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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Thinking of Getting PhD |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 1:19 pm
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| So of all the 70 applicants, 5 of which were qualified, how many were hired? Right off the bat this doesn't sound like good odds, and not the way to place one's bets. One hired. Probably half of the applicants already had a job, and I would guess a majority of the rest eventually found a position, ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Thinking of Getting PhD |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2011, 11:24 am
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| I really like research and teaching. My friends, peers, TAs, and even professors tell me I should get my PhD and be a professor. However, I am frightened that my GPA is holding me back. It is only a 3.30 GPA in computer engineering. Although, I am only a Sophomore and college was a huge transition ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Help: Aspie/Autie Sensory Experiences in the Environment??? |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 2:12 pm
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| Hi all, I am hoping some of you will help me with the beginning stages of a project about aspie/autie sensory experiences of the environment. I am mildly aspie, and as I have learned more about Asperger’s/Autism I have become more aware of my own “peculiar” sensory responses. Recently, a few researc... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: What Strange Book are You Reading? |
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Posted: 27 May 2008, 6:23 am
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Replies: 36
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| Well I'm reading The Truth About Witchcraft by Scott Cunningham. What book do you consider strange that you're reading or like to read? am about halfway thru "The Man Who Ate Bluebottles...and Other Great British Eccentrics" by Catherine Caufield. i swear 3/4ths of these chaps (and they are mostly ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Pulitzer Prize Winner Tim Page Is An Aspie |
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Posted: 09 May 2008, 5:26 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,685
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Alien theory |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2008, 5:52 am
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Replies: 30
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| I viewed myself (and still do) as an outside observer who is not to intervene in the lives of others but to study them in hopes of one day understanding them. the feeling of being an observer defined me from an early age. but it took a long time before i actually realized that i was trying to under... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Weird visual phenomena when startled? |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2008, 8:23 pm
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Replies: 13
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| Often when it's quiet and then I am startled by a noise (usually a creaking noise, such as from TVs and other things with a thin hard plastic surface when changes in temperature causes it to expand or contract) I will see a flash of "white noise" in my visual field. Does this happen to anyone else?... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: savants? |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2008, 7:25 am
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Replies: 5
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| I have a question that I think is interesting: how do people today define savant? the dict. def is learned, scholarly, wise but i think it tends to mean uncanny or peculiarly advanced abilities in some specialized area. i am around plenty of learned and scholarly types and would not think of them a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Empathy and Sympathy |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2008, 7:06 am
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Replies: 18
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| Is there a difference between sympathy and empathy now or not? This got me confused as both terms are regularly interpreted differently. they are similar and more or less used to mean the same thing by people. looking up the origin of words helps at least see what they originally meant. empathy is ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Ar+ R0ck |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2008, 9:30 am
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Replies: 8
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D1nk0 wrote: Now am I the only one here who likes Wall Of Voodoo?
the stan ridgway era, or post stan ridgeway era?
index masters, three thumbs up.
fG |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: MC Hammer producer shares experiences w/ Asperger's |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2008, 5:49 am
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Replies: 8
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| what was great about this brief interview was buckholz's description of his constant work to understand social relations (which actually comes after the bit quoted above). i suspect there are many aspies, undiagnosed & working hard on functioning in the social world (and doing ok at it, despite ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Ar+ R0ck |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2008, 5:35 am
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| Anybody here like Art Rock? I see there are plenty of progrock fans here and I think someone mentioned DEV0 but other than that :? . what precisely do you mean by "art rock"? i am usually poor at categories. My all time favorites are(in NO particular order): (1)DEV0 (2)Wall Of Voodoo 8) (3)Ultravox... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism the Musical |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2008, 6:16 am
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| i skipped this after reading the blurb in the NY Times: The documentary features 10-year-old Wyatt, a source of insights about bullies and love; 10-year-old Henry, the son of musician Stephen Stills and a fountain of knowledge about dinosaurs; 9-year-old Adam, a curly-haired cellist; 14-year-old Lex... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies and Speaking in Public |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2008, 6:04 am
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| To me, it seems that by definition, it should be easier for someone with an ASD to speak at a crowd of people, rather than one on one, or in a small group. I've never had a problem with such, as when one speaks to a crowd, they'll usually have a set topic that one has preplanned for; added spontane... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Difficulties with dormmates |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2008, 5:47 am
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Replies: 10
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| Does that sound reasonable? Is there anything I should add or take out? I don't want pity, but I would like them to possibly see me as a nice person with some neurological differences instead of weird/crazy/psychotic person. Do you think the letter can foster understanding among people who don't re... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Interesting new movie |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2008, 3:36 pm
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Replies: 59
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| It's called "Expelled", and is written and produced by Ben Stein. It talks about the current supremacy of Darwinism in virtually all aspects of our society -- government, scientific, and all levels of schooling -- and the strict intolerance of any other opinion as to the origins of life on Earth. I... |
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