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What's more valuable to you /sci/? Intelligence or Strength?
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>>8039480
what the fuck do you think
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wrong place to ask this question, go to /fit/ where some gormless drongos would genuinely consider strength more significant than intelligence.
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They're on the same level
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Mathematician tries to relate Categories to biologist and goes full blown autistic 2016-04-29 21:13:12 Post No.8039431
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Mathematician tries to relate Categories to biologist and goes full blown autistic
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He thinks Biofags (which we all know are totally retarded) should know manifold theory, group theory and differential geometry KEK.
Does he overestimate the IQs of biologist?
>I agree to some extent with you, but not totally. Complex numbers clarify trig, Fourier series and oscillations a great deal and it's a shame not to use this. This is the same as the fact that linear algebra and stat are clarified (for some people anyway) by the abstract idea of vector spaces. The basic techniques of PDE theory are being used more and more and involve a lot of analysis. The one more advanced topic in biology that I have encountered is in the modeling of shapes. This theory goes back to the biologist D'Arcy Thompson but recently has brought in manifold theory and differential geometry. And in genomics, some very sophisticated combinatics are used. Groups do enter through groups of symmetries but, as you guessed, this is much more central in physics. Modeling with polynomials is a borderline topic: this is often not useful with degrees higher than two. Splines tend to be more effective.
>My guess is that the main problem for biologists is that being phobic about math may be a big obstacle to mastering some new theoretical approach.
http://www.neverendingbooks.org/can-one-explain-schemes-to-hipsters
http://www.dam.brown.edu/people/mumford/blog/2014/Grothendieck.html
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As someone who was already well versed in Differential Geometry&Topology and Algebra at the undergraduate level. I still had study through somewhere between 30-50 pages of statements and proofs of important results in commutative algebra before I could even understand the definition of a Scheme.
Grothendieck's work will never be understood by the public. Just don't even try.
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>>8039458
>Differential Geometry&Topology and Algebra at the undergraduate level
Just to clarify, only the Algebra part was at the undergraduate level.
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>>8039458
The definition of a scheme shouldn't surprise you anymore if you studied how varieties work, brainlet.
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Ever have a professor like this?
>during lecture, really stresses that a handful of topics/concepts is really important and difficult and that we need to know them
>goes out of his way to make sure everyone really understands these few core topics
>a few things are covered rather quickly, not much emphasis placed on them, ehh, not too terribly important, whatever, who cares
>these extra, "trivial" little things are never mentioned or used again
>assigns homework involving, and suggests thoroughly studying, aforementioned "important" concepts
>"those concepts will be on the test! :^)"
>homework is 90% just the super important concepts with maybe 2 or 3 problems on everything else over the course of 5 homeworks
A week or two later...
>TEST DAY
>"So fucking prepared, I'm so glad the professor helped us so much with those core concepts/ideas! Lucky that I spent do much time studying them so hard!"
>100 point test
>20 points worth of questions related to what he told us to prepare really hard for
>fucking 40 points worth of questions on material he only briefly mentioned, that even the book had little information on and next to no practice problems
>another fucking 40 points worth of questions that require using techniques that he either absolutely never told us about or said we don't need to worry about
WHAT THE FUCK
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>>8039428
You showed that you have understood the important stuff by solving the homework, of course the other ones are in the exam, or are you a high schooler?
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well its okay if your are in high school. Right now, Im thinking about trigonometry. No one really explains what it is but you get the idea how it works.
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Oh, also,
>after the test
>"I'm surprised so many of you guys failed. I hope this was a wakeup call and that you start studying the things I tell you to really focus on. :^)"
>ohhhh I know your tricks now, you fucking gypsy sick hole
>prepare for the next test by scouring the book for every obscure little detail he didn't cover in class, getting pro at them, expecting him to pull another fast one on us
>next test is 100% only the topics he focused on in class, just made impossibly hard and overcomplicated
>highest grade was a C-
FFFFFUUUUUUUCCCCKKKK
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Hey /sci/ I got an easy question for you.
No, it's not my homework, I've already solved it. I'll post the answer 41 minutes after this is posted.
Again, I'm not saying this question is hard, it's just simple but fun.
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when the side of the small corner square is equal to 1/4 the side of the big square.
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>>8039461
How did you figure that out?
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Why are humans obsessed with archetypes/tropes? Think of MBTI or zodiac signs. Especially females.
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>>8039380
>Why are humans obsessed with archetypes
It's easier to label something with a single word than with detailed stats.
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>>8039380
Race and gender are other examples. Humans seem to be obsessed with creating artificial social constructs.
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We like categorizing things for simplicity.
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Do you have a pet theory for consciousness? I'm really interested in how the sense of "self" arises in the mind. I feel like most of the other stuff going on in the mind is rather mechanistic - it gathers information from the senses and encodes it as concepts and memories. But the self is a mystery.
From what I've noticed, true consciousness and self-reflection only rises intermittently, when we aren't dealing with more pressing problems. Sort of like an idle state for the mind, or a focused daydream. And the "self" itself seems little more than a mix of memories to draw our personality from, plus current emotional state and some learned patterns of thought. Is the "me" thinking about this just a bunch of idle free association and recurrent thoughts?
Anyone have some personal insights about how the "you" that thinks about this right now, operates? Any interesting patterns you've noticed?
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>>8039327
The self is just the external layer of many, many more primal layers, that extends till the reptile brain. I don't recall on any pattern from my own experience, but I know this:
-This "self" layer is very irrelevant, survival wise.
-This "self" layer actually affects the performance of other brain capabilities. For example, the less it takes control in physical activities, the better.
I always thought it could be even de-attached, for example, to pure logic processing. The bigger your concentration in one task, the less you are aware of yourself. Not a fan of it, told be truth. Consciousness is usually overestimated.
