>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_vs._farmer_hypothesis
I've been diagnosed with ADHD. Okay. Doesn't really bother me. But after nearly a decade of introspection, I can formally say that there is truth to this hypothesis. I feel as if though I was functionally tailored to be a hunter. Not only does it make sense from an evolutionary standpoint, but it explains a bunch of shit about Adderall-kids and modern society.
>inb4 some fag accuses me of being tumblr
I'm just talking about the neurology of this "illness", and I just want to talk about this hypothesis.
>functionally tailored to be a hunter
>spends his life dwelling in his basement, lurking on a Taiwanese hentai forum
Please. Just kill yourself.
>>8373039
The Hunter vs Farmer hypothesis is among the most retarded in the field of evolutionary psychology and thats saying a lot. Sorry kid, you were never meant to be some warrior killing saber toothed tigers. You're a fucking neurotic faggot with poor executive functioning skills. Also
> But after nearly a decade of introspection, I can formally say that there is truth to this hypothesis
A decade of what? Lab research? You write a protracted dissertation? Write 16 peer reviewed articles, or did you just look for an excuse for incompetence and go with the sexiest choice?
>>8373039
Fellow adhd sufferer here. Take your fucking meds and stop embarrassing us with asinine threads
Will humans ever become a type II civilization?
>>8368685
what does that mean?
>no scientific background here, if that matters
>>8368686
i just looked it up on wiki, and based on the article i don't think that this will happen soon. so no...
yeah when we stop fighting and learn to trust each other
might take some breeding but we'll get there
Which field requires the highest level of brain power?
Which field also contributes most to society in terms of research and development?
>>8366387
Physics to explain how things work
Philosophy to explain why things work
Mathematics to explain how things can work
Biology/Chemistry/Pharmacy to make you work
Engineering to allow you to work
Computer science/Computer engineering. Working with computers is the closest will ever get to magic in this world. So there's that.
>>8366398
nice meme
University isn't fun. All I do is put a lot of mental effort into learning some arbitrary garbage so I can shit it out on a test like a well trained pet.
How do you guys enjoy university? Am I just not one of the chosen that's love learning like you guys?
>>8371644
>well-trained pet
Do you think if they gave headpats for good performance, grades at university would go up?
Or down?
>>8371644
Make friends or switch majors, you're supposed to enjoy what you're learning.
>>8371647
Or would they stay the same?
Falcon explosion is due to a breach in the helium system of the second stage. So it WAS due to the rocket itself and not the pad infrastructure.
http://spacenews.com/falcon-accident-investigation-points-to-breach-in-rockets-helium-system/
Spiciest bit from the article
"While the root cause remains unknown, and thus the scope of any corrective actions, SpaceX said it remains confident it can resume Falcon 9 launches as soon as November, resuming assembly of various vehicle components as they’re cleared by the investigation."
Translation
"We still have no idea why it blew up, and yeah it might well blow up again next time, but we'll still relaunch in a month. Who knows maybe it won't blow up lol? Fuck me right xD"
Just let those amateurish hicks go bankrupt already. And they want to launch humans in space, too. What has US spaceflight become, I swear...
Maybe if they let the next one blow up we can get more cool thunderf00t vids
>>8367546
>What has US spaceflight become, I swear...
US spaceflight is doing fine, it's just SpaceX.
>>8367546
Meme company blows up meme rockets
In other news, water is wet and the sky is blue
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/22/494591738/breaking-taboo-swedish-scientist-seeks-to-edit-dna-of-healthy-human-embryos
Lanner is attempting to edit genes in human embryos to learn more about how the genes regulate early embryonic development. He hopes the work could lead to new ways to treat infertility and prevent miscarriages. He also hopes to help scientists learn more about embryonic stem cells so they can someday use them to treat many diseases.
Lanner, however, says he is initially planning only to study the modified embryos for the first seven days of their growth and would never let them develop past 14 days. The potential benefits could be enormous, he argues.
Unethical.
>>8364062
Of course it is.
It might lead to more intelligent, healthy, or attractive humans.
>>8364006
Am I the only person who doesn't give a shit about ethics? Especially when it has to do with Human Embryos and other things that cant feel pain
What exactly makes this unethical? inb4 God
That should be required for all people majoring in a STEM field. I'll start with 3:
1) Classical philosophy (Socrates invented the scientific method)
2) Debate (particularly involving logical fallacies)
3) Ethics (should be fairly obvious why this should be included)
Some good links to check out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhiVs9qzZNA&list=PLaXdpa7hHYZpLQzaMDCccAkVet438yHL5
http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/fallacies.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY&list=PLD69712B84F998857
Writting and reading comprehension.
