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College Admissions, is Affirmative Action bullshit? 2016-02-21 00:06:24 Post No.7875292
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College Admissions, is Affirmative Action bullshit?
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2016-02-21 00:06:24
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Hey /sci/,
Let's get a discussion about criteria for college admissions. I'm not from the US, so I don't really care personally, but I still find it interesting to discuss it. /pol/ can stay out.
So, does affirmative action increase racism? In my opinion, it absolutely must. Scenario:
You want a top engineer for some important project, and you have 4 applicants, all from MIT: White male/female, black male/female. Only by picking the White male can you be sure he was admitted by ability/talent alone. For all the others you can assume they are most probably inferior, especially employing a double minority (black fem), seems very dubious.
Without affirmative action - i.e.admission on ability alone, you don't need to apply any prejudice, since any black female that comes out of MIT must be equal to every white male. If they want to reduce the education inequality for minorities, wouldn't it suffice to just offer more minority scholarships?
Also, doesn't admitting on anything else but merit, necessarily harm the field? Wouldn't the right thing be to decide admission on admission exams alone?
I feel like the Unis in the US are trying to get political leverage under the banner of education, that would be pretty dishonest.
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Affirmative action is an enforced regulation. Some companies have a quota to fill their spots with females or minorities so they don't give an impression of being discriminant, doesn't matter if they are qualified for the job or not. So in any case of affirmative action is in use, you don't get to chose if you should hide them or not, you just have to.
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> opinion
discarded.
Yes, it is discriminatory towards certain races; whites and asians. This is an objective fact.
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>>7875292
Yup, AA completely delegitimatizes the degrees of people from preferential groups even if they are the best in their field. Now instead of them achieving something in a system based on merit alone their merit is open to questioning. AA shouldn't exist.
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How To Split A Department 2016-02-20 19:02:57 Post No.7874625
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Mathematics:
>Is zero a natural number?
Physics:
>Is String Theory worthwhile?
English:
>When making a list, should I separate the ending 'and' with a comma?
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I identify as a Cis white male
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>>7874625
Computer Science
>Are we a really a science?
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>>7874625
>Is zero a natural number?
No, it is a whole number though.
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Do any other smart people here get bored by normal people?
I've got an IQ of 150 and the inane things people my age say and do (18 years old here btw) gets old real fast. It makes socialising a real chore because I'm forced to talk about shit like snapchats and gossip for hours at a time instead of stuff like philosophy or politics which I prefer. Truthfully, it makes being smart more of a curse than a blessing.
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>>7878762
Try science and math, if you want something intellectual to talk about. Philosophy is kindergarten tier.
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Honestly I don't think my IQ is very high at all but I'm very sensitive to the "energy" that people give off.
I feel like I can tell instantly when a person is bored or annoyed when talking to me. I can't help seeing humans as more than smart animals. I don't really listen to what they say but rather how they act, and it can be very exhausting. Having a friend be super nice when you're alone with him and then turn into a completely different person in a group is heartbreaking to me.
I'm getting psychological help right now but it all feels like a load of shit, I am giving off sympthoms of a variety of things but they can't find a folder to place me in.
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>IQ 150
>I can't see humans as more than smart animals
>can't find a folder to place it all in
I know exactly what folder you belong in though
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>English professor goes on a rant on how atheism is stupid
>Says that string theory proves that consciousness exists in higher dimensions
>Says that this pretty much proves that god exists
>"Check-mate, atheists"
He said this. I'm not even shitting you. What should I say to him tomorrow?
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tell em he's a fag and that hes doin you a laughin
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>>7878216
Atheism is stupid though anon. We are all agnostic, like any good scientist would be.
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>>7878216
Ask him if he's planning on using that "premise" he explained the other day in his next fiction novel, or if you can use it
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So /sci/...
Relativity, and the fact that objects in motion stay in motion, imply B. Because, if you ignore the left side, you've got the top 99% of a cube crossing the blue portal at sanic speed. You'd expect it to keep going at sanic speed.
