Category: science

How to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer

The best joke in weeks. I’ve heard parts of it before, but never the whole thing. Enjoy (you might want to study Physics- if you did not do that or are not doing that already- after this :-)):

This concerns a question in a physics degree exam at the University of Copenhagen: “Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer.”
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On why you need Maths for Economics and in general

Some young but very ambitious students (yeah, yeah, some of you are reading this post on my blog right now :-)) have been asking me why would they need to know Maths if they want to become economists (in industry or academia) and what Maths courses are most suitable for them and how much Maths would they actually use in practice anyway…

These are very interesting and very pertinent questions and obviously they were asked and answered before.
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Creationisti semidocti si (posibile) influente in invatamant

Un post excelent al lui Tihi, care ma scuteste de la prea multe comentarii pe aceeasi frecventa.

Deci voi face doar doua observatii complementare celor scrise de Tihi mai sus:

  • Nu cred ca e vorba de “prostie” per se (vedeti mostra de umor grotesc de care vorbeste si Tihamer: chiar am urmarit, in mai multe reprize, toata jumatatea de ora- in plus e plin de asemenea esantioane pe YouTube; a propos, nu e vorba de a te enerva, eventual de a compatimi actorii din context, if anything…).
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“Economia à la Romania” sau “Economia Stiinta Umanista”

Tin neaparat sa-i mentionez pe cei (unii) de la Academia de Stiinte Economice (ASE) care castiga detasat noua etapa a concursului “cum mai ajunge lumea pe blogul meu”, categoria “aberatii”: in mod repetat si foarte insistent (de cel putin trei-patru ori in ultima luna, dar povestea e deja veche, de cateva luni) respectivii studenti sau profesori sau whatever ajung la mine pe blog cautand pe Google expresia (si reproduc ad litteram) “economia stiinta umanista“.
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