sth i found really interesting: syllogymansium

"It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective
than the educated when addressing popular audiences."

Aristotle

I decided that this should be the last post before the EOYS :O. It shall be sth interesting (and confusing), on syllogymansium, which I came across in a book.
Here's a test. There are seven arguments to assess, and you'll have to say whether each one is valid or invalid. Don't look at the bottom till you're done. So take out a piece of paper and start doing now:)

1) If man-made global warming is really happening, then the polar ice caps will be melting.

The polar ice caps are melting.

THerefore man-made global warming is really happening.

2) If acupuncture tended to make people ill, then it would be foolish to try it.
Acupuncture does not tend to make people ill.
THerefore, it is not foolish to try it.

3) All men are bastards.
Some bastards are attractive.
THerefore some men are attractive.

4) Today isn't both sunny and cold.
Today isn't sunny.
Therefore today is cold.

5) No vegans are fish eaters.
Some fish eaters are not vegetarians.
THerefore some vegetarains are not vegans.

6) If I work hard, I'll pass my exams.
If I don't work hard, I won't pass my exams.

7) All politicians are liars.
No person of integrity is a politician.
Therefore, no person of integrity is a liar.

READY FOR THE RESULTS? TAKE YOUR TIME

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Ok, the results are really simple. All seven of these syllogisms is invalid.. :)
Cool right?? yup.. It turns out that I'm too lazy to explain anything, or too busy. Ok, I'll explain after EOYs, meanwhile, have fun googling around :)

A more light hearted post now. I shall just drop some things which isn't worth it to care about, and focus on what's important.. :)

Adaptation

There is a word called adaptation...
I don't mean it the same way
as the one used in science and geography,
on plants or animals, but on humans..
Adaptation is the process,
when one changed from its oldself,
to one which suit the environment
I'm referring back to animals again,
but isn't it the same way for many people?
I am in no position to say whether its good or bad, its just the way it is.
Some, not all

note: i'm NOT trying to do a poem or anything of that sort

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顶
我顶
必须顶
不得不顶
用尽全力顶
再加上千斤顶
总之把它顶到顶
接着使出葵花宝顶
就算顶到史前也要顶
老子看了会用道德经顶
孔子亲自拜你为师天天顶
秦始皇站在阿房宫上使劲顶
汉高祖挥师杀向东罗马为你顶
吕布抛弃了貂禅而选择了帮你顶
张三丰见了后用太极拳九式全力顶
左冷禅召开武林盟主大会商讨如何顶
西门吹雪从此学会了最强一招剑神一顶
龙剑飞的如来神掌最后一式改为万佛朝顶
陆小凤从此再也不管闲事了而专门来为你顶
四大名捕全面出击看天下还有没有人敢不在顶
顶到阎罗王说我制造噪音我刁根烟看看他继续顶
顶到火山喷发太平洋海啸我还要继续往死里顶
顶到益阳地震山崩地裂地下水泛滥我还要顶
顶到地下水喷发造成洪灾损失惨重我也顶
要是你觉得敢兴趣你也可以过来一起顶
要是你看我不爽我没办法还要继续顶
要是警察敢过来阻止我就更加要顶
要是别人见了骂我傻我还是要顶
要是踩到我脚骨折我也继续顶
要是地面凹了我不管继续顶
要是天真塌下来了继续顶
就算天塌下来我都要顶
就算鸡店倒闭也要顶
就算鞋子烂也要顶
我用尽全力去顶
我非常用力顶
我很用力顶
我用力顶
我再顶
我顶
顶

ok, I keep seeing this when I go heidou... its pretty interesting at the start, and I appluad for the talented person who came up with this, but I see it too many time and its kind of annoying... btw, I love heidou cos the videos there are complete and very clear, just that they take some time to load as its in China...

I was reading 少年文摘 when I came across a very interesting paragraph....:

人生是一个过程， 是一次能量释放的过程，重在参与，重在投入。胜固可喜，败亦犹荣，只要尽了力。尽了全力的败者，流出的眼泪也是滚烫的，有分量的。而没有尽力，磋跎而过，那可真是欲哭无泪。I feel that its quite meaningful。。。

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有些人说，“我为成功而生，不为失败而活。 我为胜利而来，不向失败低头。我要欢呼庆祝，不要吸泣哀诉。”

不过我认为这样生活着的人，活着应该很累吧。。。有些人宁可死得轰轰隆隆，也不愿活得平平凡凡。我认为最重要的的是活得快乐。。。但能活的真正很快乐的，却又寥寥无几--- 也不能说成这么少啦，不过有很多麻烦又不是自找的，即使不要，旁人也可能添加给你。我年纪还小，从理解问答中学来的就这些，但社会究竟怎样。。。


I suddenly got interested in 红楼梦 (Dream of the Red Chamber)
Today I hurt my leg very badly, I think I'm going to have a scar , (really hope there won‘t be):( (a big one) got a lot of blood... God bless....

Yesterday's campfire was quite.... but its fun overall cos we chatted about a lot of things :) the fire wasn't bibg :O

ok, holiday starts, i'd better pull up my socks and study hard!!! Here's the final lap for this year.

Tired

Today is the last day of school and I feel like really sick and tired. Once a problem is just solved, another just come along the way :(
There's so many things to worry about... I'm so bad at many things...:( (super sad) and it doesn't help when you have s super irritating brother who is like so spoilt and everything.
I'm like really slow when doing indices:(


LALALA (transition to another random topic)

Immigration:
the movement of people between countries is known as immigration
Why do people go migrate to somewhere where they have lesser priority than the locals when it comes to jobs, and the locals usually give them work which they don't want to do themselves...?? To think that singapore can actually attract foreign talents if they always leave the good things for the locals, that's unfair, since they commented that they'll uphold meritocracy and what incorruptility as their NE message we know even in primary schools... and we did a skit on that in P6, yay:)


speaking of primary school, i really miss the time where everyone is so childish, naive and innocent??? that sounds so bad but i mean it in a good way.... I mean, people won't go putting on "smiling faces" or look happy when they don't or dadada...... I don't really know how to put it, but it just feel better that way.... but i guess its a stage of growing up and maturing. I realised most around me have grown up while I'm just being too childish and naive...

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finally settled with the templates things. today is teacher's day... I do miss my primary school teachers. Somehow, its different from secondary school, where you are not as clsoe to your teachers, sigh...
There's so many things to do, LA is driving me crazy!!!!

Hi

I originally wanted my blog url to be trueseasons.blogspot.com, which was what I used to have, but changed due to XXX reasons. So now some one used that, damm sad!!! I used trueseasons as my ID for almost everything else, and now that irritating person used the same too, ok, I won't blame you if you just thought of it yourself, grrr, nevermind,:( Too bad for me then