Is it scientifically possible to construct a lightsaber? Lasers are real right? So just have to find a way to control its length....electromagnetics, gravity, strong nuclear force maybe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-xHso660tA
You make something similar, video related.
Maybe if you could project a magnetic field in a bar-shape you could contain some plasma with it.
Besides being a literal meme and loved by Reddit, there's something about this guy that pisses me off
He's like this faux scientist that is a living and breathing clickbait article that makes retards who don't actually know science think they're smart
is he even considered a real voice in the actual scientific community
no, he's just a celebrity
>>7735543
No. Bright undergrads could publish more papers than he has in his career.
He's a great educator and science advocate, but in terms of actual contributions to his field, he's not held in very high regard. I don't see why /sci/ has a big problem with his educating laymen on science.
what if string theory is the best we've got?
What if a proof was found that says no Theory of Everything can exist without generating a large number of universes and taking the anthropic principle into account?
would phycisists go through an existential crisis like mathematicians did after godel's incompleteness theorem was proven? would they commit mass suicide?
>>7735514
what if your mum wasn't whore?
I think you'd have gotten a proper education and wouldn't be asking stupid questions on a barbadian pig fucking forum.
>>7735514
honestly I don't know why they haven't already since even their theory of gravity doesn't work and they had to add "dark matter"...
So I guess no, they won't commit mass suicide, they had the opportunity before.
>>7735514
There exist particles that hide under the guise of a zero-point on the velocity-pattern of a vibrating string.
These particles are probably the fundamental ones, while the extrema of the velocity pattern is the source of quantum gravity/entanglement.
yeah I am crazy.
Hello /sci/ I recently quit smoking cigarettes by moving to a Vaporizer.
I tried to find some actual medical studies via google, but I guess I just don't know what to look for, because I can't find any articles that are just hard facts without shit-loads of bias.
Do any of you happen to have links to real medical study results or any insights into the effects of the standard Vaporizer chemicals(Vegetable Glycerin, Propylene glycol, Nicotine, and food-grade flavoring) on the lungs?
The reason you can't find anything is because it's barely been studied so far. Personally I wouldn't risk putting that shit in my body until there's solid science confirming it's harmless. (And also I don't want to be chemically dependent on an expensive habit that makes me look like a tool, but that's neither here nor there.)
>inhaling anything other than 78% N2 + 21% O2 + 1% others
>good for you
pick one
Really, anything you inhale that isnt what your lungs were designed to process is going to have some adverse (not necessarily bad, but normally bad) effect.
>>7735463
>appeal to nature
How can I make relatively pure (>70%) nitric acid?
>>7735019
Yeah.
>>7735019
>using an apple device
>>7735019
this is actually very easy. you'll need an automotive battery (contains sulphuric acid), about two pounds of bitter almonds(preferably finely ground although coarse will work too), a cooking-pot and a stove. now just put the ground almonds in a cooking-pot, add about 350 ml of sulphuric acid and 150 ml of water(always add the acid first, then the water), and apply medium heat. stir vigorously for 5 minutes, remove the pot from the stove and let it cool. finally filter the mixture through a cheesecloth and you'll have concentrated nitric acid. hope this helps.
Old age is cancer.
Is this true?
Please don't post images from an iphone.
>>7734526
Kind of.
Aging is related to genetic entropy.
Could I light Jupiter and other gas giants on fire with a match?
>>7734059
you could light anything on fire with a large enough match
>>7734060
A normal match
>>7734063
no
a large meteor couldnt ignite it
What type of research is everyone conducting?
I'm currently synthesizing anti tumor drugs and studying the effects it has on DNA.
>>7732654
AI psychotherapy (it seems to be working)
Masturbation rate per hour on /gif/
>>7732654
Molecular dynamics
Sorta interesting
Growing field
Wouldn't want to do any more than undergrad research in it though.
How can I know for certain if I am intelligent or not? I thought I was smart in high school but I just got a D in first year chemistry. Does this mean I'm unintelligent?
Yes.
Uni let's you know there are thousands of individuals around you who are smarter, more disciplines and better looking who still won't be successful, because there are tens of thousands even better than them in the state, hundreds of thousands better than them in the country, millions better than them in the world.
You are slime.
Dumb, ugly slime.
>>7730893
Not necessarily. Hell, most people I know fuck up at least one class as a freshman. A lot of people are good at hiding the fact and it may seem like you're the only one who's not getting it, but trust me, MOST if not all get a slap in the face as freshmen. Personally I got a D in programming 101 and I felt like an idiot because, like you, I had always been good in high school
But, just this last semester I had calc 4, object-oriented programming, fluid mechanics and thermophysics and I aced all 4.
I know how you feel bro, I (and most people) have been there. I'd say it's just a matter of settling into this new situation you're in. I would argue that your freshman year is not necessarily indicative of your long term success. That's not to say though that you should relax and that things will sort themselves out; you have to keep working hard and figure out how to work smart.
Oh and for whatever it's worth, I have an IQ of 139 (just short of 140, god fucking damnit the shit eats me alive, not really) and I still got a D in *basic* programming.
Don't beat yourself up bro, just keep on trucking.
>>7730896
This basically.
>>7730893
Unless you went to a private high-school you are pretty much expected to be top of your class academically unless you are an utter retard.