However, this results in the cube picking up speed & energy from crossing the portal synapse, and people don't like the cube getting speed because the world around it is moving at two different speeds, since that's not what would happen with a hula hoop*, and these people would pick A.
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>>7876747
Relativity still won't allow for the cube to fly out. The portal has no membrane, it's just a hole. It's a no matter how you look at it. Unless you want to make up your own laws of physics
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>>7876754
Yes it would, it's like a wormhole which implies B.
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>>7876773
It's not a wormhole you fucking retard.
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Anyone else here disillusioned with STEM?
>Maths/Physics
Academia is a brutal pecking order and autistic as fuck, finance is soulless.
>Engineering
Chemical is Big Oil evil, Aerospace is half military evil, half work you to death at SpaceX
>Computer science/software engineering
Even more autistic than science, sit in front of a computer all day
I wish I was like my friend who is good at music. He goes to gigs, releases studio albums, has a laugh on the radio, much less stress and posturing.
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>half work you to death at SpaceX
Sounds like this guy is lacking the Startup Mentality ®
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>>7876459
They've been a startup for a while.
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>>7876448
>finance is soulless
And yet you make bank, from that you can live a relatively comfortable and secure life. Now contrast with your friend, it's likely that he lives hand-to-mouth and probably worries about missing his next rent payment (even if he doesn't look it), moreover he'll probably never make it big so he'll probably hit his mid-thirties with very little to show for it and very few prospects.
You've got to remember that most jobs suck, the point is to get a job that allows you to live comfortably.
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Beginner to programming here, which language should i learn first?
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The typical fucktards will tell you Java.
But I'd go C, C++, JAva.
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>>7875253
Java is bad for your health
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Who is the greatest mathematician of all time?
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Over the past year, I've come to the conclusion that PhD programs are basically bullshit. I've come to the conclusion that universities are exploiting young people into working for low wages under the guise of "training and education".
>inb4 everybody already knew this,
yeah yeah, let me finish and then you can tell me to fuck off.
Through a unique opportunity, I am able to work in a university environment while being paid as a salaried worker for a start-up company. Basically, the university works cooperatively with a start-up company. On paper, I work for the start-up company at an engineer's salary -- physically, I work at university facilities and conduct "PhD-eque" research. This is a tech-field job (hardware). I work directly with university students but I am employed by a non-university company. I also have a Master's degree paid for by the company, but this is mostly irrelevant. I am 22 years old with a Bachelor's degree in STEM.
Here's why the system is bullshit.
>I do the exact same work as another PhD student
In fact, I was trained by a PhD student. The PhD student is 3 years into his degree. We now do the same work.
>I am making substantially more money than the PhD student
Typical PhD stipend is in the $25K -$35K range. I was making $55K from day one. I was making about $20K more money than my PhD conterpart WHILE HE TRAINED ME
>I am not bound to my professor/advisor for 5 years
The PhD has to have the consent of the advisor to graduate. The advisor more or less can block the PhD student from leaving the group. If the PhD student decides to leave without graduating, he has a massive black hole on his resume. He is SOL. If I decide to leave, I can spin it to look like solid industry experience. The only thing keeping me at work is next week's pay (and, to some extent, my previous student loans)
1/2
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2/2
>If you become a post-doc, you continue to make shit money
Median post-doc pay is maybe $40K - $50K
The university system has indoctrinated an entire generation of young people into indentured servitude. The university would have you believe you are getting tuition waived, gifted a generous stipend, and setting you up for exclusive job opportunities. The truth is, they are paying $20K below market value and putting you into a position where you cannot stop working. What's more, they are attracting some of the best and brightest to their dooms.
Anybody have any input on this? Am I missing something? Just 2 years ago, I had my heart set on getting a PhD. Now I can't help but think the universities are just running a racket.
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>I have no idea how academia works. Let me tell you why I'm so butthurt about it.
