>long term inflammation of unknown cause (probably an infection and not cancer)
>goes on for months
>mental function is shitty as fuck during that period
>however there's hope of some miraculous recovery
>get a head&neck injury on top of that
>shitty insurance doc didn't even do a basic neurological exam to check for concussion at the ER
>can't afford an MRI on my own
>now
>2 months after the injury
>almost a year after the inflammation started
>can't concentrate on shit
>decreased mental function
>unsure if I'll ever recover
>I might have to cruise through life like this
>I'll have to stay at the bottom of the barrel for the rest of my life and suffer
My only advantage in life was being smart.
I'm poor and in bad health, with an equally poor and unsupportive family.
I'm really fucking screwed.
Is there a /sci/entific way to recover?
What do I do?
>>8466798
What if you move to a country with free health care? It may take a couple years to become a citizen, though. I'm not really sure how that works.
At least it sounds like you don't have too many ties here.
I'm just throwing stuff out there.
>>8466808
It's actually a good idea, but I'm too tired and confused to do this right, especially with zero emergency funds. Not american btw.
>>8466798
Almost no doctors perform concussion checks unless you're an athlete or in danger of it happening again. It's usually pretty obvious and it wouldn't change the treatment unless he knew about some of the more fringe research which suggest some various extra treatments.
As far as actual treatments go, if you had post concussive syndrome, and this is a big if, low dosages of snri are shown to help the symptoms. But if you only suffered one concussion then it's a big jump to claim you're still having side effects from it unless it had a syngeristic effect with your mystery inflammation symptom which is possible. Inflammation of the brain after a TBI is a big factor in how much damage is received after all. Keep in mind the medication while safer at the low dosages is still not a gummy vitamin.
I see everywhere that Neanderthals are a different species, and also, ethnic group X has Y percent of Neanderthal DNA.
Most sites I read say they are not from our species, only the same genus.
I think I'm missing something here. Only members of the same species can have fertile offspring, this is the definition of the concept.
Enlighten me, /sci/. How does this work?
>>8466791
"species" is a poor model
>>8466791
(Ignoring hybrids and the fluidity of transitions that muck up species as a unit of isolated genetic flow).
There are multiple definitions of species of which you've mentioned only one.
Your definition isn't one that can be readily tested and verified.
We can't just fuck a Neanderthal and make sure it works.
As such the definition used is probably one with a morphological basis.
>>8466925
At least that's an answer. I should have guessed that paleontologists would use that, but it kinda sounds like phrenology. All that morphology discussion on robust jaws and skulls stinks to high heaven. Oh well.
So /sci/, I hadn't heard of elon musk until recently, and I currently know nothing about him.
So, please explain to me why (some of) you hail him like a god, and what makes him godlike.
>elon musk
>>>/r/eddit is that way
Jeff Bezos is #OurGuy
>>8466139
Jeff penis rocket Bezos is based. But Elon shits on him in every possible way unfortunately.
>>8466153
>this is what reddit actually believes
0*∞=?
you get infinite amount of zeroes
which is zero.
x*0=0
x*∞=∞
>mind blown.
>>8465987
Nothing.
So I'm sure we've all heard about the leaked NASA paper on the EM Drive. For those of you who haven't, heres the source:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7kgKijo-p0ibm94VUY0TVktQlU/view
Is the EM Drive no longer a meme? Is Newtons Third Law the new meme?
Discuss.
>>8465913
DISCUSS
>Newton's third law
Don't touch that sacred cow, anon.
The zealots will crucify you.
As has been said many times before the paper is not from NASA. EagleWorks are a NASA contractor but they are not being funded by NASA to do this.
Secondly the paper is the same one from last year. Nothing has changed, the scepticism is still there.
Well what say you /sci/?
Do you think their out there?
>>8465903
No shit
>>8465903
It would only make sense that they are.
why does the boolean algebra of the vectors traced out by the verteces of this hypercube resemble a more complex version of the Lorenz strange attractor? is there any relationship?
>>8465876
>is there any relationship?
