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A science/education question that came up in one of my classes

Posted by Reagen Sep 14 '12, 11:14

the scenario: they went up to random students at a Harvar convocation and handed them a tree seed and a log and asked them where the mass that turned the seed into a log came from None could answer it correctly. Can you? (The point of the video was not "Hey, Harvard graduates are still stupid)")

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Nobody's quite right yet - Reagen Sep 14, 11:59 2
- that is contained in it and I didn't feel like listing that and O2 separately -- nm - zork Sep 14, 12:11
- (I hadn't seen Dane when I started typing) -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 12:01
CO2 -- nm - Danedukenuuk Sep 14, 11:56
... heh. - Beryllium Sep 14, 11:35
Magic - Beaker Sep 14, 11:25
I think the word that comes to mind is - oblique Sep 14, 11:18 4
- photosynthesis? -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 11:25
- I would not agree with that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 11:24 2
  - I didn't google to see if I was right. Isn't that cell division? (My biology is a bit rusty) -- nm - oblique Sep 14, 11:25 1
    - yes, but that's not the source of the molecules. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 11:25
yes. - znufrii Sep 14, 11:18 2
- no - loosilu Sep 14, 11:24
- so - zork Sep 14, 11:20
I think so - zork Sep 14, 11:18 2
- this. -- nm - loosilu Sep 14, 11:24
- I wonder how many - zork Sep 14, 11:18

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