{"id":11,"date":"2020-02-03T13:09:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T18:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-2-tiger-cub\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:09:04","slug":"diary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/diary\/","title":{"rendered":"Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Monday January 27 class notes (posted by Amelia)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exterior collector website: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tigercubandterrier.com\/the-princeton-cubs.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.tigercubandterrier.com\/the-princeton-cubs.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can ride the motorcycle once we finish IF you have your permit\/license<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each group will do a presentation at the end of the class<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will be working on three partially completed motorcycles rather than a single one<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Precept vs Lab<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1 hour of precept followed by 2 hours of lab (Athletes can leave early, not before 4)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Precept will be largely based on the 2 books we will read(Pirsig &amp; Crawford)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Precept will also address technical motorcycle concepts, with demonstrations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Groups (for the semester):<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Jon) Engine (group of 4)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sam) Electrical<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(MGL) Bodywork + wheels<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Iris) Full bike assembly\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Rihan) Leaks, Clutches, Cables (British cars\/motorcycles have a tendency to leak due to poor design)<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leaks\/Mechanical (Rihan)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engine (Jon)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Electrical (Sam)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bodywork\/wheels<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(MGL)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assembly<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Iris)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drew<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bea<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">David<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eliot<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evie<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nikki<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amelia<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abigail<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ava<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Israel<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pierce<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Atticus<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maren<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alex<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kai<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Canvas, under modules:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parts catalogues for each motorcycle\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cub Body &amp; Cub Appendix (\u201cTiger Cub Bible,\u201d with technical data for each motorcycle by serial number)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Canvas (Perusall):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A PDF copy of \u201cZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Go through split up readings in groups and flag references to motorcycles to discuss in precept<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Objectives:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to build a motorcycle\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to fix<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Understand how it works\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What tools do we use<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How the motorcycle and motorcycle maintenance evolves<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to diagnose\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WHY ISN\u2019T IT WORKING?!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>MUST DO THE ONLINE SAFETY TRAINING<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Pirsig Intro:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2 errors, definition of \u201cPhaedrus\u201d and confusion at the ending over who was talking because of the two personalities of the narrator\/Phaedrus<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phaedrus is the narrator\u2019s \u201cold self,\u201d before electroshock therapy and personality change<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Motorcycle references in chapter 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe choke,\u201d you don\u2019t let any air into the engine in order to get more gasoline in so that it is easier to start\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFlooded engine,\u201d\u00a0 too much gas wets the spark plug, so the fuel cannot be ignited<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pull plugs out so that the engine can be dried out<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Content:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traveling narrator and son with friends John &amp; Sylvia to Montana<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Motorcycle vs car, able to be in the scenery, not bound by the frame<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John &amp; Sylvia are anti-technology<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Narrator is concerned that his son has shown early signs of mental illness, reason for trip<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s not looking at what is new, but what is best\u201d (What does it mean to be \u201cbest\u201d)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chautauqua: Traveling lecture\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Prof will create groups on Perusall so we can flag motorcycle references in the readings<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday January 29 class notes posted by Amelia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zen and\u2026 In Class Review:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Motorcycle \u201ccanting,\u201d leaning into the wind, using body to turn<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWide open\u201d throttle, top speed 45 mph<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6 \u00bd horsepower cycle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is a slide in the carburetor (opens\/closes based on twisting the throttle), when it is opened it lets air through and the gasoline is drawn up and mixed with air<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spark plug screws into the \u201chead\u201d of the motorcycle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glass insulator for one plug<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10,000 volts between the two contacts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Points: two small cylindrical surfaces, made of tungsten, a spark is generated when the \u201cpoints\u201d open\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carburetor: Device base on airflow and fuel, atomizes fuel<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stopcock: one way valve, allows fuel to go through<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reserve tank: enough gas in a small compartment to get you to the next gas station<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Air-cooled engine: uses outside air to cool the engine, avoids enlarged pistons, overheated fuel, \u201cseizures\u201d (locked engine and rear wheel, starts to skid)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clutch separates the engine from the wheels<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The head has an intake valve and an exhaust valve, opened by push rods (one on intake and one on the exhaust, made from soft aluminum)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tappets: Hardened steel piece that sits below the push rods, gets pushed into push rod which opens the valve<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Timing: retarded (spark comes late, engine runs cooler) or advanced (spark comes early), relevant to top dead center, where the piston comes up<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Open-end adjustable wrench vs. spanner wrench<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mallet vs. ball-peen (softer)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seizure:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Takes a lot of heat to raise the temperature of the barrel\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Piston can expand when heated\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Piston is more hot than the barrel, so it expands while the barrel does not<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Content:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People were \u201cspectators\u201d of technology<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Main idea of care and effort\/time, to care for something requires time that isn\u2019t seen anymore, in any situation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPoisonous\u201d 20th century attitude<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Narrator wrote technical manuals for computers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hints at schizophrenia with the storm?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not an obsession with the past, rather a respect for the way things used to be done, slower pace, \u201coff-roads,\u201d etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday February 3 Class Notes &#8211; Posted by Abigail Kolbe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New on website<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Science section of the website: Thermal expansion table referenced in previous class when discussing pistons<\/li>\n<li>In Data section: Motorcycle model articles, note design flaws &amp; fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 3 Discussion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speedometer needle: speedometer works as the spinning cable spins up a magnet, the conducting plate above is dragged along, moving the angle of the attached needle to indicate a different speed.<\/li>\n<li>Tachometer is the engine speed, measures revolutions\n<ul>\n<li>Can have the same tachometer reading and a different speed based on gear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Content:\n<ul>\n<li>Narrator, Chris, Sylvia, and John continue their trip<\/li>\n<li>Narrator&#8217;s relationship with\/comments on ghost stories point to his past and possibly schizophrenia<\/li>\n<li>Audience first encounters Phaedrus in the story<\/li>\n<li>Narrator is ambiguous about Phaedrus&#8217;s identity, but describes him as &#8216;his ghost&#8217;. Narrator vaguely remembers a town they move through but feels as though these memories are from a past life.<\/li>\n<li>Chris pesters the narrator with questions throughout the chapter, perhaps foreshadowing that Chris knows something we as the audience don&#8217;t<\/li>\n<li>Philosophers can ask questions that are fundamental and &#8216;deep&#8217; but annoying (Narrator&#8217;s soap-box speech on gravity only existing in the human mind)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 4 Discussion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Narrator shares his packing list\n<ul>\n<li>open-end wrench<\/li>\n<li>cold chisel<\/li>\n<li>taper punch: like a cold chisel; you can punch out a piece of metal<\/li>\n<li>tire irons<\/li>\n<li>bicycle pump<\/li>\n<li>impact driver: if you have a screw rusted in place, can use to get unstuck<\/li>\n<li>point file: when the points burn, you can use a point file to file them flat; usually made of hardened steel. Can&#8217;t use on aluminum because it is soft\/doesn&#8217;t flake<\/li>\n<li>feeler gauge: When you have to set a point, a feeler gauge can be used to determine thickness of a gap to the thousandths of an inch<\/li>\n<li>test lamp<\/li>\n<li>Spare parts:\n<ul>\n<li>Plugs<\/li>\n<li>Throttle, clutch and brake cables<\/li>\n<li>Points<\/li>\n<li>fuses<\/li>\n<li>headlight and taillight bulbs<\/li>\n<li>chain-coupling link with keeper: connecting link used to assemble chains; the keeper secures the connection<\/li>\n<li>cotter pins: secures fasteners in place<\/li>\n<li>baling wire: tough material used to hold things together<\/li>\n<li>Spare chain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Content:\n<ul>\n<li>Narrator &amp; Thoreau (Walden)\n<ul>\n<li>Narrator has an admiration for the townspeople\/farmers&#8217; relationship to technology. He dislikes how John and Sylvia depend on technology yet simultaneously condemn it.