Sing-along Mathematical Induction

When n= 1, P(n) is true
When n= 1, P(n) is true
And if P(n) is true implies P(n+1) is, too
That means when n =2, P(n) is also true.

When n= 2, P(n) is true
When n= 2, P(n) is true
And if P(n) is true implies P(n+1) is, too
That means when n =3, P(n) is also true.

Just read "The Prince" again. The argument seems to be generally quite faulty. But Machiavelli says very cool things, like "It is better to be feared than loved." And Machiavelli is such a cool name too! Not like Kant. If they said the same things I'll rather quote Machiavelli than Kant any day.

Really, having a cool name makes a lot of difference. Einstein is clever; so is Kant. But when describing a person as clever, people say "He's such an Einstein", but people don't go "He's such a Kant."

Raffles helped build Singapore; so did Farquhar. But really, if there were a school named after each person, and one of the Raffles Schools were to be up against a Farquhar School for some sports competition, the cheering would go like this:

"Raffles Kemama! Ole ole ah ah!..."
"Farquhar Kemama! Ole ole ah ah!..."

"North! South! East! West! ... R-A-F-F-L-E-S!..."
"North! South! East! West! ... Far--quhar is the best!..."

"Say RA-RA-RA-Raffles! Say RA-RA-RA-Raffles!..."
"Say... eh darn."

Speaking of which, Fajar Secondary School has never been up against RI in matches where there are actually people cheering.

If it is true that the deceased can receive the things you burn, it seems like hell is a pretty interesting place:

Sir Stamford Raffles must be quite sad that the sports seasons never coincide with the 7th month, so he can't come out even if councilors and prefects are frantically summoning his Spirit.

When Hiroshima and Nagasaki were A-bombed, two cities, together with the souls and all the possessions in ground zero, would have instantaneously been transferred to hell. The people living there probably didn't even know they were dead until quite a while.

Rubbish must be quite a problem in hell, since people incinerate a lot of rubbish. But that's okay, it's compensated by all the Indonesian forest fires, so pollution shouldn't be that bad.

If the moment one is dead, the soul goes to hell, then when you cremate his body, wouldn't the body also go to hell? What will the soul do with his body? (There might just be a Black Market for bodies, for the dead Necrophiliacs. Mai4 Shen1 will take on a new meaning there.)

If you are American, rest assured that your dead relatives can celebrate Independence Day. American Flags are in large supply there.

Also, plastic items should also be very cheap in hell, since there is so much crude oil there.

I wonder if when the Heidelberg exploded, a bunch of people in hell started speaking in a higher pitch, due to the sudden influx of hydrogen.

The Chinese historians must be quite happy when they go to hell, since all the books that Qin Shi Huang and the revolutionists burned are intact.

There must also be a lot of pirated VCDs and DVDs there, since people keep burning them. I suggest that if you really want your relatives to do well, you should burn them a lot of televisions, VCD players and DVD players, so that they can sell it to other people who want to watch all those videos.

I think we should only burn items to them. Money means absolutely nothing to them, since it is a promise of equivalent exchange. Exchange for what? Supply of money is completely controlled by the people burning stuff. Imagine your great great great grandfather trying to buy something. He offers to pay $1000000000000000 to some guy with the stuff. But the guy has absolutely no use for $10000000000000000 since he can easily get $1000000000000000000000000000000000 anyway, and so is it for everyone else. You try to be smart, and burn him a $10 note, but claim that it is in base googolplex. Your great great great grandfather then tries to buy stuff with a $10 note. The guy with the stuff laughs and states that it is easy for him to obtain $100 in base googolplex, and so is it for everyone else. Your grandfather still doesn't get the stuff he wants. He'll probably have to barter trade for it.

Which makes sense to think that hell probably has its own legal tender which cannot be obtained by burning.

So don't burn hell notes. It's pointless, and it's bad for the environment anyway.

Kant's method of Categorical Imperative is pretty useful sometimes.