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Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
Yeah there is. Be there for her, and talk about this nonsense and that it IS nonsense. I have a nephew who's plenty bright, picks up on all sorts of stuff. But he _is_ in the public school system, not
By Roy J. Tellason, Sr. · #99583 ·
Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
When the state or large elements of any society start imposing ideological dogma on science and math, things go sideways. Look up "illegal numbers" on Wiki for a glance into the upside down world of
By wn4isx <wn4isx@...> · #99582 ·
Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
Guess nearly all of the western countries suffer from the same. No wonder east Asia, especially China, are so far ahead of us¡­ Nuno T. Sent: 24 December 2024 08:37 To: [email protected]
By Nuno T. · #99581 ·
Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
I'm from South Africa. If you change "UK" to "RSA" you would be describing us 100%. In my opinion, when the government and church/religion get involved in science you have shit on your hands - excuse
By Abes · #99580 ·
Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
The "Red shift" AKA Doppler frequency shift is quite measurable on the 136/137 Low Earth Orbit weather satellites and amateur OSCAR sats. Using a stable receiver tuned to a bird, the apparent
By wn4isx <wn4isx@...> · #99579 ·
Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
Speed of light is one aspect, the other is the comparative speed of Causality hence 'c' I understand the issue came up regarding the math of constant accelerating spacecraft if sustained long enough
By Mike · #99578 ·
Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
I mentioned the MLA and AP stylesheets. A former coworker contacted me today, I repaired her cassette deck a lifetime ago and and it died again. Easy peasy repair, the drive belt broke. I mentioned
By wn4isx <wn4isx@...> · #99577 ·
Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
If you see "¦¸" s you'll know instantly it's ohms, if you see ¦Â in the context of transistors you'll know they are referring to gain. ¦Ë means wavelength Although I don't see how physicists got by
By wn4isx <wn4isx@...> · #99576 ·
Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
Take a look at this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mathematics_pedagogy Bet the people who graduate from such a math program won't be making any ground breaking discoveries or breakthroughs,
By wn4isx <wn4isx@...> · #99575 ·
Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
I know the Indians (Hindus) have advanced match, and the Sumerians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Maya, Inca, and Aztec all had relatively advanced math. However, I'm not sure anyone is willing to learn any
By wn4isx <wn4isx@...> · #99574 ·
Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
I¡¯m with you my friend. You have no idea how much of that bullshit I¡¯ve come across¡­ Too much to tell, probably. I¡¯m in the UK, where anything out of ¡°established rules¡± is immediately,
By Nuno T. · #99573 ·
Re: "Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
Speaking of which, why is it that engineering seems to be so enamored with the use of greek letters? I see this all over the place, and I don't understand the need for it... Not gonna comment much on
By Roy J. Tellason, Sr. · #99572 ·
"Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science" (book title)
This is only relevant for this group because we deal with science, or at least I assume the study and practice of electronics is scientific. A friend suggested this book and I just finished it....I'll
By wn4isx <wn4isx@...> · #99571 ·
Re: typing Greek letters or math symbols
By Bertho · #99570 ·
Re: typing Greek letters or math symbols
HTML handles thiis well, though it can mess up line spacing. (...) Isaac Asimov once wrote as to how English was probably the most difficult language to learn as an adult. Somewhere in one of his many
By Roy J. Tellason, Sr. · #99569 ·
Re: typing Greek letters or math symbols
I tried "Alt+224" with several fonts in Microsoft Word 2003 (I so like to keep up to date) and nothing happened and then in Wordpad (windows 7, yep I'm so up to date it amazes me). Nothing happened
By wn4isx <wn4isx@...> · #99568 ·
Re: typing Greek letters or math symbols
Keep this sheet around if using a standard keyboard. Key Greek letters and their ALT codes: * *Alpha (¦Á):* Alt + 224 * *Beta (¦Â):* Alt + 225 * *Gamma (¦Ã):* Alt + 947 * *Delta (¦Ä):* Alt + 235 *
By Derek Koonce · #99567 ·
Re: typing Greek letters or math symbols
I'm sorry but this statement confuses me. " You can use synonyms in the program aText. For example, if I write oohm with a capital first O, the word is replaced with the ¦¸ symbol." I suspect English
By wn4isx <wn4isx@...> · #99566 ·
Re: PI controller time domain responce in PLL from AC responce
Hello , I plugged a signal generator into point A of my system(as shown in the diagram and reccorded the error signal voltage which comes out from the mixer(POINT B).The plot below is based on crude
Re: typing Greek letters or math symbols
You can use synonyms in the program aText. For example, if I write oohm with a capital first O, the word is replaced with the ¦¸ symbol. Fra: [email protected] <[email protected]> P?
By Hans Chr. Aaleje · #99564 ·