Why is pop-sci so cringe?
Because you know better, anon.
Also I feel I need to point out CGP Grey isn't pop-sci. In fact, he hardly ever posts anything about science. For a physics teacher, he sure knows a lot about politics and history.
only one of those is even pop sci, faggot.
the others are political, health, and pop culture.
kill yourself.
>>7765828
Scott Manley mostly just focuses on science-related video games, especially KSP, so I wouldn't go to his channel if you're looking for serious scientific content.
So I found this comment under a pop science video. Is /sci/ able to give answers to these questions? Or is he/she right?
Is the standard model full of shit?
>The Standard Model theories are actually based on an utterly false foundation.
>Here are the biggest problems in physics
1. 122 orders of magnitude difference (10 to the power of 122) between the Cosmological Constant (dark energy or vacuum energy at the cosmological scale thought to be responsible for the expansion of our universe) and the quantum vacuum density (the energy density at the Planck scale — Planck density)
2. The inconsistency between quantum forces (especially the Strong Force) and cosmological forces, primarily gravity, which is currently thought of as far too weak at the large scale to address the magnitude of the Strong Force. Hence they have been seen as having different origins, neither of which is explained.
4. What is the source of Mass and therefore, Energy, since the two are convertible through Einstein’s E=mc2 formula?
5. What determines the Speed of Light, that physics deems to be the ultimate “speed limit” of the physical universe?
6. What is the “missing mass-energy” of the universe, called Dark Matter and Dark Energy, that’s currently required to explain large-scale dynamics of galactic structures and the expansion of the universe?
7. Why the disparity of the mass of the Planck and the mass of the proton relative to their size (i.e. the Hierarchy problem between the Planck the proton and thus gravity).
8. What is the mechanism and the source of energy that produces spin for both the cosmological scale in the universe and the quantum scale?
9. What enables atoms and their constituent components (protons, electrons, etc) to remain spinning indefinitely with no known cause or explanation as to why they’re not slowing down due to inertia and entropy?
>>7765721
Even if scientists can only say "I don't know" to all of those questions, what's the point? How does this refute the standard model?
>>7765721
>I found this comment under a pop science video.
Saged because ou are:
1) Asking for simple and mathematics free explanations of things that are heavily dependent on mathematics; therefore the explanation will be incorrect
2) you haven't made the effort to study and understand these things yourself
3) you don't understand the meaning of your question "Is the standard model full of shit?" because of your lack of knowledge of physics. Hence any answer will be meaningless to you.
>>7765721
4. Matter is the source of mass, therefore the source of energy is matter, and the source of matter is energy.
Overall, this person just seems to be asking a bunch of questions that either have already been answered but are too technical for this pop science-viewing "intellectual" to begin to understand or don't have answers to them as of right now.
For all we know, our understanding of the universe might be a tiny bit incorrect or fundamentally incorrect, but we're trying our best to find the truth, however far from it we may be.
What should i study to be immortal?
Vaginal studies. Your genes will live on once you stop breing a virgin and impregnate a women.
>>7765720
molecular biology/biochemistry
math
>algebra is not real mathematics
>calculus is not real mathematics
>anything that isn't pure mathematics or chem/mech/elec engineering is pleb tier.
>if your iq is not at least two standard deviations above the mean, don't even think of studying STEM.
engineering is pleb tier, so you clearly didn't lurk enough
>algebra is not real mathematics
Algebra is real mathematics.
>calculus is not real mathematics
Calculus isn't because Calculus is by definition Analysis without math.
>anything that isn't pure mathematics or chem/mech/elec engineering is pleb tier.
Every field can be pleb tier or god tier depending on what you do in it.
>if your iq is not at least two standard deviations above the mean, don't even think of studying STEM.
IQ is meaningless.
>>7765638
>engineering is pleb tier
>daily threads declaring engineering to be god tier
What happened before big bang?
matter and anti-matter were slowly approaching each other
The world was a hot dense state
>>7765623
The Big Tease.
Hi sci, I bet you can't tell what went wrong. PIC related
>>7765541
Termen =terms
Differentieren = derivative
>>7765541
You forgot to differentiate "n terms" which is another n-dependency.
i like how from 2n=n you were able to conclude 2=1 rather than n=0
How do I produce NaCN with the reactants:
charcoal
cyanuric acid
sodium bicarbonate
all are in fine powder. And how many parts of each, and how hot?
>>7765488
OP here, I just made sodium carbonate by heating sodium bicarbonate. Now the reactants are
charcoal
cyanuric acid
sodium carbonate
How do I synthesize NaCN from these?
>>7765499
Lol youre better off making HCN from Potassium Ferrocyanite and Phosphoric Acid. Then treat the HCN with NaOH and you get NaCN and H2O.