NO THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP!!!! STOP NOTICING THINGS, GOY!!!!!!!!
>>8465876
>resemble a more complex version of the Lorenz strange attractor
Do they?
Just looks like a bunch of circles to me
>>8466494
Those are ellipses not circles you double nigger
First, I'm a high school senior, and am over 18, so don't ban me.
Science fair is coming up. Due to the fact I am in a small state, if I place in the top three of my category in the school, I am guaranteed to advance to the state science fair. As almost no one is doing this, this is almost guaranteed. From there, I can get scholarships, and potentially advance to international, where I can get a shit ton of scholarships.
Here's the thing: I love math. I plan to major in math, and most likely go on to grad school. So, does anyone have any somewhat obscure areas of mathematics that I could do a project on? I'm fine with having to put in effort to learn the required things, as math is my passion, as long as it is feasible within the year. I don't want a suggested project; I am just wondering what some interesting, higher-level areas of mathematics that I could learn within the next few months are, that could hopefully help me place at science fair.
Thanks a bunch, /sci/.
>>8465575
>yfw you realize 1+2=4 is true for sufficiently large values of 1 and 2
>>8465575
Check the brachistochrone, it requires a bit of calculus and diff equations but you could like... design something like... a ramp where a the balls reach certain point in such time.
>>8465592
I'll look into that. Thanks man!
>murican's don't see topology or Banach spaces until their final year
America wtf?
canadian here
saw topology in 2nd year and banach spaces in 3rd
i doubt any american school that isn't second-rate teaches it in final year
>his university doesn't begin with intro to big number theory
>>8465475
>doing Banach spaces after topology
Huh?
The natural progression is norms > metric spaces > topological spaces, what happened?
Statisticians are worthless salespeople. There is nothing scientific about the field.
That's correct and obvious, just like facts that CO2 does cause climate change and that there's no bigger number than 10^200
>>8465353
you clearly know nothing about science then.
Garbage in, Garbage out, the election.
prediction models and polls based on 2008/2012 elections. which Obama enjoyed abnormally high voter turn out.
How do you possibly get Bayesian forecast models this wrong, /sci/?
>>8464410
>How do you possibly get Bayesian forecast models this wrong
>get
The word you're looking for is "make". They were desperately trying to discourage voters from even turning out with a self fulfilling prophecy.
>>8464410
they took polling numbers, and the polls were wrong...again.
bad data in -> bad data out
>>8464438
But the polls were the exact opposite of what really happened. How?
the more I study EE the more I realize I'd probably be not intelligent enough to study mathematics or physics
the more I study mathematics the more I realize I'm probably not intelligent enough to study mathematics
There's lots of physics worse than the typical EE work, but most of math isn't as bad.
>>8464363
Really? Always figured higher level math would be harder, huh.
>there are fuckholes on this faggot board who denny climate change and brush it off as "leftist propaganda"
LISTEN HERE FAGGOTS I AM A FUCKING PHD IN CHEMISTRY AND HAVE A MASTERS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
YOU ONLY HAVE ONE PLANET
DONT
FUCKING
RUIN IT
>>8462577
>denny
>>8462577
But only God can destroy the world?
>>8462577
>chemistry
>climate
They arent related
So when do we get 3D Holograms?
when i get a piece of that ass
>>8462249
So never.
>>8462236
The sci-fi conception of holograms, that is images floating in mid air is impossible without
A) modifying the properties of air, ie with smoke/vapor
B) ionizing air with lasers to make it glow
A) suffers from bad image quality, as air currents disrupt the modified air.
B) requires a big dangerous laser that can blind you, requiring that one wear goggles. In addition, ionizing air creates air pollution in the form of ozone and NOx. Plus the only colors you can do are blue.
You can make a simple 2d version of A) in your garage using some fans, straws, a projector and ultrasonic foggers
lets see how good is /sci/ at solving problems
>>8460698
Shut up
>>8460701
dont be afraid, give it a try
>>8460707
No, dumb animeposter