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To what extent does flouridated water pose a threat to the integrity of our precious bodily fluids?
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>>7741127
wow that goat really likes that car
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This is something i've always had as a concern in the back of my head too. I know there are a lot of BS conspiracies out there but seeing these posts and articles about fluoride effecting the pineal gland and shit spurs my curiosity.
I've had some friends over the years who avoid it and believe they can think clearer and dream better since they stop drinking tap water. Not sure if this is a placebo though or if they're the same people who support anti-vaxing
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>>7741127
Women can sense my power when I make the physical act of love with them but deny them my essence
When did you realize that you weren't smart enough for a career in math? INB4 calc 1.
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>>7739752
Probably either complex analysis or Algebraic Geometry II.
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>>7739757
i fucking hate ellipsoids, hyperboloids, and such
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>>7739752
I realized I was too smart to waste my time in a career in math when I had my first company idea.
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Does anyone else ever have very mixed feelings about pop sci?
I recently attended an art gallery opening where I spoke to one of the artist who was part of the two artist show. He talked to me for a bit, and I told him I was studying biochemistry. He bragged about being a nerd and having a 3.85 GPA. I told him that I had only a 3.1 GPA, but that science was harder than art. He then told me I was wrong and started sputtering off about how I was wrong and how it is harder to create art than it is to understand science. He then started misquoting and misinterpreting Neil Degrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku, and Nicholas Tesla.
On the one hand I really like pop sci. It keeps science fun and interesting. It makes science accessible to the public. I think part of the reason there is a slight up swing in money awarded to science is because of the influence that pop sci has of the public. On the other hand it gives the impression that science isn't as rigorous as it is. It gets misinterpreted a lot. I feel that a lot of people don't understand how complicated reality really is, and part of that is due to pop sci. I still like a lot of pop sci, especially that which is outside my field.
What is your opinion on science in the public sphere?
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>>7739193
tyson is a meme
hurr god doesnt exist durr
figured all this out with untestable theories
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>>7739193
I do have mixed feelings about it. It really depends on how the person presents the material. I find they way Feynman and Sagan did it to be beneficial, but people like Kaku mix in way too much pseudoscience. BSM tends to present accurate information but he seems very arrogant.
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>>7739200
Tyson is agnostic.
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Is computer software made out of atoms?
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>>7739100
Thanks for the gif
Y yes, but it also has electrons
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>>7739100
Computer software is non-physical
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>>7739100
Computer software can be anything, like holes in a punch-card or a certain voltage or squeaks and whistles. It's really more of a process or series of steps than the thing it's "written" with.
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So, what are the EE fags here doing? Which sub"genre" are you learning? Gonna go to university starting 2016 and need inspiration.
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>>7737506
>Not being already inspired to do what you just signed up to do and haven't even started to do.
You a shit anon.
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>>7737512
I do w6e in my free time, building stuff w/ MCUs, analog and so on. Just no idea what you do in the industry
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started EE a few months ago. so far just toying with arduinos and preparing for my DC analysis/mag. circuits exam
If I want to make AI in 10 years should I go into
Math
CS
Neuroscience
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>>7743193
Math (after the obvious incursion through discrete maths), and specialise in topology. CS or CE depending on what you need, biology.
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Neuroscientists would not be making the AI. Their research would be used to make the AI.
At the degree of complexity such that advanced machine learning and neural networking are the subject matters, computer science and math are interchangeable. Theoretical computer science is pure math, read any complexity theory lecture notes to see.
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>>7743193
All 3 you lazy nigger
What's the sum of all real numbers?
Is it infinite or undefined?
How do I express 1+2+3+4+5 as a function f of x where x is how many times you've done it. So f(4) is 1+2+3+4.
Is this an exponential function? I mean the rate of change is constantly increasing. But I guess since the rate of rate is only increasing by one each time it no exponential.
Sorry for English and math. I am farmer using internet to learn math.
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Infinite
Don't think this can be written as a function without using sigma notation
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>>7743141
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\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} n
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Through analytic continuation, this can be determined to be -1/12
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>>7743146
Bullshit
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question about liquid compression
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I have a question, let's say I can make a metal can that will never leak no matter how you abuse it, then can a normal can of soda drink be compress to half its can size with extreme pressure?
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>>7742883
>I have a question
No, I'm pretty sure you don't.
Oh, there's a question mark at the end, but you didn't actually ask a question at the end.
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>>7742883
Yes you retard. You could compress it to a solid.
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Half its size? You'd need some fucking enormous pressure for that, and it sure as hell isn't going to be a liquid at that point.
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Is it possible to run out of space in your brain? ie: you're trying to learn new things and your brain is like...yea nah, this data storage is full? Or could that be something else?
So I have about 1 terabytes worth of music, books, some films which I should be sorting through, also about 1200 bookmarks, and it'd be nice to learn Spanish or Dutch. (I'm mostly done with English) I'm a NEET so I do have the time admittedly.
But what really happens is.. I'm just sitting in my armchair in front of my PC and whenever I'm trying to study, put things in order, my brain just goes - nope. It's just so frustrating when I used to be quite brilliant, but now I feel like a box of withered potatoes all the time.
