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This is a chilling and disgusting post that reeks of a cry for retributive justice: a cry out for anarchy & unrelenting violence IMO. The focus of our justice system, as should always be, is rehabilitation in the small hope that the offender can one day reunite safely with the community. If...

Absolutely, these threads really give a chance for everone to go "kill him bla bla". It's quite frightening this bloodthirsty, animalistic drive still exists within our fellow "civilised" Australians. Note too, call me a skeptic but I will never rush to judgement based on criminal facts in...

So you officially sat the exam, after your HSC and UAI from 2008 were already given to you? How do you "add to your HSC"? Or do you mean you did it on your own accord (ie at home)?

If anything this is what the resurrection of atheism in the public sphere is targeting: national delusions, in which even Iron agrees, are dangerous in the political sphere. This promotion of bigotry and barbarism must be stopped. Who's gonna do it? The Jehova's Witnesses (they don't get...

Completely agree.

Having said what I did above, we must always be skeptical of any methodology which claims to "give knowledge" and accept that the scientific method in itself is not indispensable. Yet, pragmatically it provides the best explanation we currently have for the understanding of natural phenomena. It...

I'm coming to think that a variant of naturalistic or Spinozan Pantheism is roughly equivalent to the most sensible position. Assuming we do exist, that is all we know. The origin of our creation, in consideration with the universe, is intriguing but not yet confirmed. The best use of the...

So you agree that you believe in god based on no intellectual reasoning whatsoever. I'm not being mocking, but you even conceded that agnosticism is the most logical. 1) This is Pascal's Wager and it’s often agree upon (by theists alike) to be the most ludicrous reasoning for believing in...

I actually would suggest partying everyday, but thats just me. Post-HSC summer is the best its gonna be in a good while... - To the question, I think if you have a strong grasp of all areas of the 3unit course, perhaps with the 'harder applications" from 4u you should be fine in 1st yr eng...

In my opinion, if you actually want to be an "Economist" or go onto higher levels of research or postgrad (say masters at ANU, PhD), undergrad commerce degrees don't give the correct the preparation as you waste a lot of time doing management/marketing/accounting/BIS etc etc I'd prob look at...

It's ridiculously easy down here at UOW, first yr = practically no maths, bar the simple use of algebra. Even 2nd yr- the applications for calculus are there, but the two major subjects micro/macro don't delve heavily, there is a "economics maths" subject at 2nd year that brings everyone up...

Thanks for your input, I just find it hard as I have many interests. At many times I've thought the same thing, why do you say though?

Awsome, its good to hear. I know there are many with similar outlooks. How did you enjoy law? I was considering the 3 yr grad law program at UOW (are u at UOW too?. I guess you could always look into the natural resources industry...many global mining companies take lawyers & I believe you...

I'd be interested in psychiatry. However, the primary problem is the GAMSAT. I would have to take it in 2011. With no tertiary science knowledge, it would be a long shot.

Lol I guess when you read through my interests (and they are just for finance) you could see that I probably would enjoy Investment Banking, but I just don't feel Im the cut-throat, competitive personality. Also, irrespective of the $$$ my labour supply curve bends backwards when we reach about...

"starting from scratch" doesn't bother me, I don't feel ready to leave uni yet anyway. My lecturer also said, careers these days are a lifelong learning experience, be prepared to retrain constantly. Talked of people he knew who was a hydrologist and then retrained for Investment Banking etc...

I'm the type who will enjoy a broad range of academic areas, so it is hard to narrow down based "purely on interest". Its true, I have not had any "city experience" in commerce, its not that I think I would hate every job but I'm just skeptical as to whether an 8-10pm 6-7 days/week desk job...

Thats all good. I would add though, I think the deception of psychology is that people think it is like arts & law- there is maths, although it is statistics based. If you want to go for honours or any higher research in psych, it can be heavily based on statistics (all research generally...

I'm considering Psych myself as another degree (I have a commerce background), yet I'm mainly interested in academic research, possibly crossing with finance: something along the lines of behavioural explanations for semi-strong market efficency violations or researching future prices. Having...

That is true, note though HR and organisational psychology are fundamentally different roles. The reason many registered psychologist are working in a HR role is due to employment opportunities (many law grads work as HRM too). On psychology earnings though, yes it can be a joke given the...