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Caught myself in a brain drain moment lately, I have worked with many individuals in the past and their were always the village idiot's who everyone "likes'' Or however you choose to word it. My question is this, People who are above average in intelligence maybe not genius but have the ability to think outside the box and have a great ability to learn in an instant plus having the natural attraction to details. In my experiences this has handicapped me in most social environments. For example "friends" gather for whatever reason they are wrapped up mindless conversation which has no purpose so i am ultimately left out or have nothing to contribute and if i do contribute …

There was lots of posting going on in these threads but for some reason the threads seem dead. Where did all the members go? I see they have not log in here for a long time. Where are the members going?These where the threads. The medical progress is coming to brick wall. http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/57526-the-medical-progress-is-coming-to-brick-wall/page__p__610044__fromsearch__1#entry610044 Psychology basics that people keep talking to me about http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/58300-psychology-basics-that-people-keep-talking-to-me-about/page__p__615381__fromsearch__1#entry615381 Cure for Cancer? http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/51782-cure-f…

The fact that this is my first post, and engages with a censorship issue makes me wonder if I'll be welcome here. It's scary enough dropping in to a new community without having to learn new social rules. I spend several hours a week dropping into new communities as part of my ongoing endeavour to experience, but in this particular caste, how can I determine the areas to which I'm deemed unworthy to post? (no doubt there's a FAQ) I have first hand experience with the results of the Australian government's swapping leather bound National® transistor radios for men's fertility in a developing nation, but for some reason cant post to the thread concerning global populati…

Why do some people who are good in maths like gets 90+ in exams, do bad in their physics? i mean is there any reason in particular, or is it just lack of understanding and effort?? opinions please?

Recently crowds of people decided to go shopping in London shopping areas , obviously with no intention of paying and asking for a receipt . So , in a world where brains allows people to earn money to pay for goods and brawn allows people to pass this system and take whatever they want , who is right and who is wrong ?

The following sentence is an English language sentence : We will eat neither fish nor chips but bread . Based on the meaning of this sentence I would like to ask people the following , Of the three foods mentioned , fish , chips , bread , Which of these are we going to eat ?

Very nice to read such "old" posts! This topic, like the little that you can see, they feel accompanied us at the beginning

Please tell me what's the best approach in this situation: There was an article on the internet about ex-President George Bush, related to his economic policies. In the comments section, however, I criticized his attack on Afghanistan and got involved in a long discussion. The owner of that website then said, "go through the article first, and don't write comments not associated with the article". My question is, how should I have responded? **** Actually, I replied that the article was about G. Bush and my comments were also related to him, so there's no reason why I shouldn't write those comments under that article. He then remarked, "Which razor does G…

I put this Software on my laptop... I think its very promising... You can get it at geobebra.org ... Hope this is a contribution to the people on this forum... I also have an opinion that may not be very popular with everyone on this forum... But what opinion Is popular with everyone... Here goes... I have read the User agreements of some popular social sites... Seems to me that everything a user displays or creates belongs to them or their third party partners... May be Im reading it wrong but it Seems to their the ones getting wealthy from others inspiration... Am I thinking wrong here or something.? Anyway thats my take on it. I would also like to see the copyright.gov…

Wondering as to what the forum counter parts think on this one. Random chance or fate? Somthing to the effect of today i was driving and talking about a movie i said the word psychic and at that very moment i look to the right and there was a psychic reading place. Which ive never seen before today and have only seen a handful. Same thing as to other events like a certain person in the wrong place at the wrong time and so it unfolds to be his or her unlucky day. Like you'r car breaks down in the morning and later on you discover somthing terrible has happend and you would have been there if the car cranked right up ultimately saving your life. Could this be some sort of l…

Was wondering if anyone knows of any good GPL Animation Software.... Thanks. By the way... In case any of you guys are into financial investments... Your financial Portfolio is worth what it costs you to own it... I Guess I put this in the wrong place again... Wheres the main area of the forum?

This may seem a bit uncanny, However i feel as science starts to extend into the deep of the unknown as far as being capable of certain things such as genetic altering. And yes this derives from the movie planet of the apes but raises a good question in my opinion. Is this currently possible to somehow inject, influence development in apes in order to give them human like quality's such as speech, rational thinking problem solving and so on. And when if ever will this be a possibility? If it becomes possible i feel a sort of taboo and 'playing' God scenario. would it be right for the sake of science or ethically wrong? And is there just some things that will never happe…

This thread is an attempt to solicit informal feedback from the membership about how to properly bring a new employee into a company or job. All opinions are welcome, including the obvious, the outlandish, and the opportune. From the moment a job is offered to a future employee (whether in person or via letter), to the prep work and research they do before arriving on day 1, to the orientation they receive upon arrival, to the interactions they have and the work they do after starting... 30, 60, even 90 days after the first day... What does that include? What should that include? What is frequently missing? What could employers do better? Often included are sum…

Do you ever get that feeling you shouldn't have pressed that send button or maybe the opposite , that you should , when making a post before you deleted it ? Would you like to be asked , " are you sure ? " , or even have an optional setting of being asked , " are you sure ? " .

