Monday, March 16, 2009

Blog response

I enjoy the study of chemistry because I like to keep myself aware of how the world around me works. I like to be able to help people understand the world, too. For example, today someone said-"The Hindenburd? the giant helium baloon?" I knew how to respond to that- "No, it was a hydrogen baloon."

I guess I'm intrinsicallymotivated to study chemistry, because I like to learn.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

I don't think quantum mechanics is accurate.
It just doesn't make sense.
What they say it may be supported by observation however, I think I'm missing something important even though I don't know what it is.
It's probable that this theory is somewhat correct but not entirely so.
I wish I could see what scientists think 500 years from now.
They probably do disagree entirely with what we think now.
It seems like we're just Bending the rules to make our theory sound good.
How can something be a wave and a particle at the send time?
I'll learn this for the test but I don't think it's accurate.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Right here, right now

After watching that video, I think I can find a very direct chemistry note: Silicon, a semiconductor, is the single most important factor in creating the world we live in today.

computers are why we can send information at the speed of light, break down the human genome, and, most impressively, be present where we're not. Think about the concept for a second- somebody with a computer can see, hear, and talk to a room in India, or China, or their neighbor's basement. If we were looking at this from a pre-semiconductor mindset, three quarters of Americans are gods!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

hi

wheee... it works.