<\/li>\n<li>He explains that the farmers are those who need the technology the least (could survive without it) yet they value\/have gratitude towards it and maintain it themselves. He favors this approach over John and Sylvia&#8217;s, who need technology (couldn&#8217;t survive without it) but have no gratitude towards it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Objectives today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Troubleshooting group will see if they can get the motorcycle that wouldn&#8217;t start to start<\/li>\n<li>Assembly group will start to figure out putting together the motorcycle<\/li>\n<li>Engine group will start trying to take parts off the engine we&#8217;re rebuilding<\/li>\n<li>Electrical group will work with Sam<\/li>\n<li>Leaks\/mechanical will work with Rihan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday February 5 Class Notes &#8211; Posted by Abigail Kolbe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Lab Last Time:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Engine group<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Started off organizing the workshop<\/li>\n<li>Answered:\n<ul>\n<li>How can we clean the engine using different machines?<\/li>\n<li>How does the engine function?<\/li>\n<li>Why are different metals used for specific functions within the engine?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maintenance Group<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Used milling machine to drill holes into aluminum<\/li>\n<li>Learned how to make a starting &#8216;pilot&#8217; hole<\/li>\n<li>Learned how the milling machine works<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Electrical Group<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learned to use soldering iron<\/li>\n<li>Tested the power on the 6V battery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Troubleshooting Group<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tried to find why the &#8217;50 Tiger Cub wouldn&#8217;t start<\/li>\n<li>Removed &amp; cleaned carburetor and jets<\/li>\n<li>Checked the electric: Horn\/lights worked, but motorcycle still wouldn&#8217;t start<\/li>\n<li>Couldn&#8217;t get a spark, will investigate today<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Assembly Group<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Found as many missing parts as possible<\/li>\n<li>Organized parts<\/li>\n<li>Measuring which screws fit where<\/li>\n<li>Used calipers to measure bolts and screws<\/li>\n<li>Learned about how ball bearings work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New on Website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Locations in book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 5 Discussion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chain lubrication: if there is dirt\/rust in the chain, there will be friction and it will heat up<\/li>\n<li>Clutch: when you pull in the clutch, it takes the power away from the engine, so cycle will just roll<\/li>\n<li>Socket wrench: pictured in class; 12 point sockets<\/li>\n<li>box-end wrench: spanner wrench that goes all the way around<\/li>\n<li>Handlebar clamp: when you screw it shut, the hole for the handlebars can only get so small; problem in book was that the handlebars were too small, clamp was too loose<\/li>\n<li>Aluminum is a good material because it is soft, oxidizes but doesn&#8217;t continue to rust away<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Content\n<ul>\n<li>How John being a drummer plays into his hands-off attitude towards technology<\/li>\n<li>Narrator wishes John cared more about the maintenance of his own motorcycle<\/li>\n<li>In a way John cares about the tech in his own way; didn&#8217;t want Narrator to use beer can to repair his fancy motorcycle<\/li>\n<li>Narrator brings up Chris&#8217;s stomach aches as a beginning sign on mental illness, but is weary of getting him professional help<\/li>\n<li>Narrator recalls ominous poem by Goethe about a father and his child who sees a ghost and dies; &#8220;the ghost wins&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chapter 6 Discussion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The chain sagging:\u00a0 narrator adjusts it; internal threading is stripped<\/li>\n<li>Cotter pin: explained in last class<\/li>\n<li>Engine &amp; Power-delivery system\n<ul>\n<li>explained with kinex model T Ford engine (auto-cycle engine)<\/li>\n<li>Pistons moving up and down, light represents spark<\/li>\n<li>main parts: wheel, connecting rod, piston in cylinder, spark<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Content\n<ul>\n<li>Classical vs Romantic understanding\n<ul>\n<li>classical: analytical, function, form, the way things work<\/li>\n<li>romantic: outward appearances<\/li>\n<li>For most people, these things are opposing sides. Narrator says that his trying to reconcile the two sides got him into trouble\/contributed to his mental illness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Explains &#8220;Phaedrus&#8217;s world&#8221;\/how Phaedrus thought<\/li>\n<li>Phaedrus&#8217;s &#8220;knife&#8221; of analytical thought leading to his going crazy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 7 Discussion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The engine making &#8220;knick-knicking&#8221; sounds from overheating: If two parts expand from heat at different rates, the fit will be wrong and they will start rattling<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;Blowing out&#8217; a tire due to heat: If it&#8217;s hot outside, tires will wear faster, especially at higher speeds, making them more likely to fail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Content:\n<ul>\n<li>Talks about Phaedrus as a timberwolf &#8216;in pursuit&#8217; of something, trying to &#8216;figure out&#8217; the world, causing him to go crazy<\/li>\n<li>Compares the concept of a Mark Twain knowing how to &#8216;read the river&#8217; to a motorcycle driver being able to kind of &#8216;read&#8217; the machine. However, says that this analytical approach necessary to &#8216;read the river&#8217; makes the river lose its beauty<\/li>\n<li>When wielding the analytical thought, the &#8220;knife&#8221;, something is always &#8220;killed&#8221; in the process (the beauty of the experience) but something is created too<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Monday (2\/10\/25) Class Overview &#8211; Posted by Maren Urata<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Lab Progress:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Body Work\/Wheels (Abagail, Atticus, Eliot)\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Originally did not understand the internal mechanics, the external wires were shown and 16 points of contact.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Nylon screw and nut had to be screwed in since the initial tapping broke it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The upper part of the witch is for the lighting and the lower part is for ignition<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Engine (Kai, Alex, Bea, Israel, Richard )\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Repaired the stand on the lift as one of the wheels fell off<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spent time trying to find the correct sized bolts and nuts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continued to organize the workstation and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Removed one piece of the engine, planning on continuing to deconstruct different parts of the engine.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discussed the pieces of the engine while learning to use calipers to properly measure the bolts and nuts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned how the crankshaft function and the transmission<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Electrical (David, Pierce, Amelia)\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inspected the diagram of the electrical system\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through manuals, to understand the wiring process is extremely difficult, trying to make sense of the drawn documentation of the wiring process.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Removed the headlight to properly integrate understanding of the diagram<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finished the electrical harness\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Leaks\/Mechanical (Drew, Nikki)\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continued to look for missing parts, organized their station and drilled holes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Assembly (Evie, Maren, Ava)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This group pressed out the bush from the swing arm, a part of the framing.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was previously coated in paint making it difficult to remove the bush from the swing arm.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Utilized the arbor press to remove the bush<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conducted a cleaning process to remove excess oil in the channels of the swing arm.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Created two ball bearings to allow the front fork to function smoothly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0Professor Littman\u2019s Demonstration (2\/10\/25):\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A model similar to an engine<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mectrolosis cell connected to battery (one plus\/minus side), acid included into white container to increase speed.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hydrogen in one container and oxygen in the other (Hydrogen has twice the amount of oxygen)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brings the oxygen and the hydrogen into the chamber at atmospheric pressure<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If perfect mixture results, reverts back into the form of water, an exothermic reaction results by generating heat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an engine, instead of the ping pong thrusted upwards in the demonstration, the piston in a motorcycle would be pushed down<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Zen and the Art of Motor Maintenance by Robert Maynard Pising\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 8 Discussion\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Motorcycle References:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cJohn is off looking for a duckbill to put on his helmet\u201d (Pising 136)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John refers to the attachment for a helmet, a visor or peak that helps block sunlight or wind.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe engine has picked up a noise that sounds like a loose tappet but could be something worse, so I\u2019m going to tune it now and see if it goes away. Tappet adjustment has to be done with the engine cold\u201d (Pising 137)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A mechanical issue with the motorcycle, the tappet is part of the valve system in the engine. If it is loose, it can cause a ticking noise. He decides to adjust the tappet to see if it will fix the issue, but metal has to be cold to avoid expansion.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe carbon molecules in the gasoline aren\u2019t finding enough oxygen to combine with and they\u2019re just sitting here loading up the plug.\u201d (Pising 138)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A fuel combustion issue, for proper combustion, the gasoline is made of carbon molecules, oxygen needs to be mixed to burn completely. If there is not enough oxygen then the gas does not properly burn and the carbon deposits are left building onto the spark plug.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe fourth tappet is too loose, which is what I had hoped. I adjust it. I check the timing and see that it is still right on and the points are not pitted, so I leave them alone, screw on the valve covers, replace the plugs and start it up.\u201d (Pising 144)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He tightens the tappet to correct the looseness, matching his diagnosis. Timing refers to the synchronization of engine components, the points are part of the ignition system. Reassembles the engine and starts the motorcycle to test adjustments.