What is wrong with me?
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>>7742639
Pretty picture, anon. There was a time when I could simply look at it and generate dozens of branching possibilities, ideas, inspirations. Tie it in with existing macro ideas, distort it, pull individual elements, change it, manipulate it.
No longer. It's just a tree. Pretty, but just a tree. I'm not sure why it happens. I'm not if it has to happen. I'm not sure if it's temporary and reverses when some deep is identified and resolved, or if it's just one's frame of life in general. Maybe it's something in the environment. Maybe your way of conceptualizing and reworking your framework of knowledge has been crippled somehow.
I don't know. I hope it is solved. I know spending too much time around certain types of people, or in certain places, is mentally taxing and generally soul crushing over time, no matter how durable you are. /sci/ is certainly one such shithole.
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>>7742639
You're just lazy
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>>7742639
These sort of questions are now, to me, some of the most annoying questions anyone can ask, because they show that the person asking didn't bother criticizing their own question to begin with. They don't bother with null hypotheses. They just think something, and because they thought it they think it's deep and profound shit.
It's not.
What is data storage? What is compression? What is lossless compression?
Are memories lossless? Are memories compressed? Does it matter what file system you use? When you try to compare a brain to computer hardware, go the fucking extra mile and actually wonder if your question makes sense.
Is it possible to run out of space in a book, especially when it's more of a binder and all you need to do is add another page?
These questions are stupid.
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Will Denmark ever flood completely?
Anything I read about sea level rise keeps telling me how countries like Denmark will flood completely long from now.
Does this have any merit?
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Somebody with education in this area please respond I am terrified of flooding
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>>7741969
Nah man just build some dikes. Source: I live 2m below sea level.
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>>7741955
If the Dutch can deal with it so can you.
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>Hawking and Mlodinow, in the chapter of their book called “The Theory of Everything,” quote Albert Einstein: “The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.” In response, Hawking and Mlodinow offer this crashing banality: “The universe is comprehensible because it is governed by scientific laws; that is to say, its behavior can be modeled.” Later, the authors invite us to give ourselves a collective pat on the back: “The fact that we human beings — who are ourselves mere collections of fundamental particles of nature — have been able to come this close to an understanding of the laws governing us and our universe is a great triumph.” Great triumph or no, none of this addresses Einstein’s paradox, because no explanation is offered as to why our universe is “governed by scientific laws.”
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E. is right indeed. The gap has widened in a century. hawking is just like the dawkins of physics
people think that the foremost questions in science is what is space, time, temperature, quarks and so on. No, the sole crucial and urgent question is why the humanity is able to predict [more or less] through induction , itself formalized via the rules of inferences.
[and also, why the humanity believes that to offer some mechanical model is knowledge about the world]
>muh philosophy does not give us computers
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Without them rules there would just be chaos, therefore no humans. Anthropic principle I'd say.
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>>7741838
bold
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>>7741834
>>muh philosophy does not give us computers
just because you mock it doesn't make it any less true
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>Ph.D in mathematics
>I want any job
>$300k in debt
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>>7741439
>not taking up actuary
>gets fuckin cockblocked by specialists in jobs
Enjoy ur fuckin bankruptcy and toilet papers
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>>7741463
>hasn't killed self yet
Top pleb
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Why do you have debt? Are you too stupid to get your education for free?
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Is our current level of technology sufficient to create bio-engineered monsters like deathclaws or tentacle monsters?
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finding ways to post hentai in /sci/, i like it. it's a very welcome switch up.
OT: yes, i believe so, but i don't think they would be as realistic as you would like
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>>7741417
why is that?
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>>7741371
More or less yes, but there is a severe lack of knowledge. I've been working on increasing mitochondrial output but it's slow going. If you don't know how at all, you can't really do it even if you have the technology and skills to do so.
what the dick?
how come the cheese didnt melt?
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Because you're gay
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>>7740899
the pizza is undercooked.
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>>7740899
Ask /ck/. It'll give them a break from Jack whoever threads if that's still a thing.
According to news reports, the temperature in one part of Colorado has dropped to -51F (-46C). While much of the east coast is experiencing short sleeve weather, the drop to -51F is rather extreme even for high altitude Colorado.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2015/12/22/A-cold-day-at-Antero-Reservoir-51-below-in-Colorado/6451450804077/
Am I missing something in the news reports as to why it can be that much colder at this location other than altitude? Is there perhaps a microclimate that reinforces the low temperatures? According to Wikipedia, the area in question is usually mild in comparison to surrounding areas. I keep thinking there must be some catch in what is being reported where the author went for the better headline than for accuracy.
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>>7739863
>Fahrenheit
Why?
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>>7740159
(F - 32)/1.8 = C
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>>7740159
Because it sounds so much better.
I'd rather hear 80 degrees than 27 degrees. It sounds so much comfier.
Same with feet and inches. I'd rather hear "X foot X" than "X cm"
This is why Europoors are always upset. They lack the comfiness.