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If parallel universes are proven to exist, how would it affect human society knowing that we are just one of infinite copies of ourselves?
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>>9167498
I don't know, normies ate odd.
I'm an Everettian and I'm ok with it.
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>>9167498
OP would be a faggot in all possible worlds. The effects of this on shitposting would be staggering.
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>>9167505
What about the world lines were OP didn't become OP (i.e. didn't start a thread)?
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So there was recent non-scare about Yellowstone blowing up, and it got me thinking; is there literally nothing proactive to be done about supervolcanoes like this?
In finding this image I found an article about a theoretical plan to drill a hole into a caldera, pour water down it to cool it off and using the steam for geothermal energy production, but they admitted that the technology isn't quite there yet; particularly for actually drilling the hole, which would need to be like five miles deep apparently.
Still, a plan like this seems somewhat promising; if the point is that pressure builds up in these areas until it explodes outwards, couldn't you avoid the problem by released the pressure in some other, safer way? Sort of like lancing an abscess to drain the pus, could we not lance supervolcanoes to release the magma in smaller, more controlled ways, allowing us to avoid the huge catastrophic explosions?
I really don't know anything about geology so I don't even know where to start on this.
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>>9167077
Volcanoes erupt because of pressure, not heat.
If you cool down the surface, you are just creating a more impressive boom.
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>>9167082
Okay, but then doesn't it follow that you could find other ways to release the pressure that don't involve a giant explosion?
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Man doing anything to change this natural phenomenon is what will fuck up.
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assume i start at a blank slate
how long does it take me to learn something from a math/science/computer-science field that will make me marketable
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idk
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>>9166878
Learning the concepts can be done relatively quickly.
Foundations can take longer as repetition would need to be done over a period of time. Especially for math, it needs to be done consistently before muscle memory allows you to do the problems without having to reference notes or think about it too hard.
As for time frames that would depend on your IQ.
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>>9166878
>being marketable in science & math
>something you can rush
pick one
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Does space really go on forever? It seems far fetched when you think about it, but then again it doesn't.
General cool space shit thread
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>>9166616
No, it eventually warps back on itself like in Pacman.
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>>9166619
We're actually not sure if it's finite or infinite.
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space is countable
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Dolphins have about as many brain neurons as humans, some species having up to 1.5 times more neurons than us, so why haven't they developed some kind of society or civilization that resembles that of humans, even if very primitive? Can we at least consider them conscious like us humans, even if they don't understand language? Shouldn't we regard them as superiors, I mean, still lesser than humans but significantly superior to gorillas? And, considering their intelligence, do you think dolphins pose an existential threat to humans? I mean, maybe they're just playing cute and secretly developing an army of mecha suits to exterminate humankind in their secret underwater caves. Do you think that's possible?
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Fish are fucking retarded. That's why.
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>>9163072
>no feet
>no hands
dumb water niggers btfo
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>>9163072
>conscious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSjqEopnC9w
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Hey /sci/
I got shit tons of thermodynamics homework to do that's due tomorrow. Most likely I will be up till the wee hours of the morning, or at least thats what im trying to do.
Any advice for staying up later and pulling all nighters?
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just remember it's all about energy
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>>9169280
Interesting pic there, fag.
>up into the wee hours of the morning doing HW you should have done earlier
Checks out.
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>>9169309
it's all about dat E N T R O P Y maaannn
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Being able to control your emotions is the most important aspect of intelligence. If random thoughts activate emotional responses that keep you away from achieving your goals you are a brainlet, no matter what kind of cognitive skills you have.
Prove me wrong.
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>>9168025
>emotions
>causing behavior
kek
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>>9168025
You can't control your emotions but you can control how you react to them.
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>>9168049
>You can't control your emotions
You can though. Through training and discipline. The way monks do.
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>Oh you say the class is easy? That means you'll get an A+, right?
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Only brainlets settle for anything less than an A+. Your family has high hopes for you and you shouldn't disappoint them.