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Classical approach &#8211;<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The complex system of a motorcycle can be understood better through dividing into parts. The box components are categorizing the parts, power assembly is components responsible for generating power, and running assembly includes the transfer of power to movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 8 Content:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this chapter, they arrive in Montana. The narrator stresses systematic rationality, emphasizing the effects over the causes when evaluating an issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Key Ideas\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A motorcycle is a collection of different structures and functions together as one.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is a discussion of the classical approach which is one which breaks down complex structures or concepts into components to understand their individual function<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator reflects on the differing systems and how they work in harmony to achieve a goal like reaching a destination.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Visitation to a Mechanic and Reflection\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Observation is made of the local mechanic effectively working through chaotic surroundings.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mechanics often are deep in thought, dislike interruptions because they are constantly problem-solving.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He reinforces the idea where working on motorcycles or any issue requires a level of careful understanding, patience and analysis.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator reaches the realization where things can effectively function despite surface-level organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Military-Industrial Complex and 1960s\/1970s Era<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Briefly touches on the influence of the military-industrial complex which was evident during this time period.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This connects to a larger discussion regarding the political tensions, cultural divides and etc (provides the example of hippies vs. older generations)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Radical Professors and Narrator\u2019s Past\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator has an association with radical professors and further suggests someone threatened him to expose his former works.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hints at possible flaws within the narrator\u2019s past experiences or character in general.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We learned that the narrator was formerly a teacher in Bozeman, Montana.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Zen and the Art of Motor Maintenance by Robert Maynard Pising\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 9 Discussion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Motorcycle References:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTo test properly the mechanic removes the plug and lays it against the engine so that the base around the plug is electrically grounded, kicks the starter lever and watches the spark plug gap for a blue spark. If there isn\u2019t any he can conclude one of two things: (a) there is an electrical failure or (b) his experiment is sloppy.\u201d (Pising 155)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The mechanic tests the spark plug through grounding it against the engine, kicks the starter, and checks for the blue spark. This indicates proper electrical function and no spark would indicate electrical failure.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 9 Content:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chapter discusses the scientific method, specifically the usage of deductive and inductive reasoning to properly solve a complex issue. The narrator describes his strong belief within the method where it becomes an overwhelming guiding framework, which will overall contribute to the downfall of his past self, Phaedrus. The chapter explores the power of logic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Key Ideas\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator outlines the scientific method, a step-by-step approach. Where a hypothesis is created, even a dumb one. A series of structure questions will follow in a systematic order to work through the problem\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The method allows the consideration of every logical possible cause.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mechanic\u2019s Work : Physical v. Mental\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator introduces this idea where a mechanics hardest aspect of their occupation is not the physical labor but rather the careful observation and precise thinking necessary<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mechanics have to look past the4 motorcycle\u2019s physical structure, the usage and attainment of mental hierarchies are needed to diagnose issues logically.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Faulty Deductive Reasoning.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A mechanic assumes that because a horn may not work, the battery is dead. However, this can be incorrect.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are other aspects like the switch or the wiring that can also be the cause of the issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This further stresses the systematic testing instead of jumping to the easiest conclusions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Cardboard Box<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator almost gets hit by a cardboard box on the road, narrowly avoids it and survives.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This provides a contrasting lens to the emphasis on control and logic in this chapter, an event that is unpredictable occurred.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Wednesday (2\/12\/25) Class Overview &#8211; Posted by Maren Urata<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Lab Progress:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Body Work\/Wheels (Abagail, Atticus, Eliot)\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Observed the switch, documented the physical attributes of the switch.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exploring the connections to different pieces of the motorcycle, some went to the ignition and identified the pin numbers associated with each of the parts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learned by turning the key, different settings would follow.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inserted a filter onto the carburetor, got a spark, spark tested to verify the voltage.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Engine (Kai, Alex, Beatrice, Israel, Richard)\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disassembled the engine then discovered that the internal parts were damaged by water and identified many holes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John suggested that an entire replacement of the engine may be necessary due to the amount of missing parts and the damage on most of them.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attempted to remove the head using some level of leverage or screwdrivers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Electrical (David, Pierce, Amelia)\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Almost completed the wiring harness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Navigated the dipper switch, trying to fix or reconnect the dipper switch. The sipper switch allows the headlights to go from a normal setting to high beam. It is a two position switch and has a very clever spring action.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Leaks\/Mechanical (Drew, Nikki)\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continued to clean, specifically the threads and the cover. There are 32 threads which are the diameters of the screw.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continued to clean those thoroughly to try and get the cover on in the following lab session.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Assembly (Evie, Maren, Ava)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This group made a shim using a water jet. After the shim was created, there were burrs, little rigids along the circumference of the shim.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They deburred the shim using a belt sander<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They then tried to press fit the bushes into the swing arm but couldn\u2019t fit the spindle in with the bushes already in.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Therefore, Glenn will try to thin out the bush with a ream to have the spindle fit to get enough play.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Zen and the Art of Motor Maintenance by Robert Maynard Pising\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 10 Discussion &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Motorcycle References <\/span><\/i><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 10 Content:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This chapter reflects on the scientific inquiry, the nature of the truth and his own personal path through questioning the normal views of science and adapting the more subjective and creative take on knowledge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Key Ideas\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator introduces Einstein\u2019s work as an example of how scientific truths are not always absolute, they evolve and change over time.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Science is beyond discovering the fixed truths but understanding and picking the most valid or useful hypothesis from numerous possibilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Narrator\u2019s Past<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We continue to understand more of his background, his early life, specifically his first year of university where he originally studied molecular biology.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His interest in science connects to the larger philosophical struggle where he seeks truth yet realizes truth is fluid and subjective.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Scientific Method and Hypothesis Formation<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He challenges the traditional scientific method which is often viewed as objective and rigid.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He suggests hypothesis formation is a creative process that is affected by human intuition and subjectivity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This exemplifies a larger shift from the black-and-white mechanistic view of science to another perspective which acknowledges the role that mind and perception play.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Internal Conflict\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chapter starts to focus on the narrator\u2019s internal issues &#8211; his struggle between intuition and rationality.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He starts to question why people think and act the way they do, tying into the broader philosophical aspect of the book.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Zen and the Art of Motor Maintenance by Robert Maynard Pising\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 11 Discussion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Motorcycle References:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From my own machine I remove the tool kit and spread it out on the seat, then take the screwdriver, start the engine and with the screwdriver adjust the carburetors until the idling sound changes from a really bad loping to just slightly bad\u201d (Pising 179)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator is in high altitude, starts the engine, uses a screwdriver to adjust the carburetor to control fuel-air mixture, fine-tunes them, engine idling sound improves. This shows the gradual progress in performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disappearance of the rubber from the tire and the usage of gas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The loosening of bolts and nuts occurs as a result.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The brake shoes and the drums. The control cables (brake lever is a control cable) (throttle cable and clutch cable) are constantly changing, these are all things that are happening overtime and slowly.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Chapter 11 Content:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This chapter, they travel through yellowstone. It also reflects on the narrator\u2019s personal history, his philosophy, the comparison between western and eastern cultures. The concept of \u201ca priori\u201d knowledge and a debate between classical and romantic thinking.