Really smart kid & things you would never guess about knots.

[pdqdl]

Don't click this unless you have an open mind to math & higher knowledge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88u8vXserfk&feature=quicklist&playnext=8&playnext_from=QL

 

[tree MDS]

See, and here I thought spidey was a little intense with the knot thing.

Wow.

 

[BlackenedTimber]

Excellent post.

 

[lego1970]

She is way off and behind the times:welcome:

The sub atomic particles in my body are all spliced. Everybody knows that the real reason dinosaurs are no longer here is because they only used unpredictable knots with way too many variances.

 

[outofmytree]

I got the distinct impression she is related to treespyder. I base this on the fact that I understood almost nothing of what she said.

Thats one smart kid.

 

[ozzy42]

I totally unerstood and agreed with every word she said










































knot

 

[lego1970]

I got the distinct impression she is related to treespyder. I base this on the fact that I understood almost nothing of what she said.

Thats one smart kid.

I don't think your alone. I score an average of 123 on the various IQ test, which isn't too shabby for only having a 8th grade education (some test don't take that into consideration), but after listening to her my brain hurts.

 

[pdqdl]

Intelligence is unrelated to what grade of school you completed, and there are some very specialized kinds of intelligence, too. There are lots of geniuses walking around that can't even read. That is usually because they never got the necessary education.

On the other hand, if you can't read, there is very good chance that you are not a genius.





Most of what the girl was talking about was specialized trade jargon related to chemistry, like "electrophoresis", which is just a simple method of filtering chemicals. Without knowing the language, it sounds more complicated than it is. She would probably be equally confused if you handed her a rigging line and told her to "let it run" before stopping the log.

I was most impressed by the fact that she pursued that subject material at all, did the necessary research, and came up with what appears to be a new mathematical concept. ANYTHING new in mathematics is quite an accomplishment, since a lot of really smart people have been working on this field for many years. Think of all the doctorate degrees that have been given in math over the last 200 years. Each one of them has to come up with something new in their doctorate thesis. To do that at the high school level is pretty impressive.

 

[lego1970]

Intelligence is unrelated to what grade of school you completed

I got in trouble years back and they did a bunch of test on me. I guess my Visual comprehension test came out 149, but my Verbal comprehension test only came out 68, and all the other test came out between 111 & 128, with an average of about 123. The Doctor that tested me, said that some of the test did not take education level into play and some of the test did. With my retarded verbal comprehension skill, maybe I didn't understand him correctly I have a lot of respect for people that go thru college. Not only from what they learn, but for being able to disipline themselves to get thru it. That girl seems very bright and like you, I think it's neat that she really took some times to study all that stuff. The math stuff, I can't understand at all. Because of my lack of education, I don't understand some basic math fomulas or the order in which you do them, therefore to me math is like reading a book with all the words jumbled together, and somehow I have to figure out which words go where to make a sentence, then place the sentences in the right sequence to make a book. If that makes any kind of sense.

 

[NCTREE]

you are right I shouldn't have watched that, now I really feel like a dumb :censored:

 

[TheLumberJack]

Science Fair = Who's Daddy is the biggest nerd and has the most free time

 

[pdqdl]

I got in trouble years back and they did a bunch of test on me. ...

You seem to have overcome your verbal handicap! Welcome to the ranks of the erudite.

 

[lego1970]

You seem to have overcome your verbal handicap! Welcome to the ranks of the erudite.

Thanks, although I had to cheat and look up that last word.

 

[pdqdl]

If you had spent more time looking up words, and less time chasing girls, you almost certainly would have gone further than the 8th grade. Not to worry, you seem to be doing fine now.

I spent lots of time in the dictionary in the 8th grade, went to college, and here we both are in the same place.

 

[tree MDS]

If you had spent more time looking up words, and less time chasing girls, you almost certainly would have gone further than the 8th grade. Not to worry, you seem to be doing fine now.

I spent lots of time in the dictionary in the 8th grade, went to college, and here we both are in the same place.

MDS rep brother!

 

[treeclimber101]

Science Fair = Who's Daddy is the biggest nerd and has the most free time

MeI look forward to it every year

 

[zr900]

We need to get that girl interested in chainsaws and in a few years we will all be running 10# 100cc saws that rev to 20k and use less fuel than a mule.

 

[Rftreeman]

ok, I've been in denial.................















I really am a dumbass.......

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

The knot/dna/tangled molecule relationship isn't new; but nor is the theoretical mathematical knots of visual arts.

But, i think as a win for the common man, the definition by not form(thrown together/laced/unloaded), but rather function (loaded/ in action) is the answer. As working folk; in our own way are leaps ahead! It is better (IMLHO) to see things in view of purpose/ target value, rather than whatever it masquerades as/how it appears.

Sure, you have to know how to tie something; but dressing, setting, inspecting, loading, reading back info for next time etc.; knowing what k/not to use, where trouble is, what trustworthy knots are wrong in what materials, conditions etc. is the most important!

Many an overlooked lessons in the simplest Square Knot (family); that can cripple the rest of the understandings!