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>>9167985
it's too hard :(
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>>9168010
that was absolutely me during my first two degrees
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Why is it that math has a lot less retards and amateur theorists then science (particularly geo and cosmology)?
For every person claiming Creationism, Flat Earth, Planet X, etc is true there is at least a 1000th of that claiming Sacred Geometry or Time Cube's axioms to be accurate.
But why is this?
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There is no room for nonsense.
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>>9167177
Because we don't have to believe anything (except axioms) to work. We don't have to wonder why or how. We proceed by building and deconstructing.
In order to consider /x related topics, we first have to look at the assumptions and go from there. Most of those assumptions don't hold upon examination, so the entire claim can be dismissed.
There are some people who go on about sacred geometry,platonism, etc... but the burden of proof is on them.
There's things I think about, mostly negative mass; but it doesn't take long before I realize whatever I'm thinking won't work. So I don't talk about it.
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when mathematicians are challenged they tend to sperg hard and spit out all their crazy mathematics vocabulary, this polysyllabic word salad can be daunting to normos
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>question has more than one possible answer
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>question isn't specific enough
>question is up for interpretation
>answer has 50 different factors, but the amount each factor contributes is omitted
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>>9166997
>OP is confronted with reality
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How come you can't divide by 0?
That doesn't make any sense
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1/0
Someone give me a nobel peace prize
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>>9160223
Last time we draw a line to see the result, it went all the way down.
Then it came from all the way up and continued its path as if nothing had happened.
Does that make any sense to you?
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you can in wheels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_theory
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Will we eve have cities looking like this?
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Give it 90 years technology revolution might happen by then
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>>9160050
You mean like the United Arab Emirates ?
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>>9160073
That looks nothing like OPs pic. Where are the superstructures?
How absolutely fucked would I be if I transferred schools and switched my major from environmental science to environmental studies? Right now my end goal is to graduate, work for 2-3 years, and then go back and get my master's in geology. Would I be ill-prepared to do that with an environmental studies degree? Would I be able to land the same type of job after college?
I'm a first year and I hate where I'm at right now so I'm going to transfer no matter what. I've been searching for colleges for 2 years and I'm so tired of this shit.
Every college is either:
A. doesn't offer environmental science / geology
B. In the absolute ghetto-est part of the city
C. In the middle of bumfuck nowhere
D. 1000 miles away from my family
What do? The college that offers environmental studies has everything else I want.
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>>9167762
Go for environmental studies.
Also, environments are a spook. An illusory product of boundaries arbitrarily drawn when a system is abstracted. Keep it in mind.
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>>9167762
well, your choice in degree is shit. both are a waste of time. considering the lack of rigor in your field, you can probably major in either and no one will bat an eyelash.
if you're gonna get a shit degree, then just go where ever makes you feel better and costs not too much
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>>9167762
Try earth system science instead
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>yfw dentistry is the starting 300k meme in real life
Why aren't you studying dentistry? These faggots can get £500 for pulling two teeth out in 5 minutes.
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Because dentistry doesn't interest me.
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>>9167577
Because I don't want to spend life sticking my fingers between someone's rotting teeth.
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>>9167577
Pulling teeth sounds fun desu, I just don't want to waste my time getting some shitty pre-dental degree only to not get into a program.
Share your exam schedule for this semester, ask and answer questions.
Starting this thread because I'm a new student and I'm afraid I bit off a bit more than I can chew for my first semester and I'd like to see how my workload is compared to other students.
Do you think I'm taking on too much? (notice that the dates of physics 1 and set theory are the same... FML)
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You children are so young. I'm not completing any courses, I'm doing research for my PhD.
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>>9167674
it is bad form to lie on the internet
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>>9167496
comp sci major here:
Discrete Mathematics - 3 units
Honors Mathematical Proof - 1 unit
Calculus II - 5 units
Disaster Recovery and Incident Response (cyber security course) - 3 units
Hacking Tools And Techniques - 3 units
Physics - Mechancis of Fluids and Solids - 3 units