Is Science a subset of Philosophy ?
Or is Philosophy a science ?
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>>8052575
Only a brainlet needs to mentally structure the world around himself in oversimplifications such as "X is a subset of Y".
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>>8052575
Philosophy is dead
>Epistemology is cuck'ed by Mathematical Logic
>Ethics and Metaphysics are cuck'ed by Theology (The study of the worship of mathematical beauty)
>Natural Philosophy is cuck'ed by Mathematics
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Science is philosophy.
Science is basically applied empiricism.
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>>8052466
Makes sense.
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>>8052466
So?
If you don't like that then convince people not to watch football.
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>>8052472
The amount of money people are willing to pay for sports is just silly
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how do get into math and physics as someone who has been a NEET for the last 4 years?
Should I start learning everything from scratch?
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I'm guessing you didn't go to college after high school, meaning you're probably 20 or 22.
These are fine ages to start college. Just fucking enroll. Be an undeclared major and take the basic math/sci courses. If you're taking the basic courses, even if you're at a competitive university they're probably gonna be pretty easy. So apply yourself and do well in them. Then declare yourself whatever major appeals to you.
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go to Khan Academy, and work your way through Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and Trigonometry
you don't have to watch it all, as Sal is slow af, but make sure you can do the exercises, and watch videos as needed
that should give a solid math core
then download University Physics, it's the most popular book for universities in the world
easy to get
you'll need Calculus, but you can either learn it alongside UP, or self study Calculus in a single variable
as you go on, you'll need multivariable calculus, taylor series, etc, but this should get you started
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>>8052328
>skipping over Algebra Basics
Is Euclid's elements something worth reading for someone interested in the history of mathematics and science, or is it just a waste of time?
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>>8052278
Depends why you want to read it.
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It is one of the most widely read texts in human history for a reason. Any serious student of mathematics should read it at least once. Enjoy.
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>>8052511
>It is one of the most widely read texts in human history
So is Twilight.
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which is smarter, a criminal mastermind like el chapo who applied intelligence in the real world or a phd in physics/mathematics?
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>>8052230
money>brains
money>intelligence
money>everything else
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>>8052580
Genetics>Money
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>>8052230
hard to say. Don Guzman pretty smart dude. I wonder if he applied his thinking to math where he would be.
maybe mochizuki could have been head of yakuza or something if he no-lifed that instead of pure math.
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>walking and running the same distance takes the same amount of energy
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>>8052061
>he poasted it again, lol
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>>8052061
did you skip out on highschool mechanics?
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wHY?
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>read Latin texts from 1500 years ago
>clear and understandable with no problems
>read Latin texts from 1000 years ago
>clear and understandable with no problems
>read Latin texts from 500 years ago
>clear and understandable with no problems
>read English texts from 300 years ago
>hard to understand due to how archaic the language is
Ever think writing our research down in a living language might be a bad idea?
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>>8052044
Interesting idea. But people would complain that much more about muh ivory towers
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And we wouldn't be able to come up with new jargon for our subject, right? That seems like a pretty big barrier
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>>8052056
You can invent new words in Latin, biologists do it all the time for naming animals, for example.
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Does anyone else find Gödel's incompleteness theorems depressing?
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what is it ?
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>>8051817
you can't know nothing
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>>8051817
Basically that there is no way to define arithmetic (and thus almost all other forms of mathematics) through a series of axioms (e.g. Peano arithmetic) and be sure that the system is consistent.