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Key Ideas<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cA priori motorcycle\u201d refers to knowledge independent from experience, the theoretical or abstract way of understanding something before engaging with it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The priori motorcycle characterizes a conceptualized motorcycle, using analysis and reason before experience of riding to understand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This ties back to the narrator\u2019s larger comparison of the classical vs. romantic<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Road Trip\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They venture into the high country, entering a deeper philosophical state and seeking the connections between the different perspectives.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Phaedrus history and influence of Korea\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator reflects on time deployed in Korea which was a formative experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator asked deeper questions about his identity in Korea, his understanding of philosophy and the place he holds in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Knowledge and Experience<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chapter investigates the origins of knowledge, if it is inherent or from experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator argues that the knowledge is constructed through experience and rational understanding that is built through real-world engagement and observation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Draws on the example of the Copernican Revolution, geocentric to heliocentric theory didn\u2019t change the world but changed the way people understand it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Zen and the Art of Motor Maintenance by Robert Maynard Pising\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 12 Discussion &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Motorcycle References\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 12 Content:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator in this chapter delves into technology, differing perspective of problem solving and his personal experience with Eastern philosophy. He continues to try to separate the romantic and classical thinking which foreshadows his deeper struggles or the downfall of Phaedrus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Key Ideas\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator reflects on a story regarding the fixing of a table or a light switch which draws on how Phaedrus is a naturally skilled person in problem-solving technological issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The artist friend in the story was intrigued and fascinated, approaching it differently by asking \u201cHow did you do that?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The contrast stresses the different ways to engage with the world, a technical mastery vs. artistic curiosity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Road Trip\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The end of the chapter, the narrator and his friends continue to journey on the road.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He starts to reflect on the past ten years before he became a teacher.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Phaedrus\u2019 Experience in Eastern Philosophy and India\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discusses the time Phaedrus spent in India, exposing himself to the Eastern philosophy, specifically Zen\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He discovered that many of the aspects of Eastern thought are aesthetically pleasing but struggled to fully understand the meaning like Daoism.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Western attitudes align with classical thinking and Eastern attitudes emphasize the aesthetics and tradition.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Western and Eastern perspectives relate to the classic vs. romantic comparison that he draws towards throughout the entire book.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Foreshadowing Phaedrus\u2019 Downfall\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tension between classical and romantic thinking remains intense for Phaedrus and the inability he has to understand them leads to the eventual mental breakdown.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The internal conflict he faces foreshadows the manic state which started and resulted in his downfall.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Zen and the Art of Motor Maintenance by Robert Maynard Pirsig &#8211; 02\/17\/25<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 13 Discussion &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Motorcycle References\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 13 Content: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Church of reason<\/strong>&#8211; Author compares university to a church, essence of a university isn\u2019t in the brick and mortar but rather in it\u2019s search for truth. Foreshadows his eventual dialogue on the subject of Quality. Blind obedience to institutions can lead to Fanaticism, undermining the goal of seeking knowledge and truth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He uses Accreditation to expound on this point. Accreditation merely ensures an educational standard but does not ensure adherence to a mission of finding truth and &#8220;quality&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 14 Discussion &#8211;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Motorcycle References:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c We slow down to first gear and ten miles an hour and keep both feet off the pegs to kick the cycle upright again if it should mush into the gravel and start to go down\u201d (222)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Practice caution when riding on gravel as motorcycle traction is minimal leading to the easy possibility of injury.<\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 14 Content:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rotisserie Chicken Manual- This manual will give you the instructions on how to assemble one in a machinelike manner, it does not help the assembler truly understand the machine.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Columbus Discussion- Columbus discovered the new world by not accepting the status quo, rather questioning and acting upon his ideas leading to new discoveries. Compares this to Phaedrus, who is also not accepting the status quo and is charting his own path based on his philosophical ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Dialectic VS Debate- Debate is seen by the narrator as an action done with the goal of &#8220;winning&#8221;. Dialectic is an action that is out to seek new knowledge. This is a more organic and authentic manner of thinking because it lets the mind wonder as opposed to defending it&#8217;s views.<\/p>\n<p><b>Zen and the Art of Motor Maintenance by Robert Maynard Pirsig &#8211; 02\/19\/25<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 15 Discussion &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Motorcycle References\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 15 Content: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John and Sylvia go separate ways. Narrator and Chris visit the University he used to work at, nostalgia ensues. A fellow teacher is disappointed he no longer teaches, she doesn\u2019t know how to talk to him since he has changed. Talking about his experience as a professor, Sarah first asked him about quality. Solution of quality appears as a supersaturated solution aka seed crystal which has become a mass.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 16 Discussion &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Motorcycle References\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 16 Content: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Narrator and Chris go on a hike, which he likens to his philosophical journey. Quality is at odds with the University system. Later removes grades in his classes as an experiment. A student did like the idea whereas F students like the removal.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 17 Discussion &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Motorcycle References\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 17 Content: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Allegory about climbing the mountain which is a metaphor for quality. Story of the moose. Chris is becoming troublesome. Having trouble defining quality and trying to understand it. Ask students to try to define quality, in pursuit of better ideas. Quality cannot be defined and does it exist? Students are able to distinguish between good essays and bad therefore it must exist. Principle of Art tries to define art ultimately is unsuccessful, is an emotional response born? Ideas that you teach in rhetoric\u2026.. Some of those ideas are legitimate, reasons for rules exist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Zen and the Art of Motor Maintenance by Robert Maynard Pirsig \u2013 02\/24\/25<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Class Discussion\/Demonstration:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On precision machines it is good to use torque wrenches to ensure the hardware is tight enough to hold the machine together but keeps the hardware from breaking due to the use of too much force. In high gear the clutch basket has a 1:1 ratio with the engine sprocket. In lower gears the clutch basket turns faster than the engine sprocket. When you release the clutch it moves a rod through the center of the clutch basket that releases the springs inside the clutch basket allowing the inner chain to move with the clutch basket without slipping. The clutch basket contains three friction plates. When you slowly let the clutch out the friction plates no longer slip and move with the clutch basket to spin the back wheel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 18 Discussion &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Motorcycle References\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 18 Content: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pirsig continues to talk about quality and how it cannot be defined.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Continued to climb the mountain with Chris and talked about ego-climbing vs selfless-climbing. Selfless climbing is when you don\u2019t expect anything for what you are doing while ego-climbing comes from wanting to gain a personal feeling of accomplishment. Odd interactions between Pirsig and Chris as they are struggling up the mountain. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pirsig comes to the conclusion that quality exists. The world is unable to function without quality and would become \u201csquare\u201d as we would require nothing other than the basics. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pirsig appears afraid that Chris is growing up to be the same way that Phaedrus was with mental health problems.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Claim that a definition is a theory of a subject and others will try to pick through your theory and disprove it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 19 Discussion &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Motorcycle References\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 19 Content: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pirsig talks about a glass door from his dream which was separating him and Chris which represents a physical and emotional barrier between the two.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He can see a version of Phaedrus in Chris which scares him some. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A dilemma about quality is raised about if it exists in the object or in the observer.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is quality something that can be measured or is it \u201cjust what you like\u201d? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pirsig places quality above both the object and the observer in a way that he can leave the term undefined. The two finally reach the summit of the mountain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Zen and the Art of Motor Maintenance by Robert Maynard Pirsig \u2013 02\/26\/25<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Class Discussion\/Demonstration: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We have a two pole magnet with two magnetic coils, one on each end. As the magnet passes the current increases in the coil and decreases as it leaves. The lights attached to each coil only flash when there is an iron core inside of the coil. This explains how the alternator is used to keep the battery charged while the engine is running. