User:AlexNg

Bookmarks: Steven Pinker || Noam Chomsky

If I could have two lives, I would be a researcher first, then a crazy political activist second.

What the future holds for me:

(The left and right extremes are less probable jobs, but perhaps the most interesting.)
 * ← Increasingly scientific | Increasingly political →

Studying Biolinguistics < Molecular Biology researcher < Just a Doctor <|> Passionate Political Activist > (Almost impossible) Prime Minister of Canada

No to:

Big government

Anti-abortion (aka Pro-'life' by the political right)

Same-sex marriage

Singapore's Education System, with elite-students getting preferential treatment and ones who need more help left to fend for themselves. (See the movie I Not Stupid Too)

Yes to:

John Locke's Theory that humans are characterized by reason and tolerance (they are not born evil)

Ratings:

America: From Freedom to Fascism: ** - Interesting idea... not much support. So much for the 'revolution'

South Park: *****

Family Guy: *****

Simpsons: **** - maybe it's too intellectual for me... I just want a good laugh without the need to think.

Note to self:

Worksheet Question #21:

$$\frac{2\sqrt{7} + \sqrt{3}}{3\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{3}} \times \frac{3\sqrt{7} + \sqrt{3}}{3\sqrt{7} + \sqrt{3}}$$

Taking the bottom part first:

$$(3\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{3})(3\sqrt{7} + \sqrt{3})$$

Expand it:

$$63 + \sqrt{189} - \sqrt{189} - 3 = 60$$

Now the top part:

$$(2\sqrt{7} + \sqrt{3})(3\sqrt{7} + \sqrt{3})$$

Expand it:

$$\sqrt{1764} + \sqrt{84} + \sqrt{189} + 3$$

Note:

$$\sqrt{84} + \sqrt{189} =

2\sqrt{21} + 3\sqrt{21} =

5\sqrt{21}$$

Simply:

$$42 + 5\sqrt{21} + 3 =

9 + \sqrt{21}$$

Putting the two parts together, we get: $$\frac{9 + \sqrt{21}}{60}$$

Multiple Choice Answer: C

You gotta be kidding! The last step (where 5 disappears and 9 appears) makes no sense at all!