wieslaw Skalec
wieslaw Skalec voted up dragonfly forty-six's answer
Besides sleeping What is something you enjoy about the night?

Everything! I am a night person. I love the sounds of night, the shadows, the creepiness. Things that seem innocuous become sinister. I love doing things at night much more than in the day. We have a lot of 24 hour places here. So, it's not unusual to find me grocery shopping, doing laundry, eating … Read more

wieslaw Skalec
wieslaw Skalec voted up Tris Fray Potter's answer
How are there imaginary numbers if numbers are made by intelligent creatures to explain stuff...Being it is a concept and not really real how is it acceptable to call only a few numbers "imaginary"?

Imaginary numbers are numbers that can not be possible, or are concepts.  This already been mentioned several times before, but the square root of a negative is impossible, therefore it is imaginary.

wieslaw Skalec
wieslaw Skalec voted up Virginia Lou's answer
How are there imaginary numbers if numbers are made by intelligent creatures to explain stuff...Being it is a concept and not really real how is it acceptable to call only a few numbers "imaginary"?

Hi Sudo,

I actually think you are making a very good point...as I understand it, the term "imaginary" for the square root of -1 was first used in a derogatory way, back in the Middle Ages... Just too absurd. However, at one time the concept of zero was also considered ridiculous, along with negative numbers.

And as … Read more