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i have a feeling i already know the answer but is FTL travel possible as we have seen it in sci fi movies/tv shows.
im talking about being able to "jump" from location to location over hundreds of thousands of miles without worrying about slamming into asteroids or planets along the way?
would this even be practical with how much fuel/ power it would need? not to mention the act of slowing down from that speed in the vacuum of space?
what kind of effect would this even have on the human body?
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Not possible, it's a scifi meme invented to shorten distances between locations for storytelling purposes
Hundreds of thousands of miles is absolutely nothing even within solar system, that's why AU and light years are used
Space is not like in star wars, it's incredibly unlikely to hit anything even if you go through asteroid belt because of how empty it is
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FTL isn't possible no matter what semantic framing you use. As a result the answers to your questions are whatever you feel like, because you're in the land of make-believe already
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>>9104974
Because of relativity FTL is equivalent to time travel. FTL, relativity, causality, pick two.
How far off are we for real permanent cures for (currently) uncurable diseases like diabetes, cancer (and all its different iterations), AIDS, etc.
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A better question is when will we cure retardation.
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>>9104320
A better question is when will (((they))) will stop suppression of science
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>>9104349
(((Big pharma))) indeed is holding back science while pretending to be an ally. However, I wonder if we'll see any real cures in the next decade or so...
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[math]\mathbb{P} [/math]
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[math]\mathbb{H} [/math]
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>>9103616
The set of all phenotypes
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>>9103622
The set of all homosexuals
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Is the eternal homo possible? 2017-08-17 02:26:58 Post No.9109951
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Is the eternal homo possible?
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Not any of us alive now but in general do you think we'll ever master physics/entropy to the point of having an eternal civ? It's the closest thing to religion I have for thoughts that keep me comfy
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>>9109951
Dunno.When will you master english?
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>>9109951
ya look in a mirror lol LOL
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theoretically speaking, what could be alternative ways of inhaling tobacco flavour and nicotine from REAL tobacco without burning it?
when i say theoretically i'm saying that the device doesn't have to be currently manufactureable or profitable in any way, just possible in theory
unleash your fantasy and knowledge /sci/
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>>9109676
Apply enough heat to vaporize it but not burn it just like weed. Nicotine evaporates well under the flash point, and for maximum flavor, go with something fit for a pipe but don't cheap out.
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>>9109907
so a dry herb vape
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>>9109676
>>9109907
You didn't know this was already a thing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat-not-burn_tobacco_product
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Biochem question, is it possible to murder someone through withdrawl? Some kind of compound or chemical that could be introduced unnoticed, built up in a persons system and then once the chemical was withheld would cause severe adverse reactions and even death?
I'm sure this has been done before, also, would it show up in a standard autopsy?
Pic unrelated
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>>9109288
reported to the FBI
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>>9109288
>Some kind of compound or chemical that could be introduced unnoticed, built up in a persons system and then once the chemical was withheld would cause severe adverse reactions and even death?
Oxygen
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>>9109288
Reported to the FDA
Dumb question about particles and stuff. Quarks cannot exist alone, because the necessary energy to do so would spawn more of them before they break free (or something).
But wouldn't inflation be capable of causally disconnect those quarks, thereby freeing them? What makes primordial free quarks impossible?
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>>9109051
assumedly more quarks would still spawn...
thus making more matter and antimatter...
and starting the big bang again???
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A free quark can't be free for a long since it starts pulling out particles or anti particles out of the vacuum and binds with them.
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>>9109160
And where does the energy to do so comes from? Particles are not free, I think.
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Trans Brain Studies FAKE??? 2017-08-16 02:47:33 Post No.9108834
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Trans Brain Studies FAKE???
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Now that the cat is out of the bag what are we going to do?
Am I going to be barred from using the women's restroom now that the scientists have said that transgenderism is a mental disorder and not a biological difference? I thought the brain scan showing i had a female brain would be irrefutable evidence...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5893630_What_Many_Transgender_Activists_Don%27t_Want_You_to_Know_and_why_you_should_know_it_anyway
This research gate paper is alarming me as an mtf for 3 years... is it credible?
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Transgenderism was always a quack pseudoscience with it's actual roots in hormonal problems and schizophrenia.
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>>9108834
Look at this fucking clickbait. I'm not touching that link, fuck off.
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>>9108841
Its from a reputable scientific source. Researchgate is ONLY available to qualified scientists.
what techniques does /sci/ use to concentrate while studying?
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>>9108674
I masturbate, before every session. Lasts for 40 minutes the concentration, worth it. More when i don't wack off.
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I dont study I know everything important.
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>>9108674
drugs
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I'm great with algebra but I hate calculus. What are some branches I can move into which require little calculus and a lot of algebra
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>>9108636
Food service and retail.
[spoiler]Suck it up champ.[/spoiler]
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>>9108636
Discrete math
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>>9108636
Any engineering field thqh famalam
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I just turned 20 a month ago. Since i was about 18 i've gone through a handle (1.75ltr) of hard alcohol (usually sailor jerrys or E&J) about every week or a little less. I usually drink most heavily right before bed, but since i work an irritating customer service orientated job i find myself going through a flask at work every now and then.
I know drinking this much is probably bad for me but was wondering if anyone could tell me the kind of permanent damage im doing to myself. Keep in mind im a 6'1 male about 150lbs, i dont do any other drugs or substances not even weed.
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>>9108518
>only 150lbs and drinking heavily
bro you are zooming headfirst into your grave, stop.
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Cirrhosis, pancreatitis, peripheral neuropathy and dilated cardiomyopathy.
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A handle over a week isn't that much.
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I'm pretty good at building computers, do you think I'd do good in computer science?
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>>9108251
You mean assembling computers: Putting off the shelf components together.
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>>9108258
So? I can also assemble a CPU by putting components together it doesn't mean it's not complicated.
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>>9108258
So? I can also write code to build a program it doesn't mean it's not complicated.
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Third year medical student here.
Need a topic for a research project for Internal Medicine. Any ideas?
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ALS, I think they just developed a new treatment which may have some efficacy in delaying the disease (father died from it)
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>>9107940
"Accidentally" stab someone, then poke around and take notes as you fix them up
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Tell about med school plz.
t. Old undergrad
Talk about sepsis, seems like no one doesn't like nothing about no sepsis.
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who else here /high-functioning dyscalculia/
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What's that?
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>>9107933
It's when you're autistic that's not terrible with people but bad at math.
Representing.
Fuzzy distinctions make deduction a rocky road.
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autistic and bad at math, just kys
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What is the cardinality of the set of all real, positive, terminating decimal numbers?
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countable
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[eqn]\aleph_0[/eqn]