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Not sure if you're looking for "scientific" books, because then all you'll get is pseudo-science & popsci garbage.

Otherwise try Schopenhauer.

>>7772212
Retard.

Literature on consciousness:

Baars, B. J. 1988 A cognitive theory of consciousness. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Cleeremans, A. 2008 Consciousness: The radical plasticity thesis. Progress in Brain Science, 168, 19-33
Crick, F. & Koch, C. 1990 Towards a neurobiological theory of consciousness. Seminars in the Neurosciences 2, 263-275.
Crick, F. & Koch, C. 2003 A framework for consciousness. Nature Neuroscience 6, 119-126.
Dehaene, S., Sergent, C. & Changeux, J. P. 2003 A neuronal network model linking subjective reports and objective physiological data during conscious perception. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100, 8520-5.
Edelman, G. M. 1987 Neural Darwinism: The Theory of Neuronal Group Selection. New York: Basic Books, Inc.
Edelman, G. M. 1989 The remembered present. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Edelman, G. M. 2003 Naturalizing consciousness: a theoretical framework. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100, 5520-4.
Edelman, G. M. & Tononi, G. 2000 A universe of consciousness : how matter becomes imagination. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Franklin, S. & Graesser, A. 1999 A software agent model of consciousness. Conscious Cogn 8, 285-301.
Grush, R. 2004 The emulation theory of representation: motor control, imagery, and perception. Behav Brain Sci 27, 377-96; discussion 396-442.
Haikonen, P. M. 2003 The cognitive approach to machine consciousness. Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic.
Hesslow, G. 2002 Conscious thought as simulation of behaviour and perception. Trends Cogn Sci 6, 242-247.
Jackendoff, R. 1987 Consciousness and the Computational Mind. MIT Press: Bradford Books.
John, E. R. 2001 A field theory of consciousness. Conscious Cogn 10, 184-213.

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>>7771908
Not exactly. We are primates which apes and im pretty sure monkeys do fall under but that doesnt make us apes or monkeys. Just cousins ;)

It's all a question of definition.

By that logic we are as much apes and monkeys as we are that ancient fish we evolved from

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also I want reddit to leave.

>>7771804
>I want reddit to leave
you are excrement
>What does /sci/ think of vaccines?
they're necessary, now fuck off, imbecile

>>7771822
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>>7771737
https://unitednuclear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_8

>>7771742
thanks!

From making bombs alone you can calculate there are enormous amounts of U238 (known as depleted uranium) lying around. And there are no good uses for this really other than for research in fast breeder reactors and ammunition.

I hear it can be used for armor around jet engine turbine section to prevent turbine failure from slicing through the aircraft like knife through hot butter but that is not such a huge demand either.


So if you can find a good use for all this the US is all ears.

Ecole normale supérieur in Paris, but it's not really a University.

Then ETH is probably the right call.

>>7771611
ETH and EPFL are about the same for the sciences. ETH is bigger because it contains everything while EPFL is only engineering

>>7771599
for stem, imperial college

just integrate one of the points and multiply by 8

>>7771417
>Your Calc I homework
>Calling it a thought experiment

So this is how it feels to talk with a retarded person.

>>7771421
Just give him shit he won't understand

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you should post this in /g/ fgt

>>7771184
Anyone? I'm in need of some hardcore help here.
Also while we're at it, if anyone needs help learning certain types of math, they can post in this thread.
It was a bit selfish of me to just want the thread about teaching me.

I only minored in math so I dont know if I can speak to the 'very advanced' stuff.

If you're doing this for yourself I would go on Kahn Academy and just do the natural progression they've laid out. Something like Alg.1->geomtry->Alg.2->Pre Calc->all the calc courses->DEs->Linear alg.->etc. If you already understand a topic skip over it. Kahn explains maths a lot better than most textbooks will. It will give you a pretty good foundation to go explore whatever you find interesting afterwards.

>>7771184
>be you
>don't read sticky

>>7771164
He's right,

but it's not an argument for creationism.

>>7771164

In a way it's kind of true.

You could analyze their morphology relative to whatever "ancestors" or "descendants" you found (i.e. before cats and after bobcats), but assuming this is just a simple thought experiment, then no, you wouldn't really be able to tell the difference.

At the same time, in the fossil record you don't know what species evolved into what species. You just know that they are kin. You don't know if there is a direct ancestry there. Just like all the hominid fossils today may not fossils of our direct ancestors. Or like with Archaeopteryx. Archaeopterix may be the "first bird" (traditionally), but is that dead Archaeopteryx the actual ancestor? Or is an Archaeopteryx from a different population the direct ancestor? or is it not Archaeopteryx?

You can't really know based off of the fossil record which species involved into which. You just know that this fossil is probably related to that fossil.

>>7771174

Me again. Let me put it this way.

If you found a house cat skeleton and a bobcat skeleton, you could say that the bobcat is related to that house cat. Related. You CANNOT say that the bobcat is a direct descendant from that house cat. For all you know, house cats and bobcats could have shared a common ancestor (let's call it desert cat), an in this case bobcats would NOT have been descendants/evolved from house cats, even though the fossil record could have made it looked like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70FYDUU2PAI

>>7771136
>he believes free energy is possible
sage and kys OP

Nope

>>7771098
>Has anyone heard of monte carlo models
Yes.

>and does it really work?
Yes.

Any more stupid questions?

What the fuck do you mean "does it work"

Monte Carlo always works but is so slow that it usually seen as a "last resort" when faster algorithms can't be used.

>>7771027
>aerospace
About 30 years too late, fampai

>>7771027
Large universities have support structures for people in your position. Community college may be rougher. Aerospace is a crowded field.

However a lot of fresh out of highschool undergrads lack discipline to get all that they can out of their degree. What you lack in youth. You make up for in having your shit together.

Are you in Dallas by chance?

>>7771027
I never went to school and wasn't given education beyond basic numeracy and reading/writing.

I am now studying engineering a top uni. It's possible if you have the brains and the dedication. I wouldn't class myself as exceptional among my class and I think the average engineer would be capable of doing the same so you don't have to be a genius, just capable of being an engineer.

What I did:
1: got all the books for the entrance exams
2: found a place that would allow me to sit them without being a student
3: study like a madman

Check the /sci/ guide next time.
https://sites.google.com/site/scienceandmathguide/subjects/mathematics

There is no subject called "pre-calculus." You should have a very good understanding of elementary algebra, trigonometry, and know your basic rules for dealing with functions.

Calculus is fairly easy. I'd say there's more online resources than one could count.

>>7770996
Thanks!

>>7770985
just watch the trig algebra and functions playlists on khan academy or something

>>7770954
Project Euler.

>>7770954
Notpron

>>7770954
Google FooBar is invite only.
Google search is interrupted and challenges you.

>>7770950

Come on, man.

Couldn't you have asked a serious question?

>>7770953
I'm seriously curious if such a thing is actually possible, basically are there any other roadblocks to giant insects other than the oxygen level in the atmosphere?

Listen to doctor malcom's wise words. You can't play god without consequence.