And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


kat perez - Feb 22, 2005 12:21:15 pm PST #72 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I tried it three times and realized it was the kind of maddening thing I hate and I could do it like 50 gazillion times and never get the right answer. And furthermore not care very much. So does that mean I'm and Einstein or a putz?

And I still love Jesse even though she likes Dr. Phil. Different life coaches for different folks.


Topic!Cindy - Feb 22, 2005 12:22:25 pm PST #73 of 10002
What is even happening?

You're an Einstein quitter putz, kat.


§ ita § - Feb 22, 2005 12:22:46 pm PST #74 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't even think it's about how hard you think

Well, I kinda mean in terms of how deep a groove you dig when you pursue a train of thought -- it makes it harder (in my analogy) to jump right up and shift metaphors.

I think the part of the description that said "Only a basic understanding of math is required" threw me way off. I'm a bit of a stickler for the rulesguidelines.


kat perez - Feb 22, 2005 12:24:34 pm PST #75 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Einstein quitter putz

Hee. New tag, please?


Hil R. - Feb 22, 2005 12:26:12 pm PST #76 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I got it in just a minute or two. I'm not sure there's a "how hard you think" thing -- I think it's more just whether you hit on the right guess.


Cashmere - Feb 22, 2005 12:31:09 pm PST #77 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

Starting Over is a total dirty secret of TV watching.

Totally. Um, I mean, what's Starting Over?


bon bon - Feb 22, 2005 12:32:43 pm PST #78 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

There's some anecdote Bob points to all the time, about how someone really smart-- Feynman, maybe-- scored rather low on an IQ test, and people theorized it was because he could make even "wrong" answers work.

I don't think your intelligence is implicated if you get the answer right away, but you may be stymied for a really long time because you can come up with lots of different possible solutions.

There's a great anecdote about Bill Gates on one of the links.


Jesse - Feb 22, 2005 12:36:52 pm PST #79 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Well, I kinda mean in terms of how deep a groove you dig when you pursue a train of thought -- it makes it harder (in my analogy) to jump right up and shift metaphors.

Yeah, I see what you mean.

I don't think your intelligence is implicated if you get the answer right away,

Phew. I was afraid I was borderline retarded there for a minute.

But then, I'm the person who spends a lot of energy insisting that being good at trivia doesn't make me "smart."


sarameg - Feb 22, 2005 12:39:43 pm PST #80 of 10002

you may be stymied for a really long time because you can come up with lots of different possible solutions.

This is sort of why I did so horribly in the probability&stats portion of my physics education. It wasn't intelligence that worked to my disadvantage, though, more just the seriously overdeveloped case of what-if-itis. Everybody else was like oooh, use this equation while I was mentally flipping my 43rd penny or something.


brenda m - Feb 22, 2005 12:39:46 pm PST #81 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I have no idea what the hell that game or whatever is talking about, but what I do know is that I'm not much inclined to try.