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>>8121577
I've met some people who believe in homeopathy but they weren't science majors. Tbqh I've never met any science majors that believed in pseudoscience, although I'm sure that has to do with the kind of people I hang out with.

Hell, even Steve Jobs refused to get actual medical treatment for his cancer because he believed in alternative medicine. It's kind of unfathomable to me how people do that, but w/e.

>>8121586
Yea she's the first person I've met who both studies and excels in a science, while also believing in lots of bullshit. It baffles me, especially when lots of what she believes in goes against basic chemistry (she's big into alternative medicine)

[Note: I'm am atheist]
My family are young-earth creationists.
I also went to a religious boarding school.
My therapist wrote a book about Christian therapy practices.
About 99% of people I know believe stereotyping people is a form of psychological insight.
I had a roommate that used to light catholic vigil candles believing they did all sorts of things.
Vegan roommate that believed in all sorts of vegan hocus pocus.
Had a friend that refused to believe in atoms.
I could go on.

>>8121339
Free will is an outdated meme. It literally cannot be defined coherently without losing all meaning.

>>8121342
Meaning is not even the problem...
Nothing matters and I got no problem with that, but even if so, as a human, knowing that literally no of my actions will have an impact in say... 10k years is already disdaining, but knowing that all my "choices" weren't mine to begin with, now that's what'd put most people into a noose

>>8121349
>there is no free will
>there is no god
>there is objective morality
>life has no meaning
>your consciousness is merely a passively suffering observer of a life over which you have no control
Sometimes the red pill is hard to swallow. Enjoy your existential crisis.

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>>8120201
Lemonade.

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Purple drank

Coke
Lemonade
Dr Pepper

just by brand names or overarching type

>>8119505
It's a science all right; it just severely lacks the rigor of natural sciences like biology, chemistry and physics, leading to a large percentage of irreplicable results, which in turn makes /sci/ hate it.

That said, I do think there is a (very) small number of psychfags here, so you might get an answer if you post a question and ignore the "psychology isn't science" posts that will inevitably come.

>>8119509
Psychology has many fields which differ in their techniques. You could say that social/cultural psychology is a social science, but you can't say that for biopsychology or cognitive pshycology.
Still, I think there is a difference between even the "hardest" field of psychology and chemistry, for example.

>>8119505
>subjective
>non-reproducible
>non-measurable

Sure, it's science bro.

>>8119204
>justify contributing
wat

>>8119204
how is this even remotely a /sci/ topic?

>>8119210
Scientists are relatively the least paid in comparison to contribution to society. Why would you wish to help humanity at self-expense.

>>8118797
God gave them a complex social life - it doesn't work the same way it works in mammals but there's a pleasure in their life and there are some sorts of emotions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFilNsLUvT0

All forms of life in the state God made them cherish life.

>>8118797
>insects are like organic robots
same as other animals

It is generally discouraged to think of organisms as more or less advanced because we tend to define advanced as "human like" (e.g. having emotion and empathy, complex body form and various tissue types). But all these things are just adaptations to very unique niches. Some are newer than others, but all organisms alive today are here because they are adapted to their niche. Emotion and empathy are just adaptations unique to vertebrates, and likely arose due to a combination of traits and selection unique to some of these organisms'(our) history.

In short were all organic robots anon

Diagnosing people as mad has more to do with social control than therapy. Many of those labeled as schizophrenic, bipolar, and other kinds of "mad" are not ill. ... They are seeing and feeling what is wrong with society and what needs to be done to change it.

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>noble lunatic meme

>>8132809
>Found the schizo Scientologist

I think the guy who coined that said he was just being paranoid or something like that.

>>8132260
But he have good reasons for tho, these are tiny machines that consume and devour all matters, effectively making it an even more dangerous form of a pandemic. A literal devourer of worlds

Honestly I would shat my pants straight instead of simple paranoia

waste heat

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>Nihonium

>>8131946

First blush: I like them, nice mix of place names and some dude's name.

I also love that the row is officially done now, in the most important sense. They should declare chemistry to be over and not look for anything higher, so as not to screw up the table.

>>8131977
>not look for anything higher
There's still the island of stability to look forward to

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Experiencing tranquility.

>>8116078
Meditation isn't necessarily good, in my experience at least; it can potentiated latent psychological. In my case: depersonalization, depression, suicidal thoughts and extreme anxiety.

That being said it can be beneficial. Just focus on your breathing and try not to think in words for 10-30 when ever you find time in the day. You'll know you're meditating when you realize you are experiencing strange phenomena and and occasional vivid visions, but when you realize that you'll break meditation. You just have to keep going at it and you'll know when you've got it.

>>8116195
after glancing over what I just posted, I think it may have made me retarded as well.

atkins, jones & laverman - chemical principles: the quest for insight

8/10 for learning the basics

OJ Simpson was great at football.

>>8125732
A retarded opinion is retarded regardless of the person who holds it

>smart theoretical physicists and computer scientists make a claim
>no one listens

>billionaire recites the argument in a butchered janky way that makes no sense
>aspies cant stop talking about it

If you want to be a successful scientist, question the validity of your source.

>>8117199
Nah.

>listening to a what a company says
Lel. As much as Muskfags hate to admit it NASA is the best and only shot.

first it was 2004, then 2008, then 2015, then 2017, then 2018, now 2025.

>>8128113
>Be moving at same speed as pebbles = no problem

>Pebbles move counter clockwise = PepsiMax

It's like made of kevlar m8. Honestly we don't know what it is made of, but it meets NASA's safety standards

>>8128120
its made of post-its

>>8129288
yes

>>8129288
>Are vectors entities that can only be described in retangular coordinates?

No.

>>8129318
my answer was for your second question