Conquest of the Planet of the Bride of the Son of the Return of the Open Bar

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Here's the thing.

Although at times being smarter than most of the other monkeys is gratifying in an egocentric sense, most of the time IT'S JUST DEPRESSING.

Listen. I am a girl who thinks lard is funny and laughs at farts. A paper bag can entertain me for hours. I am A FUCKING RETARD 99.9% of the time.

BEING SMARTER THAN MOST OF THE OTHER MONKEYS IS NOT CONSOLING. It's TERRIFYING. 

Help, the world is scary. I need a Neil Tyson Degrasse.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Crap. I ran out of Internet and now I have to get back to homework. Which means getting back to seriously critiquing an essay whose author saw no need for consistency in plurals or tenses.

Some of the sentences don't actually even make any sense. Here's a sentence from it: "When working within the system and planting crops that work together, what is termed as pests, will no longer create the perceived problems, but, instead will do their job."

Another priceless gem: "In addition, these companies are becoming so greedy that they even resent the bees and butterflies, which pollinate the crops, insisting that everything, including the pollen is theirs, even going to the extent of weeds are stealing the sun; they refer to the process as theft."

I don't actually even know where to start with the review, because it's such a complete clusterfuck of fuckery. Actually that's not true, I'm halfway through the review but I feel like quietly laying my head down and weeping.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I would like to note that this is the THIRD class in the English Composition series and 121 is required for everyone, so everyone who is taking it has PASSED at least one other class.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Massive power failure in Tucson today.  No comp until now.  Back to work.

Well, that explains how someone escaped...

[Cain]

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/ 

Make yourself feel smarter, or just superior to the rest of the population.

I got one wrong 

To be fair though, it is nearly 4am here.  Interesting to see most people don't know what the atmosphere is made of.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/ 

Make yourself feel smarter, or just superior to the rest of the population.

I got one wrong 

To be fair though, it is nearly 4am here.  Interesting to see most people don't know what the atmosphere is made of.

If you miss one, does it tell you what proportion of people also missed it? Or was there a general analysis page that I missed the link to?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

FYI the ONLY reason I knew that one is because we just covered it in chemistry. I knew that air was mostly nitrogen and oxygen but I had no idea what proportions.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

I aced it!

[Golden Applesauce]

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/ 

Make yourself feel smarter, or just superior to the rest of the population.

I got one wrong 

To be fair though, it is nearly 4am here.  Interesting to see most people don't know what the atmosphere is made of.

If you miss one, does it tell you what proportion of people also missed it? Or was there a general analysis page that I missed the link to?

Both - the the page with your percentile ranking at the end also breaks down everything by age/gender/education, and there's an article that goes over the questions/patterns they judged interesting. http://www.people-press.org/2013/04/22/publics-knowledge-of-science-and-technology/

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/ 

Make yourself feel smarter, or just superior to the rest of the population.

I got one wrong 

To be fair though, it is nearly 4am here.  Interesting to see most people don't know what the atmosphere is made of.

If you miss one, does it tell you what proportion of people also missed it? Or was there a general analysis page that I missed the link to?

Both - the the page with your percentile ranking at the end also breaks down everything by age/gender/education, and there's an article that goes over the questions/patterns they judged interesting. http://www.people-press.org/2013/04/22/publics-knowledge-of-science-and-technology/

Wow, how did I completely miss that?

Oh, that's right... it's because I'm A RETARD 99.9% OF THE TIME. 

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

I aced it!

Me too. And I just got off work. HAH! What brains I have left are still better than what 93% have. :P

Sorry, I feel better now.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Aced it. I think the only one of those questions I didn't know the answer to by the end of high school was the one about fracking, because I hadn't heard of it yet. I think I knew most of those answers by the end of 8th grade.

But elementary knowledge of science-related subjects is something I have an absurd capacity for. The facts I can instantly recall aren't particularly obscure, difficult, or even useful. It's just that if a grade-school science teacher said it, even just once in passing, I probably have it memorized. I also spent a ridiculous amount of time self-educating in whatever subject I happened to be obsessed with at the time.

Conversely, I'm utter shit at learning math because memorizing formulas doesn't get you very far.

[Lenin McCarthy]

Been living in a cabin in the woods for four days now, biking (or walking/taking the bus) to school from there.
Some observations:
Norwegian radio spends A LOT of time discussing its own role.
Came up with a sort of manual shower, i.e. going outside and pouring hot water all over yourself.
Not having a functioning cell phone feels strangely liberating.
Being a hermit is turning me rather crazy.

[Freeky]

Dude, Lenin, did you pull your sig from a Terry Pratchett book? So awesome.

[Reginald Ret]

Dude, Lenin, did you pull your sig from a Terry Pratchett book? So awesome.

No this is from the other Vimes.