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 20 Discussion &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Motorcycle References<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 20 Content: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pirsig and Chris are still on their hike up the mountain and Chris begins to ask about if the mountains ever crumble when they begin talking about a rockslide that killed 19 people.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pirsig has a flash of fear that he doesn\u2019t want to go crazy since he keeps learning more and more about his past as they climb higher up the mountain.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pirsig also talks about quality in the sense of the past, present, and future.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He comes to the conclusion that quality is the source of everything but he defines it in a way that his critics would accept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 21 Discussion &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Motorcycle References<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 21 Content: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chris is initially unhappy as they choose to begin their descent but starts becoming friendlier as they hike down and begins to carry more.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pirsig brings up the three ideas of art, religion, and science and relates them to romantic, classic, and quality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 22 Discussion &#8211; <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No Motorcycle References<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Chapter 22 Content: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pirsig discusses the difference between Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He also uses Poincare\u2019s view of the world to argue that the best theory is the theory with the simplest facts and easiest application.\u00a0 Pirsig says, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event. Like Robinson Crusoe&#8217;s discovery of footprints on the sand,\u201d which can be seen as an insight into Phaedrus&#8217;s decline into insanity similar to Crusoe&#8217;s. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pirsig still believed that the pointless question from the school needed to be answered somehow but contradictorily thinks Poincare\u2019s question about Euclidean vs non-Euclidean geometry was a pointless question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, 3\/3 Class Notes \u2013 Posted by Nicki Gaito<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Lab Update<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engine Group: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Broken carburetor due to temperature difference; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The carburetor runs cold due to evaporation, but the head of the engine barrel is hot; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hydrowasher acts as a thermal barrier; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sandblasted the barrel of the engine in the MAE lab, got rid of the rust<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Electrical Group: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trying to tighten the chain, has some slack; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Able to move the wheel back and forth<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oil &amp; Maintenance Group: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Worked on clutch-side cover bolts, sandblaster<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engine: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cleaning screws in frequency cleaner with solution<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assembly: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Used dry emery paper to sand the bush down, smaller in diameter, so it is free to slide; Sanding down stanchions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Science Discussion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ignition System<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uses ignition coils<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Current flowing through the circuit \u2192 creates a magnetic field<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the magnetic field increases or decreases in the primary coil, the field is directed toward the secondary coil (which has thousands of turns) \u2192 Current goes to the spark plug<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In-Class Demonstration of a High-Voltage Transformer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buzzing noise: bundle of iron wires inside, at the end is a piece of iron attached to a \u201cmake and break\u201d circuit \u2192 when current goes through the primary coil, it attracts the plug-in, which breaks the circuit<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sparks: secondary coil (not attached to anything, just wrapped around) producing 10,000 bolt sparks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All it takes to generate a spark is to have the contact breakers open<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Capacitor: stores charge, keeps the spark from burning out the breaker points<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When closed = discharged (if the motorcycle has a weak spark, look to change the capacitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Chapter 23, 24 &amp; 25 Discussions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 23:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator has recurring nightmare about being trapped behind a glass door, wife and chris are outside, he talks about it being lonely inside<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Possible theory: Mountain symbolizes narrator\u2019s highest point, ocean symbolizes the lowest?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 24:\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Key Words: Quality, \u201cStuckness,\u201d Science vs. Religion vs. Art<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discussion on quality \u2192 starts to connect quality to caring about what one is doing<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can\u2019t obtain something of quality without effort \u2192 underlying idea that quality only exists if you put in the effort (connects to previous chapter of careless, young mechanic who didn\u2019t put in the effort\/care, would clock out at the end of the shift, broke the motorcycle repeatedly)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connects to motorcycle maintenance \u2192 Motorcycle maintenance is the real-life, grounding representation of how the narrator can put his philosophy of Quality into practice in a rewarding way<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cQuality is the Buddha. Quality is scientific reality. Quality is the goal of Art. It remains to work these concepts into a practical, down-to-earth context, and for this there is nothing more practical or downto-earth than what I have been talking about all along\u2026the repair of an old motorcycle\u201d(402).<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not classic vs. romantic \u2192 It is science vs. religion vs. art<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This passage reinforces the trinity of his philosophy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chris wants to write a letter to his mother \u2192 struggles to communicate\/connect to mother<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cStuckness\u201d: being without a hypothesis for solving a problem. Chris is stuck getting started \u2192 Segue to narrator being stuck getting started to repair the motorcycle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stuck screw \u2192 while it may be an insignificant piece of motorcycle, it is actually the whole machine \u2013 if you can\u2019t get into the screw, whole motorcycle is worthless<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to get the stuck screw out?: says you can burn it, use a screw extractor..<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More broadly, this shows the narrator advocating for a more flexible and dynamic approach (less classical), moving away from rigid traditional approach<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 25:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Key Words: Quality, Stuckness, Ugliness<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moves on from \u201cStuckness\u201d to \u201cUgliness\u201d<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Narrator says that technology is not inherently bad \u2192 However, when the creators are not invested in their object\/creation, it will not be of quality and cannot be considered an art form<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Defines quality in terms of caring, caring in terms of feelings of identification<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discussion of Quality vs. Style<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He goes back to the romantic\/class definition of Quality, but has discredited this theory\u2026?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Metaphor of railroad train \u2192 calls it knowledge, classic is stationary train, romantic has to do with train as a whole and how it moves<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPeace of Mind:\u201d<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mental quietness necessary to effectively reach quality<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is a whole approach, no simple task<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Craftsman is comfortable with what he does, takes his time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Physical quietness, mental quietness, intellectual quietness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Take your time, sometimes you might work backwards<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Wednesdays, 3\/5 Class Notes \u2013 Posted by Nicki Gaito<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Science Discussion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Battery System, Diode, Full Bridge Rectifier<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diode bridge on our motorcycles \u2192 Full Wave Bridge Rectifier<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Way to convert AC electricity to DC electricity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Depending on sign of the signal:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the signal is positive, the current will go in a specific direction and use specific diodes, which will charge the battery\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Chapter 26 &amp; 27<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 26<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gumption: Gumption is what connects a person to quality<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have gumption, you should always be able to keep your motorcycle fixed. Gumption is vital, it is what motivates someone to perform a task of Quality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those who don\u2019t have gumption, it is pointless for them to work on a motorcycle<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGumption traps\u201d \u2013 drains an individual\u2019s motivation<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Setback: Part\u2019s setback \u2192 If you don\u2019t have the correct size\/screw, frustration and being able to get replacement parts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Intermittent failure: short-circuiting with the bike<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cValue trap\u201d: when you think you know what\u2019s wrong, but it is a small part of the bigger picture &#8211; jumping to conclusions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cValue rigidity\u201d: rigid understanding of the world interferes with repairing and evaluating problems<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTruth Traps\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jumping to conclusions, not being open to other ideas about what could be wrong on the bike, get stuck trying to fix one thing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEgo Traps\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ego inhibits you from exhibiting quality , ego interferes \u2192 example: most mechanics don\u2019t have much of an ego because they know that each job is different, the result speaks for itself &#8211; you can\u2019t fake it (the motorcycle