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Browsing through /sci, I can't help but notice all the talk about a certain hierarchy among majors, how certain majors are better than others, etc. When I contrast this to /lit or /his, which is where I usually browse, there's not nearly as much of this. While, obviously, /sci is a board that encompasses a wider variety of majors, and this is fucking 4chan so what did I expect, why is it that STEM people in particular tend to be so obsessed with this shit? I notice even in my uni that there happens to be this sort of hierarchy among STEM people and it's pretty irritating. Before you think this is a humanities inferiority thing, I major in Neuroscience; I just happen to like literature. But I feel like, in the scientific community, especially for undergrads, this need to make sure that "my science is the best science" creates certain divisions among people who could have learned interesting things from each other, and sort of shows a lack of inherent interest in the science itself. I might be reaching, but I feel like when you get so obsessed with trying to prove that your major is better than others, you're either insecure about your choice, or are interested in the major simply because of the identity that's associated with it. Which, I think, is a very dangerous path to take, but something that I see a lot of STEM people doing. For example, a lot of people I know are clearly majoring in CS because of the identity of "the coder" or whatever that seems so appealing to them, and this seems kinda fucked up. And I don't see this phenomenon nearly as much in the humanities. While there are the occasional pretentious douches who who read Ulysses to look smart, the identity of the English major is not nearly as coveted in the modern world, so humanities people, in my experience, tend to have a more genuine interest in the subject itself rather than an interest in the image associated with it. What do you guys think about this? This might just be my experience.
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>>8051627
nice copy pasta
saved
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>>8051627
first off i have only encountered the hiearchy on sci
second off it's because sci can
either people truthfully believe in it or just want to piss other people off
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>>8051630
bish I wrote all dat
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When are Fourier series taught? I just finished Calc III (or multivariable calculus) and I have never even heard one of my professors mention it. I'm taking differential equations over the summer but I don't think Fourier series has much to do with differential equations.
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>>8051564
you'll see it in sig proc if you take it.
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>>8051564
FS were developed to solve differential equations
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fourier analysis is so cool man
it took me like 4 years to understand the power of it wow it's cool
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Are the stresses of academia making you bald?
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>>8051542
Nope. My genes are.
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>>8051542
Prematurely grey, but that could just be life in general.
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Just going grey at 22. But I've known it was going to happen since I was a child from looking at my father. Im ok with it and almost kinda like it?
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IBM's publicly usable 5 qubit quantum computer 2016-05-05 04:11:56 Post No.8051444
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IBM's publicly usable 5 qubit quantum computer
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2016-05-05 04:11:56
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http://www.research.ibm.com/quantum/
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Are any of you in yet? What's it like?
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Post source of pic related and I'll tell.
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>>8051447
Kokoro Connect from what I can gather from a reverse image search.
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> mfw people took the xkcd field purity meme too serious
> mfw mathfags think they are better than biofags
yeah, if i ever get cancer, ill be sure to get to my topologists office and use real analysis to cure me
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>>8051407
A doctor might not cure your cancer either.
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>>8051407
Yeah, a biofag will definitely help with your cancer.
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go to sleep loli
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General Energy Thread
Is there any way to generate energy under these circumstances?
-Below 100 meters (328 feet) under ground
-No use of underground waterways
-No use of Geothermal pipes
-No wind or sunlight access
-Unlimited cost
Imagine everything must be contained in lets say a concrete box...
If not, lead me in the right direction, I am exploring thermoelectric plates currently.
Any Ideas?
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Thermoelectric sounds good.. I don't know if you can due to the temperature variance though, not enough... What wattage are you looking to get down there OP
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>>8051098
Whatever may be possible, and I do believe this is a limitation factor, I just need starting ideas...
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>-Unlimited cost
Go nuclear bby.
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Artificial Digestive System 2016-05-05 01:11:26 Post No.8051034
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Artificial Digestive System
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What does /sci/ think about an artificial digestive system?
Replacing most of the human system with an artificial one that requires already broken down nutrition pills and removes all hunger signals to the brain.
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Awful idea. I like eating and pooping and I won't let anyone take that away from me.
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>>8051034
I'd love it, I eat too much to handle stress. This would significantly save my time and help rid me of my grotesque addiction
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Would only ingesting water-soluble food molecules that the body uses make pooping obsolete? Is there any biological reason to keep pooping if a person only ingests highly curated food molecules?