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consciousness is only the combination of all the senses mixed with an analytical mind, that's what gives the illusion of the self.
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>>8039327
First you must understand quantum physics. Consciousness is closely related to the collapse of the wave function.
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This statement was said by some guy in my school:
Out of 1 000 000 randomly selected people at least one is smarter than you, and he said that is 100% true. I know the whole argument is stupid, but just for the verification.
He also said on average there is at least 1 doctor per 1000, he then said: Think about how many thousands there are in 2 000 000 (as we were talking about leafy's fan base, and I was arguing that it was cancerous and most of them were stupid).
so is he right or am I right?
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What he meant is that you are in the bottom 999 999 of the population when it comes to intelligence. He sounds like a clever guy with a good sense of humour that can offend you without you even realising.
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>>8039278
Holy shit BTFO
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>>8039278
lol fgt, i was not offended, I was simply saying it is likely but not 100% certain (btw i wasnt the one being called stupid, it was my friend)
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Bravo Euler
Bravo Gauss
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>not understanding complex analysis
Wow OP.
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>>8039142
have you ever heard of modulo 2pi ?
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>>8039142
[math](e^{\pi i})^2 = (-1)^2[/math]
does not follow from
[math]e^{\pi i} = -1[/math]
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Why aren't more academics looking at greater depth into the Low IQ-Poor Health association, suggested by Satoshi Kanazawa? Surely if there is strong evidence supporting this then the global community will be able to put an end to the constant humanitarian crisis, and perhaps reduce violent behaviour (militant groups) simultaneously (due to the association).
If it is found to be the case, there would be reason (and hence funding) to make an effort to increase the average IQ through:
-Improving the gene pool by artificial promotion of intelligence as an attractive feature for reproduction (e.g. via propaganda)
-Promotion of the demonstration of intelligence as an attractive social feature
-Sterilisation of especially low IQ/High poverty individuals (if economically feasible)
Though the ethical status of the latter point is questionable at best; it seems warranted given the number of lives born into highly unsanitary, disease-ridden, high stress environments.
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>>8039131
>promotion of intelligence as an attractive feature for reproduction (e.g. via propaganda)
This is never gonna work. Women evolved to be anti-intellectual. They will always prefer the loud dumb tall Chad and will always despise the lonely nerd.
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>>8039161
>2016
>these posts still exist
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How easy should I be able to grasp newtons laws of motion and the problems in my textbook?
I'm having a difficult time being confident that I am aware of every force that is occuring in the problems, I will often forget one and every source of these laws seems to explain them in a more simpler or more obfuscated sense
I haven't been in format education for about 4 years and I am trying to undo a lot of time having my brain rotten away from NEET life
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>>8039095
Draw more diagrams
Specifically free body diagrams
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>>8039095
Very easily. Sum of forces on body gives the resultant force. It accelerates that way. That's literally all there is.
Later on in physics you don't use forces at all - it's a very old method.
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If you get confused by forces, you might want to consider learning physics from Euler/Lagrange/Hamilton's point of view:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_action
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What is the best way to breath for your everyday life?Buteyko or Deep breathing?
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>>8039007
>420BLAYZEitFAGGOT
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>>8039167
>autism
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>>8039007
manually, like you are doing now
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You know, this thread reminds me of a story I'd like to get off my chest about the arrogance of STEM people.
I was happily walking across campus towards our massive new shiny, glass walled multi-million dollar government funded cheme laboratory when I realized I need to take piss. And what would other building than the the Visual Art department happened to be the nearest? So I was walking through the old building noticing that even though they haven't seen funding for renovation in decades, they seem to have done a good job preserving and what they do have, it felt very cosy. The bathroom was kind of nice clean and the halls were quiet.
On my way out I happened to see an active lecture hall, the lecturer was quietly helping one student at the front while the rest worked so it seemed somewhat akin to a tutorial session. Everyone there seemed pretty relaxed and as if they actually had enough time to properly wash and get well dressed this morning, they put a clear effort into their appearance. I had a minute so I stopped to glance at some work the students were producing.
This experience made me realize 3 things:
>This lecture hall is filled with complete and utter fucking plebs.
>I could draw geometric shapes by hand better and more accurately after my 1st semester tech comm. class than half the hacks and idiots in this class who can barely draw a straight line.
>Our arrogance is completely justified, fuck these tards, arts should not be a real university degree in the 21st century, keep your hobbies outside academia.
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Cool blog, my man!
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>>8038944
(This happens when a posting script breaks, trying to reply to a thread that isn't in this timeline. Most often a result of unscheduled interference in time.)
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>>8038971
No, it's a new pasta I found
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What are the chances we (as a species) make contact with aliens within our lifetime?
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Within OUR lifetime? Unless they come to us, then our chances are exactly zero. And they aren't coming to us so yeah, zero.
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Zero.
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>>8038589
Sadly, this is the /thread post.
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How different would human history, science, theology, etc have been if Venus had a moon which was visible with the naked eye from Earth?
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>>8038543
There would be some text describing another point of light in the sky.
That's it.
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>>8038549
But think of it deeper. There would be proof against a geocentric universe for literally everybody to see. Surely that would carry some implications.
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>>8038543
interesting to think about, but there really isn't any way to answer your question OP
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So what would be the actual contingency plan in case a 10-mile wide comet were expected to collide with the Earth?
Would they send probes or manned ships with nukes to blow it up like they do in da movies?
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>>8038512
We'd know about it for at least what, 50 years? SpaceX would probably get contracted to nuke it into oblivion.
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>>8038515
Damn, Musk would make a killing.
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>>8038512
>the actual contingency plan
Looking at the sky in amazement. Wondering what the hell is go….*BLAST*
> the end.