“Similarly for marking exercises, quantitative exercises, maybe not so much in mathematics, but certainly problem sets in physics, chemistry, and engineering and things like that where answers and methods are clear cut, absolutely. I would like to see that done online.” DoneProblemAnswersClearCuttingExerciseMathematicsMethodPhysicsOnlineChemistryEngineering Author:David Gelernter
“When one forgets the distinction between method and truth, one becomes foolishly prone to respond to any question that cannot be answered from the vantage of one's particular methodological perch by dismissing it as nonsensical, or by issuing a promissory note guaranteeing a solution to the problem at some juncture in the remote future, or by simply distorting the question into one that looks like the kind one really can answer after all.” LooksKindProblemAnswersForgetParticularSolutionsMethodNotesDistinctionNonsensicalJuncture Author:David Bentley
“Unfortunately, once I did learn to smoke, I couldn't stop. I escalated to two packs a day very quickly, and stayed that way for about ten years. When I decided to stop, I adopted the method that my father had used when he quit. He would carry a cigarette in his shirt pocket, and every time he felt like smoking, he would pull out the cigarette and confront it: "Who stronger? You? Me?" Always the answer was the same: "I stronger." Back the cigarette would go, until the next craving. It worked for him, and it worked for me.” WayYearsTwoFunnyUsedNextFatherFeltAnswersTenDecidedStrongerMethodQuittingSmokeShirtsSmokingPocketsCigarettePacksAdoptedCravingCigar Author:Kirk Douglas
“If you are hired to shake up the system, do it. No one will believe you're the boss until you do one or more of the following: 1. Add a new division; 2. Lop off a present department; 3. Add new people or reassign and reward present employees; 4. Get rid of deadwood; 5. Change the method of accounting; 6. Change lawyers, accountants, or other outside services; 7. Ask a lot of questions, and demand answers by a certain date; 8. Get in touch with key people in your industry or city and arrange personal meetings; 9. Improve working conditions; 10. Update present benefit plans.” PeopleIfsBelieveCertainAsksAnswersCitiesPlansConditionsKeysIndustryDemandBenefitsMethodAddMeetingsRewardsFollowingLawyerDepartmentShakesEmployeeBossDivisionAccountingAccountantsUpdatesWorking Conditions Author:Lois Wyse
“The best answer to all objections urged against prayer is the fact that man cannot help praying; for we may be sure that that which is so spontaneous and ineradicable in human nature has its fitting objects and methods in the arrangements of a boundless Providence.” MenHumansMayFactsHelpingPrayerAnswersHuman NatureObjectsPrayingMethodProvidenceArrangementsSpontaneousFittingBoundlessObjections Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“This is a rather unusual situation in physics. We perform approximate calculations which are valid only in some regime and this gives us the exact answer. This is a theorist's heaven- exact results with approximate methods.” GivingScienceHeavenAnswersResultsSituationMathematicsMethodPhysicsUnusualRegimesCalculationsTheorists Author:Nathan Seiberg