either stops or doesn\u2019t, etc.),<\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">suggesting that mechanics develop a certain level of humility because you are frequently presented with challenging\/unknown situations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnxiety Traps\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t be too egotistical, but also don\u2019t be too nervous \u2192 both can get in the way of Quality work<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boredom gets in the way, the same way impatience does too<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Japanese term \u201cMu:\u201d means \u201cno thing,\u201d says that scientist can\u2019t classify &#8211; must broader perspective\/inquiry to understand what he is studying, indeterminate state \u2013 ask a different questions<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Message that people must break free of concept of \u201cyes\u201d and \u201cno\u201d \u2192 break free from compartmentalization<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ultimately, you\u2019re not fixing the motorcycle, you\u2019re fixing yourself<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The real cycle you are working on is the cycle called self \u2192 they grow towards, or fall away, from Quality together<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 27<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Narrator has another nightmare: trying to kill the evil thing, but evil thing has his face<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phaedrus is waking back up inside him, trying to get rid of new identity of Pirsig<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Narrator and Chris recognize this awakening<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Week 7 &#8211; Mon Mar 17 &#8211; Kai Honda<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Triumph Tiger Engine Calculations\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gasoline (fuel) reacts with oxygen (oxidant) to produce carbon dioxide and water vapor. Gasoline is a refined product of crude oil and is made up of many types of hydrocarbons. Gasoline is usually approximated as being made up of only octane, whose chemical formula is C8H18. The balanced chemical reaction for octane burning is C8H18 12.5 O2 8 CO2\u00a0 9 H2O .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Octane reaction is exothermic. The energy released is 44,400 Joules for every gram of C8H18 burned. Air is 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen. One mole of oxygen weighs 32 grams (2 x 16). One mole of nitrogen weighs 28 grams (2 x 14).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One mole of C8H18 weighs 114 grams (8 x 12 + 18 x 1). According to the balanced octane equation, to react one mole of C8H18 we need 12.5 moles of O2. 12.5 moles of O2 weighs 400 grams (12.5 x 32).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since air is 21% O2, there will be 3.76 N2 along for the ride, which means 47 moles (3.76 * 12.5) of N2. 47 moles of N2 weighs 1316 grams (47 x 28).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The combined weight of O2 and N2 needed to react one mole of C8H18 is 1716 grams (400 + 1316). The air to fuel ratio (AFR) by weight is then 15 (1716 \/ 114).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That means, 15 grams of air are needed to react every 1 gram of gasoline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This explains the ratio of air to fuel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One mole of air weighs 28.8 grams ((.21 x 32) + (.79 x 28)), and occupies 22.4 liters at STP. Therefore, 1\/5th liter of air, a single gulp in our engine, weighs 0.257 grams (0.2 x 28.8 \/ 22.4). This means that the fuel needed to exactly react with this gulp weighs 0.0171 grams (0.257 \/ 15). So, the maximum energy release per explosion in our 200cc engine is 759 Joules (0.0171 x 44,400).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The top speed of the engine is 6000 RPM (revolutions per minute) or 100 RPS (revolutions per second). There is one explosion for every two crankshaft revolutions \u2013 recall that we have a 4-stroke engine. Thus, at top engine speed, there are 50 explosions per second. The power is the energy per time. This results in 37,950 Watts (759 Joules x 50 per second). Note that a Watt is a Joule \/ second, and one horsepower (Hp) is 746 Watt<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thus, the engine Hp at 100% efficiency is 50.9 Hp (37,950 \/ 746). The manufacturer&#8217;s spec is about 14 HP. The engine efficiency is 27% (14 \/ 50.9). This is typical of most gasoline engines &#8211; almost 1\/3rd efficient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Book Content<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Part 4<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The narrator goes back to U Chicago to get a degree. Applies to a program on ideas and methods and gets in. He has battles with the chairman of the program while becoming a student. He teaches rhetoric as well. He brings up Greek philosophy (Socraties, Plato, Aristotle). Lots of similarities between his discussion between Greek Philosophy and the earlier parts of the book. Socrates was the senior most philosopher, Plato was a disciple of Socrates, and Aristotle was a student of Plato. Aristotle was an imperialist and he believed that he was a more down-to-earth student who was finding the truth. Aristotle in all of his books broke down definitions into categories. The earlier part of Ph\u00e6drus categorizing things is much like Aristotle&#8217;s. The early part of the book speaks on \u201cwhat is good\u201d which is something that Plato was focused on. Quality is reflected in the ideas of some Greek philosophers. The stuff that the narrator was struggling with is reflected into the Greek Philosophers. Chris and the narrator have a heart-to-heart conversation. The narrator doesn\u2019t open the glass door but Chris wants it open. Chris cries a lot and it looks like things are going south. The narrator tells Chris that he is going to put him on a bus and send him home and maybe never see him again. Gradually, the narrator has a false persona which evolves into Ph\u00e6drus and then Ph\u00e6drus appears. His dreams turn into reality. Chris is relieved because he wants his father back and he gets it. Later, Chris stands on the footpegs of the motorcycle while his father drives and looks over him into the distance.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Week 7 &#8211; Wed Mar 19 &#8211; Kai Honda<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Groups work from Monday<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Oil and maintenance (Drew, Nikki, Atti, Bea)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rihaan wasn\u2019t here on Monday. Went with Iris and looked for parts for the braking mechanism for the front wheel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Electrical (David, Pierce, Amelia)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Took apart the carburetor on the blue bike. Cleaned everything inside. Attempted to start the bike but it failed to start.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Bodywork\/wheels (Abagail, Richard, Eliot)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Made fascinators for the rear wheel and installed them. Found the master link for the main drive chain of the bike.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Engine (Kai, Alex, Israel)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Looked up parts to order that we need to use. Cleaned a lot of parts. Took apart the clutch basket and cleaned it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today we are going to the Friend Center to learn about the Model T and drive it around. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 9- Monday, March 31 (Posted by Ava)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Recap:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Troubleshooting Group\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shortened the chain by removing a link on the gray bike. They used a dremel to smooth it out, then simply popped it out of place<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The dremel broke (plastic coupling), now the inner connector does not run in accordance with the motor\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They 3D printed a new piece to repair the dremel\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spent rest of class fixing up the back wheel which is wobbly\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tried to deflate it, pump it, etc to fix this issue but they have yet to find a solution\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mechanical\u00a0 Group<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replaced the handle bars for the red bike, but still working on assembling the pieces together because the U-bolt had snapped\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Throttle mechanism was not able to turn, even though it was clamped to the handlebar, which resulted in the U-bolt snapping\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assembly Group\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Used power drill to get rust off of parts and clean pieces for majority of lab time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Worked on rear wheel brake assembly\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Electrical\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replaced battery in the blue bike but bike still isn\u2019t starting\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Working on carburetor to fix issue\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Put hand over intake of carburetor, his hand was getting wet with gasoline, which implies the suction from the engine is springing gasoline up from the carburetor\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This revealed that the is a fuel problem, not a spark problem\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engine Group\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sand blasted the engine case to remove grime\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prepared to put the engine together by gathering and cleaning pieces\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">**** Met with Professor Ferris, an expert in combustion to understand how engines work. This was one of the key objectives of this course we identified in the first week of class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Questions for Prof. Ferris:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are the general factors that determine how much a piston gets pushed down each time fuel gets injected? (Want to learn about the pressure in the engine and the variables that affect it)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What does energy flow in the engine look like?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What is the efficiency of an internal combustion engine and how do you improve it? And what factors affect efficiency?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are the trends in market place design?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What efforts are being made in terms of fuel and sustainability?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are the pros and cons of two stroke versus four stroke engines?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week 9- Wednesday, April 2 (Posted by Ava)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Recap:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Troubleshooting Group\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fixed the dremel again\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mechanical Group<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Had to sandblast the fenders\/mud guards\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sand blasting machine was having difficulties; spent majority of lab time troubleshooting it\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Electrical Group\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Switched out carburetors for cleaner pieces<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Got bike to finally start, but there are still timing issues\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assembly Group\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cleaned brake pieces with metal wire brushes to get rid of rust<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fixed rear wheel because it was flipped\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sanded\u00a0 plaster-like material off of the fenders, used a hammer to get rid of dents\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engine Group\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Filed excess welding off of engine case- poorly welded prior ; used a file to do so\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tried to file the aluminium; sprayed material on top so it would not harm the aluminum\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Polished the engine case\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Shop Class as Soulcraft Reading Notes:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 2:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Difference in modern manuals- not people getting stupid, just a change in speciality\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Separation of activity and process:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Factory line allows skilled workers to be replaced with managers, so they can pay employees less<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Top managers are trying to compile labor practices and attempting to reframe them\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Centralization of information , workers who do not need to know skills\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other experts no longer have to know information\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diminish production of any experienced field worker\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Knowledge is becoming concentrated in a small elite\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Could this book be outdated? Is trade work now a more realistic option- no college education debt?