Calculus

[WracerX]

Using the word "pussy" to mean something wimpy or not requiring much intelligence is derogatory to women because it associates women with wimpiness and unintelligence. Especially bad in the context of STEM.

I think it'd be better to call it baby calculus

 

[zippyGT]

Tech needs to move to admission based on major, eliminate unnecessary cross campus requirements like Calculus and CS and expand overall offerings.

 

[18in32]

Tell kids about the moon causing tides and they think you're just making öööö up.

Actually I was under the impression that we don't really understand how the moon could cause the tides; it's just our best guess at this point.

And yes, I am a product of the Georgia public school system.

 

[Akinji07]

Actually I was under the impression that we don't really understand how the moon could cause the tides; it's just our best guess at this point.

And yes, I am a product of the Georgia public school system.

No we understand how the moon causes the tides.

 

[18in32]

No we understand how the moon causes the tides.

Hmm. I want to know more. I'll Google it.

 

[Diseqc]

Thread is now about crappy fake 90s boy bands

 

[Dirty Jacket]

I took 4 semesters of calculus and I now remember exactly 0.1% of what I learned and use 0.0% in my daily life...

You’re 0.1% ahead of me!
Man Calculus 1 was rough and I was good at math in high school. Barley got a C. And didn’t have football practice everyday to worry about.

 

[Diseqc]

You’re 0.1% ahead of me!
Man Calculus 1 was rough and I was good at math in high school. Barley got a C. And didn’t have football practice everyday to worry about.

I’m not sure I want some dude doing surgery on my balls who only got a C in Calc1

 

[18in32]

No we understand how the moon causes the tides.

OK, I feel dumb now. Here's a great little video that explains how the tides work. I always thought the tides were water being pulled up by the moon's gravity... which on reflection is obviously impossible.

But as the video explains, the right way to conceptualize them is that the moon's gravity is squeezing the oceans in low tide areas, which pushes up the water in high tide areas.

It all boils down to the differential between the moon's gravity effects on the planet as a whole versus various specific items on earth's surface, depending on where they are on the surface relative to the moon. Any particular item on earth's surface will be pulled toward the moon at a slightly different angle, and at a slightly different force, than the planet is pulled. (In other words, a golf ball in China being pulled toward the moon is not being pulled parallel to the direction the planet as a whole is being pulled, unless the moon is directly over the golf ball at the time.) The differential between those vectors creates downward or sideways pressure sufficient to create 'low tide', which in turn squeezes up the water elsewhere to create high tide.

You can tell I'm no scientician.

 

[Akinji07]

OK, I feel dumb now. Here's a great little video that explains how the tides work. I always thought the tides were water being pulled up by the moon's gravity... which on reflection is obviously impossible.

But as the video explains, the right way to conceptualize them is that the moon's gravity is squeezing the oceans in low tide areas, which pushes up the water in high tide areas.

It all boils down to the differential between the moon's gravity effects on the planet as a whole versus various specific items on earth's surface, depending on where they are on the surface relative to the moon. Any particular item on earth's surface will be pulled toward the moon at a slightly different angle, and at a slightly different force, than the planet is pulled. (In other words, a golf ball in China being pulled toward the moon is not being pulled parallel to the direction the planet as a whole is being pulled, unless the moon is directly over the golf ball at the time.) The differential between those vectors creates downward or sideways pressure sufficient to create 'low tide', which in turn squeezes up the water elsewhere to create high tide.

You can tell I'm no scientician.

Dude wtf do i know. Im from Bummfuckistan, Turkey.

 

[Dirty Jacket]

I’m not sure I want some dude doing surgery on my balls who only got a C in Calc1

Plenty of surgeons around who had 4.0s at uga. Havem all

 

[wesleyd21]

Calculus is pointless in most lines of work

 

[ramblinwise1]

Clearly if you are Progressive you would argue for doing away with any judgments based on ability and admissions would be based on a lottery of applicants that meet some minimum criteria. It could be argued that this would not hurt Tech's reputation at all because those who could not do the work would quickly flunk out and before long those who had no business of applying would stop applying. No more opportunities for discrimination and bias.

 

[MeatWrench]

Clearly if you are Progressive you would argue for doing away with any judgments based on ability and admissions would be based on a lottery of applicants that meet some minimum criteria. It could be argued that this would not hurt Tech's reputation at all because those who could not do the work would quickly flunk out and before long those who had no business of applying would stop applying. No more opportunities for discrimination and bias.

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