The Night Before Your Exam

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

if a professor brags about how hard it is to pass their class then drop the class. they should not be proud of being bad at conveying information to students. you’re not paying thousands of dollars to fail. find a professor that wants you to pass.

Small Ways To Improve Your Life

make your bed to immediately make your room look more put together

water first, then coffee or tea

pray or meditate, even just for ten minutes, to set the tone for your day

browse the news headlines ( & read the articles that interest you when you’ve got time)

wear something you feel b o m b in

listen to music while doing your daily activities-commuting, cleaning, cooking, exercising

smile at at least two people

smile at YOURSELF

call or message someone you love

eat food that makes you feel radiant

make lists of things you need to accomplish for the day

stretch for 10 minutes

record in your phone the positive thoughts you have so you can remember them

carry water with you (always always always)

shut off your phone for an hour and have some ME time

take a hot shower or bath at the end of a stressful day

try to make plans to spend time with someone at least once a week

think about 3 things you are grateful for at the end of each day

do something calming, relaxing, and non-electronic 30 minutes before you sleep

sleep pants-less

Slytherin’s as parents

family is everything

think their kids the best no matter what

come off as strict but they just worry

“Because I said so.”

“No but’s.”

will kill anyone who says something against their child

always reads bedtime stories

holds their kid’s hand when crossing the road (up to an age where it becomes embarrassing for the kid)

“I love you no matter what they say”

are very serious about their kid’s education

tell their kids horror stories about themselves to prevent them from doing stupid things

always suspicious about their kid’s friends

dress to impress

“I want to talk to the teacher.”

have strict rules around the house

“When you move out you can do whatever you want to”

sometimes team up against their kids

come off as cold but their have so much love to give

they have that voice that sends chills down your spine when they’re being mad

discipline is what they believe in

Should You Speak to Me?: A Guide According to Music

The music I’m listening to is the best indicator of my mood and therefore whether it’s safe to interrupt whatever I’m doing. I think it’s hilariously accurate.

Heavy metal/screamo: maximum overdrive has engaged; speak to me at your own risk.

Hard rock: usual mood, but read facial expression and body language for further guidance. Proceed with caution.

Classic rock: chill mood, probably okay to approach and even joke around with me.

Trap music: either in the gym (speak for less than 30 seconds if you must speak at all) or at a party (safe to speak, even joke).

Alternative/other genres: probably pretty chill. Go ahead.

MBTI: Even the…

INFJ: Even the kind, have limits.

ENFJ: Even the leader can lose hope.

ISFJ: Even the empathetic can stop caring.

ESFJ: Even the great can fall.

ISTJ: Even the dedicated can become tired.

ESTJ: Even the doer can lose their way.

INTJ: Even the logical has a heart.

ENTJ: Even the General can be vulnerable.

INFP: Even the faithful can lose faith.

ENFP: Even the happiest can be sad.

INTP: Even the analytical has emotions.

ISTP: Even the brave have fears.

ESTP: Even the confident can have doubt.

ISFP: Even the abstract can lose sight.

ESFP: Even the cheerful can become somber.

ENTP: Even the fighter can drop the sword.

Please do not copy without giving credit! This took a lot of research and time. Thank you!

-Sophia Culler

Geometry Matters. But why?

The contribution of geometry to the evolution of human and natural sciences is a well established fact. Since the Greeks started to realize that the argument is more powerful when backed up by empirical evidence, rather than previous experience, all sciences started to benefit from an approach that had something new: a system of thought. And that system was based on definitions and axioms given by geometric laws. For example, Pythagoras defined reality with three basic principles, extracted from geometric knowledge:

1. Some propositions must be accepted as true without being demonstrated.

2. All other propositions of the system are derived from these.

3. Their derivation must be formal and independent from the subject at matter.

And since for Pythagoras the things are an imitation of the numbers, their definitions and axioms, will reflect the universe, provide intangible harmony and build visible beauty.

The improving of left-right brain connections.

