I'm a brainlet night guardsman who dropped out of college.
I've got nothing to do during my 12 hour long night shifts and videogames have lost their appeal.
What are some good books that can get me on the path to learn anything? Keep in mind I don't have internet during my shifts.
What are you interested in?
I'm reading "Ontology-based interpretation of natural language" which is a pretty fun read.
>>8930314
I've always had some interest in biology.
http://newatlas.com/intelligence-genes-discovered/49650/
A giant meta-study comprised of over 78,000 people has confidently identified 52 genes that scientists consider to be significantly associated with intelligence. While only constituting a fraction of the thousands of genes potentially associated with influencing intelligence, this discovery sets scientists on a fascinating path to understanding the genetic roots of intelligence.
lol I must have 53 of them then
>>8930268
You also have one more chromosome.
>>8930268
Lol.
Does MBTI has any scientific merit? What is /sci/s personality type?
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
>>8930149
No, it doesn't.
MBTI is bullshit, it only becomes midly psychological if you try to use cognitive functions instead of a horoscope quiz.
Big 5 is better but you can't make le quirky tumblr charts with those.
[spoiler]Entp here, Ne and Ti are a scientist's tools[/spoiler]
>>8930283
Didn't know /sci/ doesn't have spoilers. I should've assumed that.
Has anyone here tried 'image streaming' for a prolonged period of time? There seems to be quite a bit of scientific evidence that supports the claim that it increases iq. However, from what I've read, it seems that most of the test subjects have had average iqs.
Has anyone here with an above average iq noticed a difference in their intelligence after image streaming for a while?
bump? this is interesting
Thanks OP, going to try this tonight
Found this quora thread through a quick google, for anyone who's unfamiliar and similarly interested. https://www.quora.com/Does-image-streaming-work
>>8929971
>https://www.quora.com/Does-image-streaming-work
Sweet thanks
If the sum of all natural numbers equals [math]-\frac{1}{12}[/math], what does the sum of all prime numbers equal?
>>8929804
why not try doing the math yourself, OP?
>>8929804
You'd have to figure out a way to generate all the prime numbers first. As far as I know, that's really hard to do.
>>8929804
[eqn]\frac {-1}{7}[/eqn]
Soon I may be in charge of a classroom full of high school students taking a mathematics olympiad test. With this opportunity I thought that maybe I should write a quote from a mathematician on the board for the kids. Something that intrigues and/or inspires them.
Everyone knows the usual famous quotes (god invented the natural numbers and everything else is the work of man, and such) but I wanted to look for something more underground and maybe more spicy.
My first thoughts were getting quotes from either Shinichi Mochizuki or Norman Wildberger (maybe one from each?) but these people don't have wikiquote pages. So could anyone recommend me good excerpts from Mochizuki's papers or Wildberger's videos I could get good quotes from?
And well, if this search is not fruitful then I guess quotes from other mathematicians are also valid, as long as they are not basic and mainstream.
>>8929594
>Shinichi Mochizuki or Norman Wildberger
had a good kek
>>8929621
Come on, you know those guys have great insights into mathematics. Specially deep problem solving.
Something like "Do you mean the fundamental dream of algebra?" but less rude and less controversial.
"'Piggot' is a portmanteau of 'pig' and 'faggot', meaning 'pig-faggot'"
-Anonymous
Does flash fried vegetables have any nutrients in it? I know it probably has less than eating it fresh, but does it have any at all? Because it's fried at such a high temperature.
>>8929435
>I know it probably has less than eating it fresh
You'd be wrong. Cooking activates nutrients in lots of vegetables.
The amount of nutrients left on the veggies depends on cooking time and method. A long boil will make all the nutrients peach into the water. Flash fried sounds quick, so it should retain lots of nutrients. Probably more than most methods.
>>8929489
*Leech, not peach...
>>8929489
Seriously? I've always heard that eating fresh is the best. Is that just a meme?
