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Yeah, this reminds me of one of my friends who is also talented but prone to panic attacks etc. I know some degree of stress is inevitable, but everyone should keep it in perspective.

Roughly, I think it is sensible to study a couple of hrs per subject per week, though you should study more vigourously come exam time. I know you asked not to say 'it varies between people', but this is teh inevitable truth, and you need to study as often as it takes you to feel confident...

THE CORRECT ANSWER TO THE UAI QUESTIONS IN THIS THREAD: You can achieve a perfect UAI with any combination of subjects, including traditionally 'low scaling' subjects such as General maths and art. UAI's, however, cannot be estimated at this early stage and all anyone can do is work hard and...

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Interesting concept that ^

Qft. This is the justification I've been going with all along, despite the fact the BOS Communist League tear it to shreds everytime.

True this.

lol I keep posting stuff and realise afterwards boris has already made my point :o

We aren't following because your arguments are illogical and incoherent. You're making them hard to follow.

Qft. Although I did point out to Cosmic Doris that we do need to ackowledge that not all have opportunity, you can not have total equality, because it elimates incentive, and without that, you're screwed.

no.

I didn't say that capitalism wasn't flawed. Invariably there is no such thing as a perfect political ideology. It's just that communism is less perfect than capitalism :)

Pretty much no. Why work if your going to be treated the same as someone who doesn't work? What's your point here?

Bassistx: Ok. A few things. *Why this disparaging tone with Bill Gates? Why are you defining 'hard work' in terms of traditional education? *You have to accept that greed is intrinsic to the human condition. We're not robots. It's only natural for individuals to put their own...

But see, even if your argument is that its a great ideal that can't be implemented successfully, I would still maintain that communism is fundamentally flawed as a theory. You can't have equality. You can't have egalitarianism. Its not feasible. Where is the incentive to do anything if everyone...

Oh Jeez. So your basing your utopian/idealistic argument on some shitty channel 10 reality TV show on 10 yr olds deciding between pizza and microwaves?

Thanks for that very neo-existentialist/ Fight Club inspired rant about our "spiritual war." The fact is though, you're making sweeping generalisations. There are a lot of successful people who are successful in their own right, and still have a social conscience. E.g Bill Gates.

This is pretty much my argument put very explicitly. Egalitarianism doesn't work. They tried it, it failed. You need structure in society, unless you want anarchy.

I see where you're coming from with Protestant work ethic and all, don't you think it needs to be acknowledged that now all are given equal opportunity to education, work etc? A person's socio-economic circumstances aren't the product of their own actions solely. There is no simple causal...

While egalitarianism is theoretically utopian and all, for a society/government to run efficiently, wouldn't you agree there needs to be some sort of hierarchy? I think trying to alleviate the disparity between social classes should be pursued, but class stratifications can never be elimiated...