3K4[Fe(CN)6] + 6H3PO4 -> 18HCN + 4K3PO4 + Fe3(PO4)2
HCN + NaOH -> NaCN + H2O
>>7765516
Will this be effective to get CN in powder form? You're suggesting:
-mix ferrocyanide and phosphoric acid, burn them (I assume at 300 Celsius for 20 minutes or so) to create HCN
-Then "treat" the HCN with NaOH and you get NaCN and H2O.
Is that correct? Your instructions are vague but I think It's simple and I appreciate it. I just don't know what "treat" means to you (burn them or just mix them?) since I'm not experienced in chemistry.
How long do I burn them for a chemical reaction?
And does it matter how exact the measurements are in milligrams?
Why don't we have Thorium reactors yet?
>>7765480
Can someone explain that pic to me like im a 3 year old ?
>>7765480
>Why don't we have Thorium reactors yet?
No one wants to make the fuel infrastructure development effort without a full understanding of thorium's nuclear fuel cycle, and assurance that any reactor using it would actually be profitable through the end of its life cycle.
>>7765480
Two reasons - thorium reactors are too clean, they don't produce weapons grade plutonium as a bye-product which is where the real profit is (iirc david susuki gave a lecture about the inefficiency of uranium reactors some years ago?) and (again, iirc) something about them requiring liquid sodium which is next to impossible to plumb, because that shit eats through everything (or maybe liquid floride? i dunno, I don't know shit about chemistry). Something about a thorium reactor built in Scotland in the 50's that had these problems.
Source: asked my dad about it a couple of years ago, he was involved in building nuclear reactors back in the 50's (PHd ChemEng). I didn't into academia so a lot of what he explained is over my head.
But also, hydrogen fuel cells; really bad idea again because plumbing - at some point you have to separate the hydrogen and some will escape the system and leave the planet and ultimately we'll have no hydrogen left and therefore no water and therefore no life. At least, that's what I understood from what he told me.
Why haven't you read the most important text in Nutritional Science yet?
Before any of you idiots try to argue against the book without reading it, you might as well stop now. The book has over 2,600 scientific articles referenced to prove its point. I doubt your clumsy arguments are worth even being considered.
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The oxidation rate of Sulfur S4O6 2- right?
But what about Boron, those two are tricky. What's the differences?
Now if we solve it conventionally 4x - 12 = -2 so now you might wonder how we got a fractional oxidation state.
But the answer lies in the structure of the tetrathionate ion, right?
>>7765431
>rate
state?
what's the difference between B and S?
they are in different groups
>>7765435
Oops. Yes, Sate. This is Ochem. I am trying to find the product of
Why do only certain fishes posess electric organs?
Is it impossible for land-based lifeforms to have these too?
Would they even work on land?
How much do these fishes need to eat to make up for the energy loss?
Is it possible to breed humans with electric organs?
And with electric i mean strong enough to paralyze/kill foes
>>7765379
Bump
You will never be a human tazer
>>7765409
afaik these electric organs are basically modificated muscles. Why cant land-based lifefoms develope this.
is it possible to learn everything? can you spend your whole life accumulating debt and taking courses?
what would it be like?
>>7765378
>Is it possible to learn everything
no.
>>7765378
>Is it possible to learn everything
no.
>>7765378
>Is it possible to learn everything
no.
I never went to college but I always liked math, I even did a calculus book by myself over 10 years ago but now I want to learn more and also became interested in programming, is project Euler a good way to learn both of them a the same time?
TL;DR: Should I use project Euler to learn math and programming by myself?
Yeah why not? Combine it with other sources of learning, like khan academy and books.
>>7765411
Any recommendations in what programming language/books should I pick?
>>7765364
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2012/4/27/21151/3984
The time is nigh for /sci/ to write a collaborative textbook in the same vein as /lit/'s critically acclaimed masterpieces legacy of totalitarianism in a tundra and hypersphere. Post your topical suggestions ITT.
>>7765250
>Why pop science is shit, by /sci/.
The book will practically write itself. In fact you could probably write a bot that just scans the archives and dumps them into a text file. Then all you need to do is send it off to an editor and bada-bing bada-boom we're authors.
>>7765250
I have been tempted to try to write a book on GR that could be read by a high school student with no math experience higher than precalc. Start with the fundamentals of calc and try to develop everything from a highly geometric perspective that will make GR feel natural.
Unfortunately I am both busy and lazy.
Don't forget triple integral, algebraic topology and HoTT.
>"emotional IQ"
>"OP"
>"A good poster"
>>7765021
\upvote
Are you suggesting that there's no such thing as emotional intelligence?