(not) my psych mid term paper

Describe three views on neural correlates of human intelligence. Which according to your view is the most plausible?

Neural correlates on human intelligence refers to how our neural co-relates to human intelligence. A simple comparison can be made on the number of letters. Since neural has 6 letters and human intelligence has 20 (i can't really count very well that's why i'm doing psych), we can see no real relationship. Also, a human isn't really intelligent if not he wouldn't have to write this paper because he would know everything.

Even then, we still have to find three views on this bizarre phenomena. Thus we undergo painstaking research to uncover three hidden views on this amazing relationship of neural correlates and human intelligence.

They are namely the side view, the top view, and the cross-sectional view. If we look at it from the side view, 'neural correlates of human intelligence' looks like this
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And clearly this isn't a very good view, so we will put this on hold for the time being.

A second view is the top view, more popular than the side view because 'top' has fewer letters than 'side'. Also, 'top' is also a synonym for 'best', thus it lends credibility to its claim to be the best view. Just for illustration's sake, this is what the top view looks like
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assuming very skinny letters of course.

And last but definitely not the least, which is what i believe is the best view of them all, is the cross-sectional view.
Now why do we think this is the best view (or rather why I think, and will hence try to make you think so because that's the point of writing such a paper. If I'm just trying to make myself think then I wouldn't be writing a paper, I will be talking to myself, which is what I'm doing in these parenthesis. Now isn't that an interesting word, 'parenthesis'. Doesn't really make any sense how it was formed. Like was it the thesis of some parent? anyway, i better get back to the topic at hand before you get bored)

As i was saying before i was so rudely distracted by my own mind, the cross-sectional view is the best one of them all. Not only does it have the most cool sounding name , it has the word 'cross' in it. Cross of course refers to the christianity, which of course means it is a very holy word.
But of course with a proper dictionary we all know it means (dictionary.com, 2010)

"a section made by a plane cutting anything transversely, esp. at right angles to the longest axis."

Thus if you see a Boeing 707 flying and it cuts a kite into half, at right angles of course, that is a cross section.

So you may ask, what exactly does it look like? of course it looks like this
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As we can see, this is clearly the best view of them all, although it looks slightly similar to the side view. This is because this has more space in between them, and we all know that space is the most important thing in the world today due to overcrowding.

In conclusion, I think it is essential we do not just take one view in isolation as that is never good. It is always best to take many views and unite them and get them to sing a song of unity to prove it and look at it on a whole, not as a half.
Thus concludes my brilliant term paper which you will give me full marks for because you are utterly blown away by my spectacular intelligence.

let's all waste time with haiti

So, after reading about Singapore's bravado in the YOG soccer quarterfinals, demolishing Montogeremy(howtospell) 3-0, and how we have some influential playmaker who connects very well with the striker because they have been playing since young, obviously I did get a little hyped about the whole soccer thing.

So at 8.40PM i plonked in front of my TV and supported the bunch of young boys kicking the ball; OUR bunch of young boys kicking the ball around, expecting to see some wizardry.

The first half was quite entertaining, with some BRILLIANT chances for Singapore.. who promptly missed about 3 OPEN goals. Yes, wide open goal but the receiving player could not head the ball down properly. Maybe it was too high.. maybe he is not used to headers.. maybe because he's only 14? -shrugs.
Whatever the case, I, as the couch soccer critic, is always correct right?

Anyway, in the last 5 minutes of the half, 2 dumb things occured.

Dumb Thing Number 1) For no real reason, after a slight collision in midair between the Singapore goalie and a Haitian striker, the goalie appears riled and steps up into the face of the Haitian to challenge him.
Could have easily been a yellow card for the goalie, but the referee just gives him a warning. Furthermore the goalie's face super cockyarrogant type, so makes him look more dumb and annoying.

Dumb Thing Number 2) After a Singapore substitution, a Haitian player turns past a Singaporean defender and fires a weak shot towards the goalie. Instead of catching it comfortably, he chooses to deflect the ball, even though it was flying straight at him. The ball flew into the oncoming path of a Haitian striker who wasted no time to drill the ball into the goal with his head.

Haiti 1, Singapore 0

Ok so that wasn't what made me make this blog post. It was the second half.
Before we go to that, here is what I believe the Haitian coach told his players in the dressing room during half time:

"Ok guys, good job grabbing that fluke goal despite Singapore dominating most of the first half. Now we have to do what we do best, WASTE TIME. I want every single one of you to waste as much time as possible. Fall to the ground and stay down longer, fake every possible injury as you can from head to toe, be creative!
I want all of you to clock at least 60 seconds each lying on the ground! And you better not let me see any of you run for a throwin/goalkick that is ours. Take your time!
And goalie, if you can do 10 stepovers on the ball before getting carded, I'll treat you to lunch tomorrow!"

So with that motivational speech, the Haitian players went out and DID JUST THAT.

To say the second half was painful to watch is an understatement. It was probably the most frustrating 40 minutes (YOG is only 40 mins a side) of soccer I've watched?

The Haitians were doing everything in the book to waste every second of time possible. Their players started rolling around on the floor after any slight challenge, grabbing random parts of their body and asking for a stretcher... DAMN ANNOYING. Like seriously if i was the paramedics carrying the stretcher i'll just 'oops' -drops player-
they kept this up for the whole entire 40 minutes. I was surprised the referee waited about 20+ minutes before starting to take out the yellow cards.

And the Haitian goalie.. oh wow. It started off with some casual strolling to retrieve a ball for a goalkick. Then on another possession he added a stepover when he was retrieving the ball for a goalkick. Then the last straw was on one occasion when he just casually strolled to get the ball, then on the way back he did multiple stepovers and casually pulled the ball around.

LIKE SERIOUSLY??!?

For that last instance the referee wasted no time running over to show him a yellow card - AND HE SARCASTICALLY APPLAUDED THE REFEREE - wtf??? isn't this an automatic second yellow card and a red? I know in NBA players will get a technical (or a 2nd one) if they applaud in mockery like that.

SRSLY. just book the whole damn haitian team so they will all be ineligible for the finals match and Singapore will go and take their place.

Super ridiculous man. Twitter is ablaze with hateful mean comments towards the Haitians and some are really quite bad.(as you can guess, many are related to the earthquake of course) I am tempted to throw in a couple of my own but.. I shall maintain my niceness. rawr.

K i better get to sleep, 10 hour day tomorrow. nite.

Major Air Pollution Day

Hey everybody! Today is Major Air Pollution Day! Do your part in polluting the environment!

Whether be it just smoking a few extra sticks of cigarettes, having a few more BBQs, or simply joining the throngs of people who are engaging in the most productive activity - burning paper in big brown cans all over the country - you can do your part!

Yes, this is all in the bid to increase the air pollution levels because the PSI is far too low! Haven't you heard of the saying 'too much of a good thing'? We need to raise the levels so that there will be some nation-wide unity of concern and dispute such as when terrible food was served to YOG volunteers!

This will also make the climate better to live in! I know everybody is complaining about how COLD Singapore is, so to make it much more warmer and more comfortable to live in, let's burn more paper! All the excess smoke will help to trap heat which will explain today's soaring temperatures! Isn't that such a major relief?

Do your part today! Burn more paper!


p.s. on a side note, a similar post can be found here. Beware, it is extremely angsty! xD