Interesting article. It resonates with a number of concerns I have with the way university and career tracks are done.
A few notes on the PSAT/NMF as a recent National Merit Finalist, with a few friends who were also NMFs, for and against the argument of the article:
Great story! I feel like red isn't the only one who could violate the laws of thermodynamics, though.
It seems like the blue pill could have also created energy, had they survived, by teleporting to a region of higher potential energy. The amount of power that could be generated by this method would be mostly constrained by the amount of they can take with them (the story seems to imply their clothes travel with them). If the rules are flexible enough, they might be allowed to teleport some massive weight to a higher elevation, in order to maximize the ener... (read more)