Most activities engage only one hemisphere of the brain and its corresponding functions: the left for language, hearing, logic and mathematics; the right for spatial recognition, images and music processing, symbolism and so on. By requiring both analytical thinking and spatial visualization, geometry activates processes that engage both sides of the brain at the same time, in resolving a given task. When picturing a cube, for example, the brain is tasked with recognizing spatial properties of the cube (height, depth etc) while maintaining its overall shape (by calculating its angles or the length of its segments). This leads to an elevated number of connections between the brain hemispheres, having a long-term benefit in the overall critical thinking or imagination of the geometry user.

The continuous visual representation of truth.

Because of the early traditions and methods of orally sharing and debating knowledge, the first visual (geometrical) representations of mathematical concepts where being drawn by scribes, sometimes directly when hearing a particular information.  This process was flawed, given that the person drawing did not posses geometric knowledge, thus leading to miss-interpretations and errors in the visual representation. In the early 300’s Euclid becomes aware of this error and begins drawing his own definitions and axioms, developing adjacent texts that can be understood by any mathematician or artist, for that matter.

And, with the introduction of the visual perspective by Leon Battista Alberti, the geometrical diagrams and laws became general accepted when depicting a mathematical truth or any given representation of reality.

Thus, geometry provides continuity in visual communication in general, and a context in which all individual things can be represented, calculated and later better understood.

The creation of visual reality.

The perception of the visual information and its abstract notions is connected to the perception of reality. As many others, Rudolph Arnheim shows how visual information is being formed by the perception of the new and by the memory of the old, showing a continuance in the cognitive process. And since all information has geometric properties when closely analyzed (height, weight, depth, curvature etc), geometry will be present in all aspects of the visual reality.

The perception of beauty and harmony in things.

If what is above is also below, geometry can be a mirror for these two dimensions. While symmetry defines what geometry is, geometric proportions and ratios define man’s perception of beauty and harmony. A harmonic state is associated with an element or an object having its inner components in perfect equilibrium.

Thus, nature is being perceived as beautiful and its creator, good. For example, the complex relation between symmetry and aesthetics is shown in how symmetry defines the perceived qualities of the human body and how these traits are a sign of good health or good genetic conditions.

Man uses beauty as an indicator of truth and while beauty is truth (Ian Stewart), symmetry, proportion and simplicity will define it.

While many of the elements of nature have an innate geometric structure - water, sound or even light - the more complex architecture of the perceived or the hidden dimensions of reality rely on very complex laws that have different types of shapes, boundaries, behaviors and interactions with the micro and the macro elements of the universe.

In analyzing these dimensions and interactions, many sciences rely on geometric studies and developments that generate universal accepted answers. For example, in his famous special relativity theory, Einstein describes the dimension of space-time by creating a coordinate system that fixes and standardizes measurements, in order to specify the relationship between a moving observer and the phenomenon or phenomena under observation.

The place of humans in space-time.

By placing man in the middle of all created things, human consciousness becomes a necessity of life. An antropocentric perspective explains why the universe has an age. Why the universe works at these exact parameters that an objective observer discovers. That we discover.

Thus, man connects himself to the main elements of the universe: the space-time and the fundamental laws of physics, geometric defined aspects of reality, that man can relate to, explore and evolve upon.

The geometric laws and ratios that nature confides in, are also bound to shape human existence. The human body, the human mind and their correspondent dimensions and proportions have geometric properties and attributes, similar to all other elements of nature.

The universal geometric code

The geometric code of information is inherent to nature, inherent to human consciousness and is present in all perceived and created forms, in the tangible and the intangible.

And maybe a reality built under the auspices of geometry is desirable, being a discipline developed with attention along several millennia and with which the greatest minds of history have created concepts, objects, religions and even the entire universe.

1 multiplies itself and creates 2. The paradigm of reality is the result of the conscious observation. If the system from which consciousness takes part is abstract, then reality is an abstraction of this, by reflecting itself and creating form.

2018 © Tib Roibu, Geometry Matters

Perceivers: We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Judgers: I am going to need to see the whole map and the number of bridges there are along with the time it will take to cross them and if we can find a more efficient way to cross them.

i didnt know this until rn but apparently theres things called sundogs & moondogs that are basically the halo that sometimes appears around the sun & moon

this is a sundog

and this is a moondog

this is so cool & such cute names omg?????? i love space

Messier 20 and 21 via NASA https://ift.tt/2BI0maN