What's Your Education?

[celestenadia]

Originally Posted by amber

That's weird, I was just thinking about my IQ today, and iq's in general. But mainly I just know a bunch of stuff that probably only a few people care about. By the way, I always wondered why people can't understand the number the first or so time i say it, but now i have a better understanding of uh...that one thing.
Amber

Yeah, it does suck being kind of "numerically" challenged...
I have a few friends who are MAJOR scientists, my one friend,
his name was uttered when it came time for Nobel nominations
for physics, and I found this out from a couple of his colleagues,
not from the man himself...
Math aces and scientists have always fascinated me, probably
because it's something I have a deficiency with...
My math issue is with linear concepts not spatial. For instance
I did OK with Statistics in college,which of course is manipulating
GROUPS of numbers... I can look at a stack of paper and tell
you how many sheets are there(or very close to it), same goes
for zipping though the grocery store and having sometimes exactly
enough money for the items,how tall a person is etc.. It really is weird..
Another trippy thing regarding math to me, is about how the concept
of 0/zero is relatively recent...the Arabs "invented" it, if I'm not mistaken...
My scientist friends all tell me to "chill" about my little issue.
Alot of them don't completely believe/agree with the concept of "time"
(Kinda like Our Stevie, LOL!) And they say that time is a "linear" concept...
At any rate, you're not suppossed to know your IQ, but I found out mine
and it's 129... Kinda frustrating...above average, but not genious level, heck, I KNOW I ain't
no "genious" LOL! And also,maybe most importantly, to echo the words
of my mother,"Celestenadia, you have NO common sense!"
Like I said before, I think that LIFE experience is the most precious.