines showcase stories of gloom and doom. How Students Can Use Social Media To Actually Learn Real World Skills. Owing to the present difficult economic situation, financial literacy has turned out to be one of the hottest topics of discussion in the media. Being economically savvy is extremely important for making the type of smart money decisions, that’s essential for having a good standard of living. Your college years must be the years of gaining knowledge, but nobody is truly conscious of the significance of financial literacy. A majority of the college students feel that their institution didn’t really train them for the “real world”.
Emblems Of Awareness. This article is part of Demystifying the Mind, a special report on the new science of consciousness.
The next installments will appear in the February 25 and March 10 issues of Science News. Michael Morgenstern DEGREES OF THOUGHT | Awareness typically tracks with wakefulness — especially in normal states of consciousness (bold). People in coma or under general anesthesia score low on both measures, appearing asleep with no signs of awareness. Sometimes, wakefulness and awareness become uncoupled, such as among people in a persistent vegetative state. DIY Archives - funnelwide. Someone told me that if there are 20 people in a room, there's a 50/50 chance that two of them will have the same birthday. How can that be?"
This phenomenon actually has a name -- it is called the birthday paradox, and it turns out it is useful in several different areas (for example, cryptography and hashing algorithms).
You can try it yourself -- the next time you are at a gathering of 20 or 30 people, ask everyone for their birth date. It is likely that two people in the group will have the same birthday. It always surprises people! The reason this is so surprising is because we are used to comparing our particular birthdays with others. Books and Those Who Read Them Are the Real Endangered Species. In the February 2021 issue of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, Professor Mark Brennan declares, “My students look at me in amazement when I tell them I read 8 to 10 hours per day.
I look at them in amazement when they tell me they play video games 16 hours straight.” Brennan then went on to wonder if his book reading habits qualify him for “endangered species” status. Two weeks after I read these words, my sister, her husband, and my friend John came to celebrate my birthday with me.
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