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 Topic: End of History |
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| Mingwei Replies: 14 Views: 1126 |
 Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:35 pm Subject: End of History |
| I found this reading confusing and even a little disturbing (especially the parts about Communism in China. This has to be one of the most biased readings I’ve ever read and I was really upset for mos ... | |
| Topic: Bohr, Heisenberg, Schroedinger |
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| Mingwei Replies: 14 Views: 656 |
Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:35 pm Subject: Bohr, Heisenberg, Schroedinger |
| I also thought the reading was mind blowing almost! Hrm, I guess I’ll start with my definition of science. As for now, I believe science is a study that starts with finding and analyzing patterns and ... | |
| Topic: Modern Times |
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| Mingwei Replies: 13 Views: 636 |
Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 12:53 pm Subject: Modern Times |
| A discipline includes study, method, purpose and topics. Although each scientist focused on slightly different points, after all, the ultimate topic they discussed or studied was “light”. Here comes m ... | |
| Topic: Newton's View of the World |
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| Mingwei Replies: 16 Views: 836 |
Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:19 pm Subject: Newton's View of the World |
| Light is proved to be a wave first by Grimaldi after observing a beam of light passing throught holes. He observed the spot of light was slightly bigger after it passed through the hole, and therefore ... | |
| Topic: The Great Cat Massacre |
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| Mingwei Replies: 13 Views: 1645 |
Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:14 pm Subject: The Great Cat Massacre |
| I thought the topic was interesting, yet I hated almost every second reading it. I just felt so bad for the cats (Marilyn were you sad when you read it?). At first I felt bad for the workers too becau ... | |
| Topic: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 2 |
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| Mingwei Replies: 15 Views: 1167 |
Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:24 pm Subject: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 2 |
Sorry I wanted to post more to the last topic, but I decided I really didn't have that much to contribute so 
For history, the purpose changed from recording to pattern finding, understanding and p ... |
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| Topic: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 1 |
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| Mingwei Replies: 13 Views: 1039 |
Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:26 pm Subject: Darwin, Marx and Turner: Day 1 |
For the first time I beat Rachel! 
Darwin believed that there originally existed at most 4/5 progenitors for animals and plants(p.72). Then these original species evolved into more complex forms wh ... |
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| Topic: Kant and Hegel: Day 2 |
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| Mingwei Replies: 14 Views: 1511 |
Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:14 pm Subject: Kant and Hegel: Day 2 |
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1. There are necessary relations in nature: space and time for example, that we know a priori and serve as basic frameworks. 2. All empirical laws of nature must conform to the necessities of ... |
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| Topic: Kant and Hegel: Day 1 |
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| Mingwei Replies: 13 Views: 1141 |
Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:14 pm Subject: Kant and Hegel: Day 1 |
| I guess I’ll be the first one to post then! (Sorry Mijia >_<)
The reading was really dense, and a lot of ideas I still need time to digest but I’d like to throw out a few to get it started ( ... |
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| Topic: Galileo |
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| Mingwei Replies: 16 Views: 1395 |
Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:37 pm Subject: Galileo |
| I read this yesterday and I’m exhausted right now but I’ll try my best to remember
Responding to Zoey: good question! I really liked it! I think yes, it is true that even if you proved something a ... |
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| Topic: Herodotus and Thucydides |
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| Mingwei Replies: 17 Views: 1436 |
Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:11 pm Subject: Herodotus and Thucydides |
| Lex- Sorry I feel really bad saying this but I’m kind of really confused about what you’re asking so I don’t really know how to respond to it (>_<). Maybe the next person should answer it instea ... | |
| Topic: Aristotle Reading and Post |
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| Mingwei Replies: 15 Views: 1503 |
Forum: Art of Prediction - Mod 4 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:10 pm Subject: Aristotle Reading and Post |
| Responding to Lex: That’s a really great question! I think it might not be an either-or situation, but a mix. There are many cases where philosophers (and people in general) look at big pictures while ... | |
| Topic: New Orleans |
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| Mingwei Replies: 9 Views: 946 |
Forum: US Environmental History Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:39 pm Subject: New Orleans |
| I really have no idea what I just read. So post away and give me some inspirations lovely people! | |
| Topic: "The Trouble with Wilderness" |
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| Mingwei Replies: 11 Views: 1043 |
Forum: US Environmental History Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:28 pm Subject: "The Trouble with Wilderness" |
| It works Zak! Congrats!
So I really liked the first part and the last part of the reading, but I was a little lost in the middle, so maybe I missed the whole what we hope to learn from wilderness par ... |
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| Topic: The Idea of a Garden |
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| Mingwei Replies: 14 Views: 1861 |
Forum: US Environmental History Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:55 pm Subject: The Idea of a Garden |
| I'm sorry Isaiah I didn't see your post when I started writing mine that's why I didnt reply! | |
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