Author: jeremy
Speak For Yourself
If I’m having an argument, I tend to use phrases that include the word “you†or “theyâ€. What I’m doing is projecting what I think a person is feeling into my own words. In essence, I’m taking what I think is important in their disagreement and only addressing that. The problem is that I’m not letting the person describe their own experience. Instead, I’m asserting what I think they are saying, and basing my response…
Username Selection
Trying to come up with a good username on an old service is the best way to grasp how unoriginal you are against the collective creativity of humanity.
Cherry Picking
Homework Progression
Premature Wielding of Mathematical Tools
As a physicist, mathematics is the language I speak. It’s what I use to discuss physics, and I’m familiar with many of the tools that mathematicians learn. The tools range from the fields of calculus, probability, statistics, linear algebra, differential equations, graph theory, and many others. In particular, solving differential equations is like the bread and butter of physics, so I’m versed in this area. Knowing how to untangle the Schrödinger equation or the field…
The Professor Effect
It’s amazing how consistently this happens to me. It’s almost as if I didn’t really understand what the teacher was talking about!
Forearm
Surprisingly, the forearms of grizzled veterans of the teaching profession appear to be larger than professional arm wrestlers.
New Notation
“But wait, the notation will make sense in about twenty minutes, even if I’m not using it now!â€
Hammer and Nail
If you make the mistake of asking a physicist if this is realistic, they will tell you with glee how accurate we can make models that only use these ingredients.