Everyone in my ChemE freshman class was either top of their class or came from a top 20 high-school and only 60% of those people graduated. That's graduated, the average time to graduate was 5 years.
Can we all agree now that this movie was good and the science was a 9 out of 10.
>>7728795
it wasn't just good, it was great
still science fiction though
Yes, 'twas a great film.
Didn't watch it, on account of it being a movie.
So the Falcon9 scheduled to launch later today (16~ hours) will be landing on solid ground instead of a platform in the water approx 10 min after takeoff.
http://www.americaspace.com/?p=89910
Place your bets kids. Will he succeed or will it go boom?
well...considering the history of SpaceX...
>>7732639
Pretty much this
Is it launching from Vandenberg?
>"M-maybe once I get a N-Nobel prize then I'll become alpha and outbanter Chad in front of Stacey...!"
Hmmmmm, is that so, nerds?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUOFTPbxuWA
>people think about this kind of stuff
what are you doing with your life?
>>7738372
O'reilley is being a bit mean here, trying to bait him to get mad with that artful rhetoric. Academics, if they're good, shouldn't be good at rhetoric. Actually they should actively suck at rhetoric, because their habitual use of facts should be so strongly ingrained it gets in the way.
As an unrelated note, have you ever noticed how human faces are really small compared to our head size? (look at the area enclosed by the eyebrows and chin as one object, and rest of the head as another object, you'll see)
>>7738372
ITT: Anon tries to project his virginity
Anyone ever catch a person talking about physics/math and call em out cause they dont know what they talkin bout?pic related
>>7737872
I don't "call em out" because usually the person talking shit is unimportant while professionals know to not talk about shit they don't understand.
Usually people who know who I am will always ask my opinion instead of just talking about though, for example if someone in the room is talking shit, any person that knows me would turn to me asking "is she/he/that right" I will gently correct them.
Under any other circumstances I ignore them because whether I correct them or not is really inconsequential and I don't an ego boost.
only if they ask me if it's correct or use it to underline a political standpoint.
I don't care about the rest tho, any1 needs to make and discover his own mistakes sometimes, myself included.
because sometimes you know you were wrong the moment you finished your sentence but between knowing for yourself and admitting to others there's a big gap and I respect that.
I just spout blatantly wrong sciency things just to impress people who don't know better just to improve my social standing. I know there's not many people who will know better.
I don't feel guilty in the slightest
Why do people lie on the internet?
I'm looking at my grades and decide to read what other info is at my faculty's page in the university's web site.
After reading other interesting notes I find a short paragraph that details what my degree in Mathematics prepares you, professionally, for.
It first says that the degree focuses on teaching and pure and applied mathematics. I feel like that sums it up. I wouldn't call my degree pure or applied because it is a good mix of what you should know as a mathematician.
Then read this:
'The graduate in mathematics is legally capable of:
'Venturing into computation, banking, finance, insurance, etc.'
Right there is the mention of 4 radically different jobs that can legally be done with one degree so I ask again. Why do people lie on the internet? Where does the 'no jobs' meme come from? It is ridiculous.
And before someone claims that the only reason they state this is to make you feel good about spending money for the degree, I have two points against that.
#1: This is not shitmerica. There is no inflated tuition, no loans and no debt. The entire degree costs less than a thousand dollars and you could even get it for free if you were good in high school.
#2: This university is literally the 'government' university. As in it is run by the government to prepare people by the standards of the government. Not only is it the #1 ranked university nationally but everyone I know who has an important position, specially in the government, has a degree from this university. When it claims that you can legally do something you better believe that they mean it and employers know this. Specially national companies who's higher ups will have literally graduated here (or may even teach here).
So I will live a happy, fulfilling and employment-diverse life while you stay mad and do the one job your degree shoehorns you into, even though in 5-10 years you will be bored of it to death but will have no choice but to keep doing it.
>>7737432
>Why do people lie on the internet?
You on 4chan m8.
>>7737432
>#1: This is not shitmerica. There is no inflated tuition, no loans and no debt. The entire degree costs less than a thousand dollars and you could even get it for free if you were good in high school.
American degrees are worth more than whatever shit-stained paper you get after graduation. In college education you literally get what you pay for. You get it for free, it probably sucks. It costs you high, it will take you high.
>>7737432
>The graduate in mathematics is legally capable of:
>'Venturing into computation, banking, finance, insurance, etc.
If you actually need a math degree to be -legally- bestowed the capacity to perform those roles you live in a shit country and should kill yourself.
>oh no I typed out this reply without a math degree, guess I'm going to be arrested for illegal computation!11!
Bigger news then landing on the moon for the first time? I would say yes.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/21/news/companies/spacex-launch-rocket-landing/index.html
>>7737185
>Bigger news then landing on the moon for the first time?
Neil Armstrong doesn't give a shit and Elon Mud is still crying.
>>7737185
No, but it brings us closer to bigger things.
>>7737185
>Guys! Guys! Instead of giving money to state employees, you know, the ones that got us to the moon? How about we give them to private corporations and billionaires who then can by old soviet rockets for cheap, pocket the profits.
Once the private companies get to space with state money and technology, they'll act like tough shits, and take over the moon, mars, and demand we pay more because "muh free market".
Private enterprise doesn't develop shit.