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moving discretion away from professionals- degradation of white collar work\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creativity is built through submission and practice<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must learn necessary skills before you can be creative<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Economics today is dependent on creativity\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not bashing college<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Says to be serious if that is the route one wants; still suggests taking up a trade\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choose a profession where you can use your mind, take ownership in your work and exercise creativity\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 3:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Increased reliance on technology- how does this impact humanity and mechanics?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connection to John and Sylvia\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our experience of agency- to be a master of your stuff also entails being mastered by it\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You might feel more free to try things, but because everything is automated you might be controlled too\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Are we controlling the technology or is it controlling us?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interesting cycle\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">US is not a manufacturing economy; for this reason, we get the privilege of not having to see\/deal with the waste\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bolivia T-Shirts examples\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Everything is temporary now in our society- materials used\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being poor is so expensive : poor man has to keep investing his income in cheaper quality products, while rich man has the disposable income to afford long-lasting quality\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More about quantity &gt; quality in our currency economy and society<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students shared stories about times they personally replaced\/repaired something<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sense of attachment felt to this and the pride in doing so<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4\/7\/2025<\/p>\n<p>Luigi Martineli Fluid Mechanics and Locomotion lecture<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intersection between engineering, aerodynamics, and computing<\/li>\n<li>Fluids are usually opposing the motion\n<ul>\n<li>Drag is usually opposing the motion<\/li>\n<li>If you inject smoke, you have a \u201cnice pattern of the flow\u201d called streamlines<\/li>\n<li>When everything is smooth the drag is high but the only place where a drag can happen is friction between wall and air<\/li>\n<li>Drag is proportional to height of the region\n<ul>\n<li>Lift- side force too<\/li>\n<li>Generated by legal vorterix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Integrated resistance- propulsion- control<br \/>\nForce for boat<br \/>\n~6 ton kg<br \/>\naerodynamic forces<br \/>\nCarburetor main function<br \/>\nControl engine bu adjusting intake flow<br \/>\nMeter the fuel floe in the air flow aspired maintaining the ratio of air and fuel<br \/>\nEngine cooling<br \/>\nConvective heat transfer<br \/>\nEnergy balance<br \/>\nExample: F1<\/p>\n<p>Question:<br \/>\nWhat are you working on?<br \/>\nComputing architecture\/ develop 2 codes that runs on multiple GPU<br \/>\nTwo boats carry 6 tons; how can they get through every race?<br \/>\nThe boats are not very sturdy and the critical point (wing box) the boat is gone, so not sure if they replace every race<\/p>\n<p>4\/9\/2025<br \/>\nSummarizing what we did the week before in lab<br \/>\nChapter 4\u201cShop Class and Soul Craft\u201d<br \/>\nManual work requires and builds judgment:<br \/>\nCraftsmanship isn&#8217;t just physical; it demands mental engagement, observation, and decision-making. Each job has unique challenges that can&#8217;t be solved by rote procedure and requiring real<br \/>\nContrasts between manual and knowledge work:<br \/>\nMany modern white-collar jobs are increasingly abstract, managerial, or procedural, often lacking tangible outcomes<br \/>\nOffice work can create psychological distance between the worker and the final product or purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Main theme: Technology and the diminishing of skill:<br \/>\nNew technologies often reduce the need for direct engagement, making work easier but less meaningful.<br \/>\nCrawford warns against over-automation, arguing it disconnects workers from the satisfaction of mastery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Week 11 Scribe notes &#8211; Drew<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monday, April 14th<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weekly Catch up<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prof. Littman<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engine has been leaking fuel<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Took carburetor apart and tightened gasket\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Main jet was only put in finger tight<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Still has electrical problems\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Everything is very loose<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To fix it \u2192 Put washer\/nut to tighten and make electric contact<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBe attentive\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abigail<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Put headlight back onto orange bike<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bolts are inaccessible\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Needed parts for blue bike<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kai<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cleaned more<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Figured out what parts to use for engine case<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Polished a couple parts \u2192 make it look good<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Start assembling today<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">David<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tried starting bike<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Played around with carburetor\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alex<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cleaning and sanding<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drew<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Worked on handlebars<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Going to look at oil leak today<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pierce<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trying to get blue bike to start<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Book discussion<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 5 &#8211; David<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First section<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Went to UC Santa Barbara<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Couldn\u2019t find work<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PHD studies at UCHIC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIndustry hostile to thinking\u201d<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Academia can be rigid and can box you in<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opposed to taking risks<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rebuilding Honda Motorcycle \u2192 Cafe racers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Liberal Arts \u2192 breadth of knowledge<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Liberty<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Determined he did not want to work for someone else<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Second section<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opened motorcycle shop<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Never blow dry a bearing\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He had to do this to make him look like expert<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Needs to become expert<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amateur to professional<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Working on bikes that are too beaten up for most shops<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Third Section<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Someone brought in a invaluable beaten up bike<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perplexed why the owner wants him to fix it\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The washer was not adequate but the whole system worked<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Master and slave cylinders<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hydraulic<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fluid-based\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Usually oil<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disk break<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Squeezes together on the disk that is spinning<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Master cylinder<\/span><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Could replace washer, but it&#8217;s a lot of time and money and the bike works anyway<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s more important: Small detail or if it works or not<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Needs to become more of a professional and hang up the perfectionism<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 6 &#8211; Atticus<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feels that its fitting for him\u00a0<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His job \u2192 reading, indexing, and abstracting academic articles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why does he feel this is a hollow task?