/sci/- Science & Math
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>>7873407
All university courses are a racket, what makes you think PhDs are so special?
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>intuition
Holy fucking shit. Is this the worst buzzword in all of mathematics instruction? Whenever I hear a professor say it, I know that I don't have to come to class everyday anymore because they are meme-spouting faggots.
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>>7872754
Anon you seriously LACK intuition.
If you had any, you'd knew when to skip class.
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>>7872754
mathematical maturity is worse
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>math professors who do proofs in class
Whenever they do this, I immediately know they are plebs. Proofs are trivial. Show me the theorems, you brainlet. I can work out the proofs on my own.
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Why do scientists believe so much that in the next one hundreds humanity will evolve into one single race with a universal skin color and how come nobody is upset about this?
If one of these near future humans were to travel back to our time would they view themselves as a master race compared to our variety of races?
And if we all migrated out of Africa and it is believed we'll all merge with each other. How come race never existed during Lucy's time?
These are reasons why I cannot take evolution seriously.
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>>7872722
>How come race never existed during Lucy's time?
I have wondered why we never saw a black Australopithecus afarensis before. I assume it has to do with our ancestors having fur.
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>>7872722
You're an idiot.
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Are you happy with your Major and minor choices?
>Major in medicine
>Minor in psychology
hbu?
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>>7872559
Major: Aerospace engineering
Minor: Business, math
It was fun. Enjoyed my extracurriculars more.
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>>7872559
not an amerilard, whats a major and a minor, like a program and its courses?
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Major: none
Minor: none
HS diploma here and 6 months of welding training. Graduated in 2011 and have made about 450k after taxes by doin pipe welding. Why there are people in their late 20s in debt because of school is beyond me.
>This board is American
>Half the maths threads are about "Calc I, II and III
>All except Calc III is material covered in the British A-level general maths course
>This is taken before university at age 16-18
>All posters on 4chan must be over 18
>Therefore it follows that Americans don't learn basic calculus until university
How you guys made it to the Moon I'll never understand.
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>>7872281
they actually didn't.
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No, I took calc 1 and 2 in high school.
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>>7872297
There is a calc 1 and 2 thread going on in /sci/ right now. Either all those in the thread are underage b& or america is full of slow retards.
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The fellas over at /fit/ and /pol/ are having a problem and we need your help /sci/
>>>/fit/36069624
The manlets when doing bench press only have to go to a 90 to 100 degree angle bend with their arms. Compare that to a person that is 6'2" and they are having to go to a 45 degree bend.
We need to develop a standardized chart of strength relative to range of motion and height. Was hoping you guys could help us out with calculating the mechanics for this
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>>7871765
The farther a given weight is from your body the higher the torque will be
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>>7871765
Energy spent on doing a bench press only depends on the distance the barbell is travelling. So a guy with longer hand is spending more energy because he is pushing the barbell further up.
But you are probably more interested in the power output (strength), since longer arm guy probably takes longer to do a bench press, I would say both of them are are using same power.
You divide the distance the barbell travelled with the time it took to do a single bench press and you will get something that is proportional to the power used.
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>>7871765
I don't understand, how is hight related to the angle you have to move through? I just don't see how the two are related, surely everyone has to move through the same angle. Particularly with squats.
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>looking for a part time job
>find an opening in country's biggest tech market
>send CV
>they reply with a test
>get pic related
I read the introduction, didn't understand a thing and proceeded to get the first three wrong. Then I decided to screencap it and make this thread.
How the fuck does this work?
It was on a five minute timer, which I'll fail. Guess I'm not autistic enough to sell hardware.
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The top is 1-2-3-4. Reorder
1-3-4-2 is the answer
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1423, pattern recognition, a number is describing the jump from one symbol to the other. You can find the symbol jumps within the other patterns though so you don't actually have to know exactly what the number means, you just had to work out what the numbers "show".
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>>7871741
Well
That's fucking embarrassing.