Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "Veritasium"
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@wavez4224 I'm passionate about it because all these people claiming to be smart and scientific can't get their facts straight, and can't see the importance of making common units easily referenced to a known standard of measure.
I get how metric works, I'm not an ignorant child. I use metric all the time. I do most unit conversions in relation to metric even. So how about you stay on topic and stop giving lessons no one asked for.
but other systems of measure are still used, especially if working on historical machines that predate all these standards. you still need to use other units. Not to mention that not everything in metric is base 10 (radians, degrees, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, etc.). And English uses base10 units all the time. 1.0", 0.1", 0.01", 0.001", tenths of a foot, tenths of a mile, hundredths of a mile, we even sometimes do time in tenths and hundredths of an hour, PSI vs KSI (pounds per square inch vs kilo pounds per square inch).
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Military ASVAB: I took it in high school so wasn't allowed to take the whole thing, but I scored so high that when I later joined the military, I could still pick any job and they didn't make me retake it either.
College Entrance Exams: Don't actually know what I scored. But due to joining the military, I delayed entry into college and my tests expired. But I scored high enough that they waived me taking it again and accepted me (at a prestigious college that didn't just let anyone in, at least back then). I have never been turned down by any college, attended 6 colleges in total (2 in high school), and hold 4 degrees (all STEM).
Standardized Tests in School: I scored in the top 1% or 2% nationwide in every category.
IQ test: never took one, have no idea, never plan to take one, and I think IQ tests are bogus subjective crap. They don't prove what people wish they did. Intelligence tests are about as useful as horoscopes and astrology at predicting success and such.
Have had success in 3 distinct careers, with opportunities presented to jump to another ~4 careers. I care about results, not arbitrary tests. If you ever meet me in life, look at what I've accomplished, not at my scores. I know people who score high and accomplish nothing their entire lives. And I know people who score low and are amazing and brilliant people. Some score high and achieve. Some score low and are failures. Results are all that matters, not test scores.
Could I have a lower IQ, but do well in tests? Could I have a high IQ and be under performing? Could I be book smart and not practical smart (evidence to the contrary there, but something I worry about just the same)? Does it even matter?
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Mastery of warfare is THE HARDEST job on earth. Harder than Law, Medicine, Engineering, Physics, etc. To truly master war and consistently deliver winning results across numerous geographies and climates, utilizing a wide range of weapons, technology, espionage, psychology, deception, tactics, strategy, logistics, etc. requires significant intelligence, problem solving, adaptability, physical and mental resilience, etc.
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Why 5%. Because the math needs 5% to make sense. Um, how do we know the math is right to begin with? It you start with a broken theory, and then force the math to work, and then observe something different than what the math said it has to be, maybe the theory is wrong. Until recently, logic led the math. Now math leads everything. Used to be you'd come up with a idea than might explain how things work, then set out to do the math to see if you can prove that idea works. I know there have been examples of seemingly useless math solutions that led to technological breakthroughs later, but the big theories like those of Newton, Faraday, and Einstein led with logic, not math.
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