Oog.

[logomancer]

Just came back from Discrete Math. Brown was in rare form today, as he explained to us the mechanics of conditional statements. My biggest beef with the class is this: It claims to be a class to teach reasoning skills, but the concepts he presents sometimes are not logical. For example, we learned about the conditional statement, "p implies q". p is what we called a hypothesis and q is a conclusion. However, Brown tells us that if p is false and q is true, then the conditional statement is true. Which puts me off because if one's hypothesis is false, how can one derive a conclusion that is true? And even if that's the case, how does that prove that the conditional statement is true? It's confusing.

The rest of the class was somewhat easier to follow. Nothing compared to Chemistry, where Prof. Amateis played with liquid nitrogen today, freezing a banana and breaking it (although it didn't shatter -- it wasn't cold enough). She also splashed some LN₂ on the floor, which freaked out the first row ("Oh, and by the way, class, be sure to wear closed-toe shoes in your labs.") Very cool.

Anyway, I need folders, dinner, and Spiel.