Response to Theorized LHC Time Travel

I read an article on alt.Engadget the other day about possibly sending a Higgs particle back through time using the Large Hadron Collider.  I know it is just a throw-away science article that is interesting enough to make it to the mainstream press, but I couldn’t help responding.  The article is based on this article from MSNBC which took its information from this paper.  The article posits that theorists claim the collider could produce a particle, the Higgs singlet, that could  travel backwards through time.  That’s all well and good, and I am not versed deeply enough in theoretical physics to refute their claims.  In fact, I’m hoping it’s actually true.

Where I Am and Where I Am Going

Teach for America did not invite me to a final interview.  I’m disappointed because I think I could have done very well in their program.  Thanks to my wife, Leah, I have been asked to interview for NYC Teaching Fellows and I am awaiting a response to my application with DC Teaching Fellows.  They are like localized versions of Teach for America.

I am in the process of making sure I get myself to New York City for the interview with NYCTF.  I am very excited about this prospect.  This is such an incredible opportunity for me to make a difference and improve the chances of success for both Leah and I while she finishes her final two years of pharmacy school.  This little bit of hope has got me thinking more about my future and what I really want to do with my life.

Quick Blog – Writing Exercise Aids Academic Performance

Can a short affirmation writing exercise help struggling primary school students increase their performance in math and science classes?

Blog – Multithreaded Thinking

I woke up the other morning with a strange thought and idea plaguing me. As I took a shower and in spare moments at work all day, I pondered the possibility of multithreaded thinking and cognition. As I awoke I was instantly obsessed with the efficiency of computer “thinking” as compared to organic thinking. I guess the trade-off is that we get creativity, but computers are creeping into that realm as well.

Anyway, it occurred to me that computer systems can process more than one thread, or bit of execution, at once. Or at least they process so quickly that they can appear to. Computers are much better at multitasking than we are. And I am talking about true multitasking, not the rudimentary multiple windows so you can e-mail, Facebook, and work all at the same time, but rather that a computer can process multiple, separate lines of execution simultaneously. But we cannot.

Numeral_Conversion program

Here is the program I just finished: Numeral_Conversion. For best results, please unzip the inner folder and read the READ_ME file. If you are more interested in what this arbitrary program is and why I wrote it, read on.