First im sorry if this is in wrong thread but i dont know where else can i put it. Ive been expiriencing dejavus frequently on 1 area aprox surface of 25 sqm for about a month.I also asked my friend he sad that he also had a few dejavus there lately.then i started thinking... we all know for dejavus.One of the theorys is that its like a "porta" to a parallel universe where you are doing the same thing as here or just a "portal".so can that be a place with weak boundry to paralel universe or what?

Zhores I. Alferov is a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. He is an inventor of the heterotransistor and the winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is also a Russian politician and has been a member of the Russian State Parliament, the Duma, since 1995. Lately, he has become one of the most influential members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Russian physicist Zhores I. Alferov conducted breakthrough research into III-V semiconductor heterostructures, including detailed studies of epitaxy processes, injection properties, lasers, LED’s, and…

I'd like to ask what your perception of Germany is and please don't be too optimistic with the typical "hard workers" and "always on time". I personally have the feeling that Germany is perceived not as good from the outside world and it definitely does not belong to the top countries people favor. Germany has as well a lot of emigrants since Germany's population went down about a few millions. What do you think?

Dear all: I'm have a medical condition and would like to give you some information about it. The reason I am posting this message is to help avoid any potential misunderstandings, and assist in open communication about my challenges. I have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome (AS). AS is a neurological condition that causes significant impairment in social interactions, attention span, comprehension, data retention, processing speed, reaction time, and executive functions. People with AS perceive the world differently and this can often bring them in conflict with conventional ways of thinking. They have difficulty in reading body language, and interpreting su…

This is probably helpful to everyone... Source: http://www.notquitewrong.com/rosscottinc/2011/08/03/so-youre-mad-about-something-on-the-internet/

I was wondering if anyone knows how to clean in-ear sennheiser headphones (MM70 headset) ?, because their not like apple ones, where you can just unscrew the little speakers and let them dissolve in warm water...

Who came up with the idea that a business suit is the men's fashion in business? I don't so much object wearing the shirt, jacket or pants... I have a problem with cleaning it. You cannot even put your own suit into your own washing machine. It has to go to a dry cleaners! Come on! How stupid is that? And the shirt is the only piece of clothing that I have that requires ironing. A century ago it may not have been a problem to wear some clothes which take a massive effort to clean. People who wore suits over a century ago had personnel to do that for them. But they had the income to be able to afford such personnel too. I don't, but etiquettes still say I have to …

Okay, increasing in the Western World we've been seeing higher divorce rates and more middle-aged men and women remaining single unable to search for a partner who is in search of commitment/responsiblities etc. My question is, how does the scientific community interprete this new recent development? I think it's really sad... What can society/governments do to fix this problem?

So, for fun, I put together a program to make computer-generated poetry. It uses a rhyming dictionary and Markov chains to throw together words in a way that works. Brief summary of how it works: I take some source text (the Bible, the novels of Mark Twain, whatever) and have the program go through and observe what word often comes after what three words. So if there's "the quick brown fox," the program will observe that "fox" can come after "the quick brown." It also does this in reverse, which will come in handy later. For the lines that don't have to rhyme, I just pick a random three words and choose any random word that can come after them, and work my way dow…

I absolutely love the Khan Academy. I use it whenever I can, and I love watching Sal's videos. On the website, there is a fairly extensive collection of math problems, starting with basic addition and continuing on from there. Are there any websites where I can find a bunch of practice problems for the sciences? I'm just looking for Biology, Chemistry, and some Physics problems. Thanks, Joe

I've given a small number of presentations before, and they've all gone pretty well. The catch is that they have all been to my class mates, a whole lot of parents at my valediction when I graduated, and the board that currently funds my research... i.e. the sort of people who aren't really interested in details, and are easily impressed with pretty graphs and flashy videos. So I know the basics, i.e. keep it simple, lots of pictures and little writing to keep attention, speak loudly and clearly, and practice and all that. The tricky bit is that my school has quite kindly agreed to fly me half way around the world in July to give a presentation at the most important c…