<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Says there\u2019s no thinking in it<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Doesn\u2019t have good opinion on managers or abstracting companies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supervisor<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The people managing him adapted to what the company needed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They had the same ideas as him but forced themselves to conform to the company<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He and his supervisor was going through the motions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Second Section<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disagrees that the higher education is the only path<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Believes that students fall into a system and have to do what their teachers want and what the institution wants<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pushing the trades more than college<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not for everyone<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Third Section<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rise of teamwork in 1900s<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Team v the crew<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Team is more collaborative<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crew is everyone has specific jobs within a group<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Important to know when you\u2019ve done a good job<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nice thing about trades is you know when you did a good job<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With a group there are other factors in play<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday, April 16th<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weekly Catch Up<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prof. Littman discussed how he fixed the blue bike<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blue bike is now able to run and possibly drive<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blue bike is leaking oil<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hose clamp has band that wraps around where screw connects to<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s the wrong clamp to use on specific tube \u2192 causing oil leaks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John pointed out, if you use a thicker diameter tube it works better<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Working on grey bikes throttle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Took apart handle bar throttle and put a new one<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amelia<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replacing carburetor and got gas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ava<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Primed the fenders<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Added lower nacelle<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pierce<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Replacing carburetor\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trying to get it to start<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elliot<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Working cleaning and repairing throttle<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Israel<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tackling a bearing and the seal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Might replace whole thing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bearings are soaked in oil or crease<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is a seal that makes sure it doesn\u2019t leak<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drew<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upper nacelle and bottom aren\u2019t lining up well<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Figure out where oil leak is<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engine group<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Start putting the engine together<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reading<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 6 &#8211; Elliot<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First Section<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thinks embody knowledge is more important<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Relevance to AI today<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introducing concept of a firefighter\u00a0<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have intuition on when to leave burning building<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Intuitive knowledge gained through experience<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Socrates part<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Old comedic play of socrates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Satire \u2192 not view as the most\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adam Smith Problem<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wealth of Nations<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Invisible Hand \u2192 capitalism<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Theory of Moral Sentiments<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Philosopher needs to become disconnected<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seperates theoretical from practical<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ohm&#8217;s law<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">V = I * R<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Very literal rule \u2192 doesn&#8217;t take into account the surrounding problems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Practical Side<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gives example of what a mechanic would do in the situation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Message<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ohm\u2019s law is the basis for how it works, but doesn\u2019t incorporate what&#8217;s happening<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Theory v Practice<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Task of Knowledge\u2026\u00a0<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Looking at firefighter and chess master<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introduces idea of algorithms\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IBM coded a program to pick the right moves against a chess master<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Does the algorithm know what it\u2019s doing?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Human chess player gains pattern recognition of entire game through years of practice \u2192 more instinctual\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IBM was pure computational v AI which is pattern recognition\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Same with firefighter using intuition<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Personal Knowledge vs Intellectual Technology<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Motorcycle reference<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glaze on a cylinder wall<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diagnostic Computers on new motorcycles during time<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judgment of computer is separate from the meaning of how it happened<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can hinder the works of mechanic too<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Rule based instead of intuition<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Service Manual as Social Technology<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Concept of service manual<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reminiscing about old authors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Could get a feeling of who these authors were<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More useful than modern manuals<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Problems with modern manuals<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All done by technical writers not people who wrote it<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The people who write the manuals don\u2019t work on the motorcycle<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Makes comparison to AI<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chinese metaphor<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guy doesn\u2019t speak chinese and keeps getting fed chinese characters, but has rules to compute and anaylze the symbols<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the guy does not have a full understanding of the language only follows the rules it doesn\u2019t understand<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like AI \u2192 only pattern recognition<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Beatrice Prince &#8211; Week 12 Class Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Final Presentation:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday, May 7th, 1:30 for final presentation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PowerPoint presentation by group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10-15 minutes to present.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Post presentation on the website \u2013 not as a link.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summary of the things we worked on with a technical component.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Important that the presentation is readable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Send Professor Littman a one-paragraph description and pointer discussing your work in class (as a scribe or photographer), indicating where your work was posted on the course website.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chapter 8:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Section 1:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He discusses an example of a gymnast from the 1970s, Nadia Com\u0103neci, used as a point of value and work.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jobs today have external values attached to them (getting paid), and it is common today to find yourself engaging in hobbies (things you do not put a monetary value on).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The connection between life and livelihood.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Constantly working to enhance one\u2019s craft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Face-to-face conversations with people (working in retail).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The book was written because he enjoys writing, even though he is an electrician.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Section 2:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The idea that if\u00a0 you go to the speed shop and are kind, they might let you use the tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Section 3:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brings in Marx and goes against the Communist Manifesto, people become alienated from their jobs because they are only doing things for others and not receiving anything in return.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The central theme is that knowing what you are doing and being more attentive is sometimes better than focusing on how fast and how cheap you can get things done.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Section 4:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Darwin: The reason dolphins play is to survive.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aristotle: The dolphins play because they like to play; they survive to be able to play.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Turning hobbies into a business.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He loves seeing his work appreciated by someone who knows about motorcycles.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Concluding Remarks:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Goes through the key themes of the book (working with your hands, skills, shared experience, and respect, among others).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Craftsmanship and how it teaches responsibility.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crawford makes it a moral recount.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He emphasises not avoiding failure; the mistakes help with progress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If your motorcycle is not working, it won&#8217;t work; and that&#8217;s on you.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being able to fail without being mad at yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Embracing the mistakes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Failure is beneficial.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Individual agency.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your agency and what you do really matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Working with the material world.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You are responsible for outcomes, which builds a sense of judgment and ownership.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Being responsible and independent does not mean you are alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Always working with standards and expectations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Agency is shaped by those around you. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday January 27 class notes (posted by Amelia) Exterior collector website: https:\/\/www.tigercubandterrier.com\/the-princeton-cubs.html You can ride the motorcycle once we finish IF you have your permit\/license Each 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