Would weapons be allowed? If so, would you say that the mind is the greatest weapon?Unome wrote:A suggestion from someone on the team about how to determine who gets the last spot in a certain MIT trial event (posted with permission):
[Person A] and [Person B] fight to the death for the remaining spot. We can place bets on who wins and then upgrade to business class seats for the flight.
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Ooh, are we having a battle of wits to the death? If so...John Richardsim wrote:Would weapons be allowed? If so, would you say that the mind is the greatest weapon?Unome wrote:A suggestion from someone on the team about how to determine who gets the last spot in a certain MIT trial event (posted with permission):
[Person A] and [Person B] fight to the death for the remaining spot. We can place bets on who wins and then upgrade to business class seats for the flight.

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Incorrect. Because the same color results for many minerals, streak test would statistically allow the student to correctly identify only 37%.Entomology wrote:The student that needed to learn r&m in a week now successfully identifies 97% minerals correctly... hope this streak continues
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This movie. Yes.Magikarpmaster629 wrote:Ooh, are we having a battle of wits to the death? If so...John Richardsim wrote:Would weapons be allowed? If so, would you say that the mind is the greatest weapon?Unome wrote:A suggestion from someone on the team about how to determine who gets the last spot in a certain MIT trial event (posted with permission):
ahhhh I love that movie so much!!!!!!
I was once able to recite practically the entire movie by memory...oops?
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Sad reacts only.pikachu4919 wrote:The feeling when you've been working on a SciOly exam (technically) due next week and suddenly realize you still haven't made significant progress on writing another exam that's (technically) due tomorrow
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