Achrelos

Sorry everyone, I got taken up with finals way back when and totally forgot about this forum. I know it's very late, but thanks for the replies and I will attempt to not abandon the place again.

I am having some trouble understanding the wave function. I tried to look up the formula to maybe understand what was going on with the orbitals. I found the formulas, but I have no idea what I am looking at. There are certain variables I understand, and certain ones I do not. I was hoping someone here could explain the basics of the wave functions to me.

I think that depends on how earnest the undecided is. Personally I have run into two types, those seeking to understand both sides and those looking to validate their own side. I have, along with others who are more educated than myself, lead people to understand evolution. I have also been engaged in a five month long ongoing debate with someone who refutes the theory of evolution with little shame in how she conducts herself. So it really depends, in my opinion, on the person's attitude.

Maybe it's just me, but if you look at the rock about a third down the picture on the left, does it not look like the one in question bot in shape and texture? One of two things is going on, either they are both just rocks, or martians are actually gnomes and the big one is a castle. Is that how they are so illusive?

I'd like to start off by saying I'm new here, since this is my first post and I didn't notice an introduction section. In my first semester Gen Chem class we started to discuss covalent bonds, reviewed Lewis dot structures, and learned to draw VSEPR sketches. I immediately noticed that there was an inadequacy in what we have been taught up to now when I began coming across interhalogens and other molecules that boldly broke the octet rule. She (my professor) said we would get into more complex models, but they too would have issues. I read ahead in our text book and have a rudimentary (at best) understanding of valence bond theory and molecular orbital theory. But then since neither of those works for everything they are used in combination sometimes. My question is: Does there exist a singal modal that work s for everything concerning the atom and bonding? If not, which is the best we currently have? Looking forward to being part of this forum.