<p>Other than Harvard, the rest of the schools named above also have a strong contingent of hardcore engineering/CS STEM nerd culture. </p>
<p>While I’ve heard things have changed for the better recently, Harvard’s engineering school has commonly been viewed even by friends who were engineering majors there in the '90s as a neglected stepchild in the shadow of FAS. </p>
<p>Not helped by the fact many Harvard undergrads didn’t even know their university had an engineering program according to an annoyed friend who was a Harvard engineering major in the '90s.</p>
<p>mathmom: most of my snowflakes are non-mathy and I actually understand sort of what they do. For the science snowflake, I have to keep notes in my purse, in case someone asks what he does. It’s really embarrassing.</p>
<p>Way off topic, but for AgentNinetyNine and thumper1: I can bring a large swordfish sculpture!</p>
<p>Actually, I have to say that while “Celebrating Our Common Humanity Day” was a little less than totally dead serious, I enjoyed a lot! In fact, I do think it’s worth celebrating.</p>
<p>Have you read the latest book by Mr. Mistborn? I liked it, but it was soooo long and then I learned it’s too be part of 11 books or something totally ridiculous. I think I’ll go back to Game of Thrones at least there are only supposed to be seven of them.</p>
<p>poetgrl: I don’t know those books and had to google. And the wiki entry made me wonder, have I told you yet about the time I was Dungeon Master for a bunch of 10yr old boys? Do you have any idea what boys will do for imaginary treasure? clean their rooms, load the dishwasher, wash windows. The other moms all thought I was a GENIUS</p>
<p>adding: a snowflake told me not to read Game of Thrones because it doesn’t even have an ending. and he knew I couldn’t bear that.</p>
<p>I have not read the latest, mathmom. oldest is his biggest fan and she has, but I’m going to wait til he’s further along. I don’t like to wait too long for the new ones. I am currently revisiting Dune because youngest and her friends are “bringing it back.” Retroscifi. </p>
<p>I can’t read Game of Thrones because H told me the lack of ending will drive me nuts, too. But that Katniss in the movie is so fantastic I’m sure I will see the rest.</p>
<p>Ha! You were a genius with the D&D. My daughter was the only girl in a group when they were kids.</p>
<p>LOL. I wish I’d thought of that, my kids used to spend hours and hours setting up D & D games, but I’m not sure they ever actually played!</p>
<p>My sons are convinced Martin is going to die before he finishes The Game of Thrones. Not helped by the fact that he’s getting distracted by other projects, like the TV series.</p>
<p>The person who takes the banal and ordinary and illuminates it in a new way can terrify. We do not want our ideas changed. We feel threatened by such demands. “I already know the important things!” we say. Then Changer comes and throws our old ideas away.
-The Zensufi Master
…
mathmom: my sons say he told HBO how the story ends, just in case.</p>
<p>“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”</p>
<p>* Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definition.*
-Mentat Text One (decto)</p>
In fact? No one? Since I know you wouldn’t jump to such a conclusion without firm data, it appears that in addition to posting what seems like an article a day, in your spare time you’ve managed to read every post by every poster on CC.</p>
<p>I had posted earlier day a summary of what a female MIT grad experienced in the 70 's. But I do not see it here. I hope, seriously hope, you did not delete it. I would be most annoyed .That would be highly inappropriate.</p>