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cosmic_celeryI suppose my posts are going to be horribly regular now that I actually have some semblance of a schedual. Having covered my first two classes of the day, I'm feeling a bit better about functioning well in the school system such as it is. Today, I just have math after break, and then I'm home! No crazy logic proffessor today that I want to throw my shoe at.
In more interesting news, I found out about an essay contest on "The Nature of Time".
At the website it lists some possible subjects: "For the current contest, this is “The Nature of Time,” including, but not limited to, the arrow of time; the emergence of time in quantum gravity; time, free will and determinism; time travel; the beginning or ending of time; and timelessness...
First Juried Prize: US$10,000
Second Juried Prize (up to two): US$5000 each
Third Juried Prize (up to five): US$2000 each
Fourth Juried Prize (up to ten): US$1000 each
First Community Prize: US$5000
Second Community Prize (up to two): US$2500 each "
Now, I'm not physics expert and very likely couldn't ever brush with what I assume a lot of the submitions will be dealing with. But I think those "community prize" votes open up an opportunity for someone not as knowledgable, i.e. me, to submit something interesting and fun that the community at the site would enjoy and vote for. And at the limit of ten pages, it's short enough that I could probably research into it by the deadline (December 1st). Perhaps an exploration into how Doctor Who actually adheres to the rules of physics (and how it usually doesn't)? I'm not sure. But it sounds like a fun thing to do, nonetheless.
The site itself is HERE if you'd like to take a look.
In more interesting news, I found out about an essay contest on "The Nature of Time".
At the website it lists some possible subjects: "For the current contest, this is “The Nature of Time,” including, but not limited to, the arrow of time; the emergence of time in quantum gravity; time, free will and determinism; time travel; the beginning or ending of time; and timelessness...
First Juried Prize: US$10,000
Second Juried Prize (up to two): US$5000 each
Third Juried Prize (up to five): US$2000 each
Fourth Juried Prize (up to ten): US$1000 each
First Community Prize: US$5000
Second Community Prize (up to two): US$2500 each "
Now, I'm not physics expert and very likely couldn't ever brush with what I assume a lot of the submitions will be dealing with. But I think those "community prize" votes open up an opportunity for someone not as knowledgable, i.e. me, to submit something interesting and fun that the community at the site would enjoy and vote for. And at the limit of ten pages, it's short enough that I could probably research into it by the deadline (December 1st). Perhaps an exploration into how Doctor Who actually adheres to the rules of physics (and how it usually doesn't)? I'm not sure. But it sounds like a fun thing to do, nonetheless.
The site itself is HERE if you'd like to take a look.
