Shit your professors say

[dallen68]

It's equivocating in a common way.  While commonly not distinguished, the sensation of sound (definitions 1c&d) and the vibrations of sound waves (definitions 1a&b) are clearly not the same thing.

This goes straight back to the resolution of the faux-Zen question "If a tree falls in the forest and there's nobody around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

The answer is clearly NO, because sound is a perceptual phenomenon and if there's no perceiver there can be no perception.

Also, some vibrations that are perceived as sound are actually felt, rather than heard. The deaf enjoying bass is an example of this, the motion of trains is another. I suppose, in a way, it would be anything that vibrates the ground (or the floor, or the...well, anything you might be touching) rather than just the air around your head to which this would apply. Come to think of it, that's a substantial part of "sound".

[evensgrey]

Also, some vibrations that are perceived as sound are actually felt, rather than heard. The deaf enjoying bass is an example of this, the motion of trains is another. I suppose, in a way, it would be anything that vibrates the ground (or the floor, or the...well, anything you might be touching) rather than just the air around your head to which this would apply. Come to think of it, that's a substantial part of "sound".

It's definitely a huge part of the experience. Listening to music intended to be played loud enough to shake the room at a level you won't damage your hearing with is just not the same.  (Yes, I've been to those kind of clubs a few times.  Not too many, since I don't think I have an major hearing deficits.)

The way the sound waves interact with the environment (acoustics, broadly) is essential for giving, for instance, a concert audience the intended experience.  This is the real reason why concert halls have fabric upholstered seating:  This results in the smallest feasible difference in the acoustic properties of the hall being empty and the hall being full.  This means that practice sessions in the hall produce as close to the same sound that the audience will get in the performance as can reasonably be done.  I've even heard of halls where there are movable hangings engineered to allow the acoustics of the hall to be changed to mimic those of specific halls or styles of halls from the past to give a better experience when music from other eras is played.

[nilecroc]

Last year, I had a government say on the first day of class: "Rich people are raping this country." He went on to praise obama for the bailoutsthe rest of the semester.

[nilecroc]

He just said you can only use 15% of you brain because its pimited by sensory perception. I'm thinking of dropping this class.

[MrBogosity]

He just said you can only use 15% of you brain because its pimited by sensory perception. I'm thinking of dropping this class.

And complain to the dean. YOU are the customer. YOU are paying THEM. Demand your money's worth!

[dallen68]

He just said you can only use 15% of you brain because its pimited by sensory perception. I'm thinking of dropping this class.

A large portion of it goes to things you have little or no conscience control over, like making your organs work. That being said, perhaps "he" only uses 15% of his brain?

[nilecroc]

And complain to the dean. YOU are the customer. YOU are paying THEM. Demand your money's worth!

I wish that were true, but my dad is making use the hazlewood act. Plus this guy used to be on the board at my college, so he probably knows the dean.

[MrBogosity]

I wish that were true, but my dad is making use the hazlewood act. Plus this guy used to be on the board at my college, so he probably knows the dean.

They still would not be getting that money if you left. That makes you the customer.

[Ibrahim90]

Never had any professor say anything stupid to me as such (man, I lucked out). Though one professor did tell a friend of mine that he was a waste of his time, asking a question that had been asked brothers before him, even though he had no way of knowing it had been asked (it was before class, and was about a homework).


yeah, let that sink in.


However, I did have staff talk bullshit to me: had this one jagoff tell me that I was to get a tuition hike of 3%, plus "major fees" for the major I had (remember, I'm out of state, already paying $11,000 on tuition a semester), who then turned around and said that I was still attending one of the cheapest business schools in the country for out of state, compared to all the other ones, and that that was great news!

let me remind you: I was only ever a Geology major, or an Engineering major. Needless to say, my reply (yes, I replied) was not very diplomatic--to say the least (friends who read did laugh at the gall though). The reply, from what I understand, made the rounds in the Geology department. Sadly, the letter has not survived (can no longer access my student account), so I cannot paste it here

[MrBogosity]

My professors said so many stupid things I don't think many even stuck in my memory (one example was how my biology professor said that pine trees don't grow naturally in Piedmont NC, when I have them all around my house), but I'll never forget the one that was the last straw, triggering my decision to leave UNC-G behind forever.

It was a midterm exam for Western Civ (a completely worthless class), and I'd made a zero on one essay question because the professor did not want "a philosophical answer."

The question?

"Compare and contrast the views of Locke and Hobbes."

[Ibrahim90]

My professors said so many stupid things I don't think many even stuck in my memory (one example was how my biology professor said that pine trees don't grow naturally in Piedmont NC, when I have them all around my house), but I'll never forget the one that was the last straw, triggering my decision to leave UNC-G behind forever.

It was a midterm exam for Western Civ (a completely worthless class), and I'd made a zero on one essay question because the professor did not want "a philosophical answer."

The question?

"Compare and contrast the views of Locke and Hobbes."

Hobbes though man sucked and needed rulers, Locke didn't?

non-philosophical, but I doubt I'd get a better grade than you with this...

[nilecroc]

My professors said so many stupid things I don't think many even stuck in my memory (one example was how my biology professor said that pine trees don't grow naturally in Piedmont NC, when I have them all around my house), but I'll never forget the one that was the last straw, triggering my decision to leave UNC-G behind forever.

It was a midterm exam for Western Civ (a completely worthless class), and I'd made a zero on one essay question because the professor did not want "a philosophical answer."

The question?

"Compare and contrast the views of Locke and Hobbes."

How the hell do these people get jobs?

[Travis Retriever]

My professors said so many stupid things I don't think many even stuck in my memory (one example was how my biology professor said that pine trees don't grow naturally in Piedmont NC, when I have them all around my house), but I'll never forget the one that was the last straw, triggering my decision to leave UNC-G behind forever.

It was a midterm exam for Western Civ (a completely worthless class), and I'd made a zero on one essay question because the professor did not want "a philosophical answer."

The question?

"Compare and contrast the views of Locke and Hobbes."

Good lord.  Can't say I blame you.

[evensgrey]

I had a BIOLOGY prof who claimed that the most efficient way for humans to make use of the plants growing on Earth would be to eat them directly.

Apparently, he didn't know that most mammals (including all primates) lack any means to effectively digest almost all the plant matter on this planet.  Ruminants, on the other hand...

[Travis Retriever]

Never had any professor say anything stupid to me as such (man, I lucked out).

You....lucky bastard you!