Posted by Fractal on December 11, 2004, at 10:22:26
In reply to Re: I get this feeling... » Fractal, posted by alexandra_k on December 9, 2004, at 18:08:49
Thanks, yes very helpful! :) I'm always afraid of saying the wrong things I guess...
I'm still a student, not quite a mathematician yet, but I hope my life takes me in that direction! :) Thanks alexandra! Nice to meet you as well.>
> Hey there fractal, I have been reading your posts on one of the other boards, you are a mathmetician, WOW!! I am in awe! Genuinely. Math is not my thing at all (dropped out when I was 13) but I don't mind Logic. Apparantly physics (unlimately) is just a series of equations that work and this has led some to conclude that all that really exists, all that reality consists of is numbers. I don't know whether I buy it or not, but it is true that reality can be expressed mathematically...
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> Anyway, enough rambelling :-)
> In response to your question I am not quite sure what you have in mind. If you could provide an example or two that would be helpful.
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> If it was to do with the thread on Babble, then the notion is that you can't ask people what a fatal dose of X would be - that kind of help is not appropriate. Likewise, to appeal for intervention for an overdose or suicide attempt would be inappropriate: people here may have no way of interveaning which is distressing to people here. Nobody may read the post in anything approaching real time etc etc.
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> Aside from that, it is okay to reach out for help. It is just that there are more or less appropriate ways of doing this.
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> Was this helpful?
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> If I didn't really answer your question then feel free to clarify...
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> Take care.
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> (Oh, and I am very pleased to meet you :-) )
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