And flash frying is cooking it for a short time, at a high temperature. For spinach, it says 30 seconds in oil in a deep-fryer, at 375 degrees F. Is that still ok?
Any engineers from whatever fields here that can tell me how hard the math that's needed in university and work is?
Physics I and II was fine, but since last semesters with the introduction of all the quantum shit I barely scrape by and I'd rather choose something I can actually do now over finishing this degree with barely passing grades.
From what I've read it seems most engineering fields shouldn't be too hard compared to what I already did.
>>8928785
the joke is that nobody uses math in the field. That's what computers are for. The weak point is the human, you don't want them doing math.
>>8928790
You mean in engineering or physics?
Because even if I wouldn't need any math in the field, I'd still need to complete my degree and I probably won't get anything better than a 3 (8 of 15 points)
>>8928797
look, I don't care what silly grading system your educational structure uses. You're not going to be figuring out equations in real employment unless you're planning on being a teacher. Find a trade school worth a damn and get paid sooner.
>linear algebra class
>pure mathematics class
>pure mathematics students
>pure mathematician professor
>professor teaches from book "Advanced Mathematics for Engineers"
What did he mean by this?
It means you go to an engineering school, brainlet.
>>8928744
This. Generally in engineering centered schools the more in depth theory pertaining to linear algebra courses is taught in various different courses where it is more relevant, usually where it intersects with CS, while the base linear algebra courses teach the practical/applicable content, as it is fairly fundamental to many engineering methodologies.
>>8928744
But I don't go to an engineering school. The engineering department is on the other side of campus. I study pure mathematics and this is a pure mathematics exclusive course for linear algebra.
It just really made me think that the professor would come with an engineering textbook.
I'm graduating from AeroEng this summer, what would be a good area of specialization for a masters? (more job prospects) materials, design, propulsion, aerodynamics?
Astronautics
>>8928614
The one you like the most
Avionics
my notes always are disorganised and rarely end up being helpful.
how do i get my shit together and take notes well? what do you do?
>smart enough to not need notes for pleb classes
>never develop a good note taking strategy because of this
well fuck
>>8928010
I'm in the same place. During high-school i didn't have to do(and didn't do) anything, but i'm too much of a brainlet to ace through uni.
I resorted to just buying the books, doing every excercise in them and asking prof for more difficult excersises
>>8928018
Stupid question, how did you find motivation? By not being stupid excluded
Hey /Sci/ what are your thoughts on Michio Kaku?
He's a cuck, mainstream sellout who tells people that unprovable shit like string theory is actually meaningful.
Hey, big surprise here, when you get to pick your solution out of infinitely many of them so that it sort of aligns with reality, you're a fucking hack job. That goes for Witten too.
A bunch of shills who think the Copenhagen interpretation is going to lead anywhere. HA
>>8927940
This. He's basically chinese Neil Degrassi Tyson
>>8927925
Full of himself
>if I have seen further than any man it is because I stood on the biceps of Langan
What did Einstein mean by this?
He meant that Chakotay went back in time to invent physics.
>>8927429
He died when Langland was 3 years old faggot. Try harder next time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
>>8927445
Damn, Langan must have been one smart 3 year old.
When I took Algebra 1 in middle school, I remember learning about polynomials, but also another class of functions called "polynoginals". I even distinctly remember writing a 1 page paper about how polynomials differ from polynoginals. If I remember correctly, polynoginals were more advanced. However, searching through mathematical literature and the internet shows no mention of the term 'polynoginal'.
Does anyone else remember studying polynoginals? What happened to them and what is their definition? Am I on an alternate timeline with different, possibly less sophisticated math?
>>8927347
Who is this disgusting anzu wannabe?
>not studying polynigginals
turbopleb
>not studying polyvaginals
Linguistics General
How do you say, "I don't speak proto-Indo-European" in proto-Indo-European?
Linguist master race of soft-science.
Does anyone have any good beginner books on linguistics? I would like to know more, but do not know where to start.