>>8367765
Personal Hygiene should be required for all CS majors
>>8367785
This !
Include a minimum exercise program
Or
How not to be lard whale.
Why are you doubting global warming?
They can't even get the weather right in my country half the time, why would i think they can predict with any accuracy what will happen decades from now?
>>8362628
>I can't predict the precise moment I'm going to take a shit tommorow therefore it's wrong to predict that I will take a shit tommorow
(You)
I don't think it isn't true, I just don't care that much.
Imo overpopulation is a much bigger issue.
How do you feel about this?
>>8363116
One of the good things that common core tries to achieve is a more unified education system. Say for example, your dad works for the army, has to move around a lot. Means you switch schools a lot. This also means the education you receive is different depending on the school. With common core, this is no longer a problem.
However, the actual education is gigalul, of course I may have one of the few who learned things from my teachers in high school :^)
>adopting a fast food model for education
No.
My brother put his kid in private school to avoid this shit
What would you do if your IQ suddenly decreased by 40 points?
apply for an EBT card and listen to hip hop
>>8362786
Be really happy, like profoundly happy. Happiness decreases and depression increases the more intelligent you are after all, so a reduction in intelligence must mean i'd be extremely blissful.
>>8362787
>listen to hip hop
Intelligent people already listen to hiphop. It's the thinking man's musical genre.
Is free will an illusion?
This is a tough question. Do the collisions of atomic and sub-atomic particles, because they follow strict laws, prove pre-determinism because our brains are also made out of the same shit? Or does that not lead to pre-determinism? Idk man.
The real question is why would anyone give a shit?
Literally doesn't make a difference
>>8366391
yes it does. it has moral and judicial implications.
Is consciousness reducible to psychological/neurological concepts/processes or does it require more fundamental ones?
Here i define consciousness as the raw experience/perceiving of stimuli. By this definition it seems that even atoms, quarks, photons, etc have an amount of consciousness (the atom must be aware and perceiving of another atom for it to react at all). If this is the case how can consciousness be reduced to the motions of particles when those motions require consciousness themselves?
>>8370073
>Here i define consciousness as the raw experience/perceiving of stimuli. By this definition it seems that even atoms, quarks, photons, etc have an amount of consciousness (the atom must be aware and perceiving of another atom for it to react at all)
You don't need to perceive stimuli to be affected by stimuli.
The latest findings from the real neuroscience of creativity suggest that the right brain/left brain distinction does not offer us the full picture of how creativity is implemented in the brain.* Creativity does not involve a single brain region or single side of the brain.
Instead, the entire creative process– from preparation to incubation to illumination to verification-- consists of many interacting cognitive processes (both conscious and unconscious) and emotions. Depending on the stage of the creative process, and what you’re actually attempting to create, different brain regions are recruited to handle the task.
Importantly, many of these brain regions work as a team to get the job done, and many recruit structures from both the left and right side of the brain. In recent years, evidence has accumulated suggesting that “cognition results from the dynamic interactions of distributed brain areas operating in large-scale networks.”
Depending on the task, different brain networks will be recruited.
For instance, every time you pay attention to the outside world, or attempt to mentally rotate a physical image in your mind (e.g., trying to figure out how to fit luggage into the trunk of your car), the Dorsal Attention / Visuospatial Network is likely to be active. This network involves communication between the frontal eye fields and the intraparietal sulcus:
I just smoked a lot of pot, and this pic is tripping me out.
>tfw finally thought I understood what derivative and integral functions are on an intuitive level but it turned out I was just confused again
ENOUGH
Once you "get it" then dynamic systems will never look the same, "seeing" calculus is the sci-pill.
>>8364349
>"seeing"
It's just like those fucking magic eye pictures, isn't it? I could never get those to work REEEEEEE
>>8364337
>derivative functions
A derivative function of f is a function that maps the independent variable to the slopes of the tangent lines on f. An integral function of f is a function that maps the independent variable to the enclosed areas between f and the x axis. What is so confusing about this?
Why doesn't the Theory of Evolution come under more scientific scrutiny?
>>8366095
Why do you never get tired of baiting?
>>8366095
It is
Today evolution is completely different from what it is taught in schools or documentaries
>>8366102
Care to explain further?
Can Zuckerberg and his qt genius wife really cure all disease?
Zuckerberg is probably one of the greatest young geniuses of our time, but is it even possible?
>>8365539
they won't cure shit
zuckerberg is always anxious and sweating and doing "likeable" things in hope that people will consider him a good person, something which he'll never be since his whole business is to treat other humans as objects to sell
>>8365539
>Zuckerberg is probably one of the greatest young geniuses of our time
Is he?
>>8365543
but if he did end up finding the cure for all disease, would you like him?