Recent content by Hermetic Alchemist

I think they published an update on this result and it was a false alarm. Although I may have been remembering a related (i.e. from the same collider) false alarm about the Higgs Boson). Sorry to disapoint you :(

I'm pretty much with Particle on this one. As a very confused transAtlanticists (American father, English mother, brought up in the US till I was 8, moved to the UK for 20 years, then back in the US for the last 10) I am really hacked off by current US politics. The original economic beliefs...

I enjoy bones, but I find that her character slips in and out of those "obviously" INT moments - although actually it's more like INTJ (she can't conceive of being wrong) - and isn;t consistently INT. It's one thing I find really annoying about the show. There are definitely episodes (probably...

I always like using the example of different breeds of dogs when talking to creationists. I also use the example of bacterial antibiotic resistance. One thing I would ask is why our "interference" is not natural. Admittedly domestication of everything from wheat to horses to pigs to finches...

Congratulations! I know a little about Bioinformatics (researcher in Molecular Biology for a long time) and slightly less about Data Mining. The first is a pretty specific career and would probably need a double major in biology (with an emphasis on molecular stuff which is what a lot of...

What he said! It may be that those who feel more uncomfortable with typing are those who aren't as heavily skewed. I feel like I;m so INTP it's not ven funny! Personally when I read through other types I find very little that I feel akin to (except when it's part of my own typing). When I read...

In cases like this anti-depressants are not intended to reach the cause of the problem. What they are meant to do, is allow the feelings of blackness to abate. That will allow her to see her problems more clearly and deal with them through counselling and self analysis. Essentially...

I got ENP. That makes sense to me. I have always thought that that I/E was a little difficult for me to categorize. Depending on how I answer most MBT tests I am usually score as pretty Introverted. However I do have friends, and I like meeting new people, as long as it is in small groups in a...

How do you define 'good for something'. Everyone has a different definition. My father (a fairly intelligent man, and not a jock by any stretch of the imagination) thought I should try out for sports teams when I was in high school. I'm 5'6", 135 lbs (at 38; I was even less 20 years ago!), and...

Although I completely agree with your viewpoint - the Korean system is perhaps not as bad as my original post implied - I would disagree with a couple of your points. 1. You are making the assumption that GDP per capita a good measure for this sort of comparison. Well (despite the fact I am an...

Funny you should say this, because I'm both very INTP and pretty ADD (high-functioning) and my ex was convinced I was on the Autistic Spectrum. I once asked the shrink working with me on ADD about it, and she said that the most obvious evidence that I wasn't ASD is that I've got a pretty good...

This shows a complete lack of understanding about AD(H)D. People with ADHD CANNOT apply it/themselves. That is the whole problem. Yeah we can get superfocused about a single thing (INTP!) but I would say that for the most part that is going to be an information gathering thing. I could read...

The biggest problem with this system that I see is that you are 'labelled' far too early in life. If you don't get into the 'right' high school (or even elementary school!) you're screwed. For the rest of your life. Some people are late flowering. These sort of standardized tests also limit...

Hi! I'm a molecular biologist. :evil: :phear::smoker: :kilroy: If that doesn't scare you off I don;t know what will!

Re: AlisaD: About HasteTheDay I'm not sure about this. I feel that it (& flirting in general) is too nebulous to move things forward. He may overanalyze it to the point of information paralysis (or maybe that's just me..). On the other hand maybe it's a good start, she can then move to...