Human Intelligence

Ok, so I either had a deep thought or an episode of boredom induced insanity while I was sitting in class the other day.

Mathematical Proof of Human Stupidity:

“If” the universe is infinite, but the number of planets containing intelligent life is finite, then by letting:

x = the number of planets containing intelligent life
y = the size of the universe

Take the ratio of planets with intelligent life to the size of the universe while letting the size of the universe approach infinity.

lim x / y = 0
y → ∞

Proving that no planet contains intelligent life. I realize this theorem is unnecessary for predicting intelligent life on earth, because anybody that has ever been in a public place or watched TV can easily deduce that there is no intelligence in our part of the universe.

Why Should I Vote?

This post was inspired by a recent conversation.

I believe that just about everybody would agree that the current state of politics is a complete bastardization of what our forefathers had in mind. Don’t get me wrong now, I love America and I am very grateful to be here, but our government has reached an unbelievable level of corruption.

I am not a registered voter, nor do I plan to be. Why should I vote? Why should I have to “choose the lesser of two evils”? It’s not the act of voting that disgusts me, it’s the cesspool that we have to pick from. I believe Wendy McElroy explains it much better than I ever could:

It is commonly said, “If you don’t vote, you have no right to complain about the outcome.” The opposite is true. By playing the game, voters agree to the rules. Only those who don’t play and withhold their consent have a right to complain about the outcome, especially since the winner will have his hand in the non-voter’s pocket.

Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not expressing silence. They are screaming in the politician’s ear: “You do not represent me. This is not a process in which my voice matters. I do not believe you.”

Wendy McElroy

What kills me are the people that have no clue about politics but feel they absolutely must exercise their “right to vote”. Hell, I would rather someone not vote, than blindly choose a candidate without even knowing their political stances, or basing their decision on who their friends or family members are voting for. There was a presidential election when I was eighteen, and I was less cynical towards politics at that time. But I chose not to vote because I was logical enough to realize that I did not know enough about the candidates in question to make a legitimate decision.

 

What is even more ridiculous than the clueless voters are the geniuses that vote straight republican or straight democratic. The shear fact of supporting a political party is asinine. Can you not form your own opinions concerning political matters? Political parties should be done away with, and a politician should be judged solely by his or her own political beliefs and actions.

The whole country’s got a f***ed up mentality. We all got a gang mentality. Republicans are f***ing idiots, democrats are f***ing idiots, conservatives are idiots, and liberals are idiots. Anyone who makes up their mind before they hear the issue is a f***ing fool. It’s bullshit. Be a f***ing person. Listen, let it swirl around in your head. Then form an opinion. No normal, decent person is one thing. I got some shit I’m conservative about, I got some shit I’m liberal about.

Chris Rock

Sadly there are only two people in the whole country that have a chance to become the next president, and if you don’t like either one of them, tough shit. Even if I had to vote, it would definitely not be for one of these two douche bags because I cannot even imagine the dastardly things they have done to get to that position. So I ask again, why should I vote?

 

Best Buy Adventure

So, the other day I went to Best Buy to finally spend a gift card that I still had from Christmas. I knew what I wanted, The Universe season 1, so I was going to be in-n-out. Well, I had been wanting to pick up a HDMI cable for my Xbox 360, so I figured what the hell I’ll see how much they are at Best Buy while I am here. I have always heard that Best Buy is overpriced for audio and video accessories, but hey I had a gift card so who gives a shit

When I finally stumbled upon the cables in question, I was a little awestruck. They had two HDMI cables, one for $100 and another for $65. After I finished laughing to myself I was ready to leave. But of course, here comes Super Salesman out of nowhere, “Need any help with anything?”. So reluctantly I ask “Is this all of your HDMI cables? Are these the cheapest ones you have?”. He responds with “Yes, these are the only ones we have. But, I tell you what, I can knock 20% off”, pointing to the $65 dollar cable. I politely say “No thank you. I can find them much cheaper than that elsewhere.” I notice him having doubts about whether I am just trying to haggle him, or maybe I actually realize their scam. So he replies “OK I tell you what, I can let you have the $65 dollar cable for $30, but that is as low as I can go.” Realizing that he just knocked over 50% off the cable, I reply again with “No thank you. I can find them much cheaper elsewhere.”

With a dumbfounded look on his face he sarcastically asks “Really? How cheap are we talking?” I say “About five dollars or so.” Realizing that I might actually know something about electronics, he doesn’t even respond. He walks over to his little kiosk, and says “I think I might have an opened cable that I could sell you for really cheap.” But of course, there was no opened cable. So as I start to walk away he says “You know, those cheap cables really are crappy. You get a much better quality picture with these gold tipped, blah blah blah cables.” Being the good little electrical engineering student that I am, I almost start to lecture this guy about digital logic and digital signal processing. But surely he knows about this sort of stuff, right? So instead I politely say “Thanks for the help, but I need to be going.”

On the drive home I started thinking to my self “Thirty bucks for a sixty-five dollar cable, that just doesn’t make sense.” How can he, without hesitation, drop that much off the price? How much are they paying for these cables that they can sell them for less than half price and still make a profit? Are there really people out there that are stupid enough to pay $100 for an HDMI cable that is no better than a $5 one? For anybody else out there in the market for a HDMI cable, do some shopping around on Amazon or something. At least read this article before you blow $100 dollars on some Monster Cables like a dumbass, Cheap HDMI Cables.