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{{Complex Systems Summer School 2013}}

'''RANDOM QUESTIONS'''

I've put in all that one's I can remember at the moment, but I'm sure I've forgotten some.


Day One - '' "If you were the captain of a pirate ship what would it be called?" ''

The Slice of Life

The unknown

The Wily Widow

The Sleepy Dragon

The salty $#@^ (censored for the sake of wiki)


Day Two - '' "Which is better, Lightning or Toasters?" ''

Lightning 4 votes

Toaster 1 vote


Day Three - '' "If you had a single word tattooed to your forehead, what would it be, and which font would you use? ''

BAM

Horray

Forehead

Helvetica (in Ariel)


- Hi Alister, here is the paper I mentioned today.

http://www.gerad.ca/fichiers/cahiers/G-2013-02.pdf

It studies a dynamic game between a corrupt government and civil society. -[[Puduru Reddy | Vishwa]]



Day four - ''which is the greater virtue- Courage or Wisdom''

So far:

7ish votes Courage

7ish votes Wisdom


Day five- ''if you had to explain the summer school to a classroom of primary [elementary] school students, what would you say?''

"It's like an art class that never ends"

"Nerd camp"

"Phase space camp"


Day six - ''If you found a bottle containing a self fulfilling prophecy, would you open it? (e.g. opening the bottle significantly increases the likelihood of the specified event occurring)''

Roughly even on this one. Roughly 1/3rd yes, 1/3rd no and 1/3rd degenerating into discussions of quantum physics and determinism.


Day seven - ''If you could have one Super weakness, and one corresponding superpower of equivelent magnitude, what pair would you pick?''

Okay- so, this is the list of powers I can remember, I apologies if I've forgotten yours: <br>
The ability to freeze time but you age very quickly. <br>
You can read minds, but can't filter out noises. <br>
You can communicate with all non-human animals, but not with humans. <br>
You know everything, but you have to stay in one location. <br>
You can hold your breath indefinitely, but catch fire when underwater. <br>
You fall in love, but never become attached. <br>

If anyone else wants to add to this list, please do, I'm sure I've forgotten several.