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The salty $#@^ (censored for the sake of wiki) | The salty $#@^ (censored for the sake of wiki) | ||
Pink unicorn. | |||
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You can hold your breath indefinitely, but catch fire when underwater. <br> | You can hold your breath indefinitely, but catch fire when underwater. <br> | ||
You fall in love, but never become attached. <br> | You fall in love, but never become attached. <br> | ||
Whenever I try to stay quiet my velocity diverges and vice-versa <br> | |||
If anyone else wants to add to this list, please do, I'm sure I've forgotten several. | If anyone else wants to add to this list, please do, I'm sure I've forgotten several. | ||
Revision as of 05:26, 10 June 2013
| 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)
Pink unicorn.
Day Two - "Which is better, Lightning or Toasters?"
Lightning 4 votes
Toaster 2 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)
Looser (Walt Disney script)
Day four - which is the greater virtue- Courage or Wisdom
So far:
7ish votes Courage
7ish votes Wisdom +1
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"
"Camp space phase"
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:
The ability to freeze time but you age very quickly.
You can read minds, but can't filter out noises.
You can communicate with all non-human animals, but not with humans.
You know everything, but you have to stay in one location.
You can hold your breath indefinitely, but catch fire when underwater.
You fall in love, but never become attached.
Whenever I try to stay quiet my velocity diverges and vice-versa
If anyone else wants to add to this list, please do, I'm sure I've forgotten several.