History on the Run is a blog dedicated to the past's impact on today. History, foreign policy, economics, and more will be blended up weekly for a spin on today's events or a simply rethinking of our common past. Beyond that this is the blog of the podcast and here can be found the scripts from the shows. The blog will probably be more political than the podcast and will not focus so much on the historical narrative.

The podcast is available on Itunes and is called History on the Run

You may also listen to it here: http://historyontherun.libsyn.com/webpage

A list of all transcripts from the podcast is available here: https://sites.google.com/site/historyontherun/

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

FSOT Studying


I just signed up for the FSOT. For few short study questions I found this:


HISTORY
Describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present day, concentrating particularly but not exclusively on its social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America and Africa.  Be brief, concise, and specific. (Use Cases)

   
MEDICINE
You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of scotch.  Remove your appendix.  Do not suture until your work has been inspected.  You have fifteen minutes.


PUBLIC SPEAKING
2,500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom.  Calm them.  You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.


BIOLOGY
Create life.  Estimate the differences in subsequent human cultures if this form of life had been developed 500 million years earlier with special attention to its probable effect on the English parliamentary system.  Prove your thesis.

 

MUSIC
Write a piano concert.  Orchestrate and perform with flute and drum.  You will find a piano under your seat.

   
PSYCHOLOGY
Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment and repressed frustrations of each of the following:  Alexander of Aphrosisias, Ramases II, Gregory of Nicea, Hammurabi.  Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making appropriate references.  It is not necessary to translate.


SOCIOLOGY
Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.

 
ENGINEERING
The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed in a box on your desk.  You will also find an instruction manual printed in Swahili.  In 10 minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to this room.  Take whatever action you consider appropriate.  Be prepared to justify your decision.


ECONOMICS
Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt.  Trace the possible effects of your plan in the following areas:  Cubism, the Donatist controversy, the wave theory of light.  Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view.  Point out the deficiencies in your point of view as demonstrated in your answer to the last
question.

   

POLITICAL SCIENCE
There is a red telephone on the desk next to you.  Start World War III.  Report on its socio-political effects, if any.


EPISTEMOLOGY
Take a position for or against truth.  Prove the validity of your position.

 

PHYSICS
Explain the nature of matter.  Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on science.


PHILOSOPHY
Sketch the development of human thought.  Estimate the significance of its development.  Compare with the development of other forms of though.

 
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Describe in detail. Be specific.
   

EXTRA CREDIT
Describe the universe.  Give three examples.