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>>7709400
What do you even mean what is the cause of the different wavelengths of light? Wavelength is a property of waves.

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>>7709400
>What are the causes and implications of wavelengths of light?
This right here. This shit.

If photons truly are particles, is this particle as a whole the "electromagnetic wave"? Isn't there no actual difference between electric and magnetic fields? Is the flux observed in this what gives the frequency and wavelength?

Is all this shit just explaining that light is its own deal, and not simply observing the fluctuations in the aether?

Seriously, what the motherfuck is going on? I know how radiation behaves to some extent, but what is it? No longer am I willing to interpolate the answer. I get treated like a fuckhead when I extrpolate. So go on, what the hell do we think it is this time.

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Is this place a meme? Considering to study there for engineering, but nobody in my area knows what it is. Is it worth OOS tuition?

>>7734781
Probably something that can burn quickly

>>7734785
Wtf does that mean? Auto-ignition? Flash-point? Energy density? Which of them is important in the design of an engine?

Petrol ignites via flame or spark. Where as diesel ignites under pressure. Notice how diesel engines don't have spark plugs or leads?

it was just some bullshit to get out of class occassionally

>>7734276
Okay, did you miss anything important? Was that the extent of the program or was there an entire curriculum for students later?

I was in Enriched Math in Highschool, which was pretty pointless because we had the exact same curriculum and exam as the normal stream, we just went through faster/did moderately more challenging questions. Honestly I thought it was a good thing, helped me adjust to Uni course load easier

>home invasions
So like, you could set this up as a paint-ball or air-soft scenario, just sayin'.
>surgeon
So get some fucking goats or something.

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>>7734010

>So like, you could set this up as a paint-ball or air-soft scenario, just sayin'.

How is paintball similar to breaking into a house at 3am tying up all the inhabitants and playing games with them?

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If computers/programs become self aware and we allow people to fulfil their deepest darkest fantasies in virtual reality, would that be immoral?

I mean whats the difference between fucking a child and going into VR and fucking a child thats identical similar to a real person in terms of though patterns and reactions etc etc.

However I don't see the government making it illegal to perform child rape in your own virtual reality.

PROTIP: If you do something for 24 hours strait, your brain goes into "oh shit I'm going to die if I don't fucking adapt to this shit" mode.
There were some german researchers who did a study on this a few years ago. Sorry, I can't for the life of me remember their names.

>tl;dr, if you want to be really good at something, abuse your brain with it for days on end without food or sleep.

>>7733966
fucking /sci/ i swear to god

My freshman and sophomore years I could not raise my gpa above 3.2 no matter how hard I tried. Something clicked for me junior year and I'm on the deans list every semester now. Being in this environment where you are constantly learning changes you for the better. You become way more intelligent than you think by going to college.

>>7733887
>we live apart from each other.
Have fun being cucked.

>>7733887

She's absolutely cheating on you.

is P = NP?

Absolute bullshit for people that can't apply logic or thought to anything meaningful.

Le to be or not 2 be xDxDxD so quirky and liberal and smart

>>7733854
>science cannot exist without philosophy
I hate that fallacy. Basically this "argument" states "every act of thinking is philosophy". So then what is there to be pretentious about? You philosotards are seriously bragging about being able to think, i.e. something every child can do (better than you)?

>>7733854
No, but this is /sci/, where we believe that everything that is not science is stupid in order to make ourselves feel smarter.

If you have lurked for at least a day, you're either trolling, or asking here so people can confirm the opinion you already have.

I'd like to see some responses detailing your own experiences with psychoactive substances and your thoughts on how the insights revealed are certainly more notable and related to our own visceral communications with our own notions of perception of reality than other, less involved methods of learning.

I think that the subject matter is scientific enough, as it pertains to our own notions of reality and the elements that determine its course.

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>eat drugs
>gain increased memory access
>see how actions affect things
>see how personal actions affect other beings
>learn empathy
>lean emotions

Is knowledge exclusive to those who can detach from the norm and view themselves from a different angle? Is one grounded perspective less honest than a multitude of ponderings without devotion?

try the homework board

>>>/hm/

It was proposed before the discovery of the atomic nucleus.
The model has electrons intwined in something like an atomic nucleus, their charges balanced out by a "positive soup" instead of protons. And I don't believe it has any mention of neutrons

>>7733786
It's not homework. Also, posting to /hm/ is the oldest shit on /sci/.

I just want an answer from you guys.

Don't worry OP, you're not stupid.

it depends on the math. if you can't understand basic arithmetic you're pretty stupid. if you can't solve the Navier Stokes equations or prove the Riemann Hypothesis, well join the club.

>>7733472
It means they're intellectually lazy, which is worse than being stupid.

By not posting on 4Chan and spending your time studying rather than trying to low key brag about taking Calc 2 in HS.

>>7733051
Finished Calc 2 my softmore year of HS then I took Calc 3, Diff. Eq, Stats and linear algebra at the community college. Had my associates degree by my first semester of my senior year.

I wouldn't recommend it. I was rejected from every Ivy and ended up going to a state school. At least I got a full ride. If you want to succeed, focus on padding yourself with bullshit.

>>7733143
Holy fuck way to assume the worst in someone. OP, if you really want to be prepared for math 55 kind of stuff, you'd best learn linear algebra, calc 3, ODEs, and proofs. There are resources for all of those on the /sci/ google site.

I would say you shouldn't think of a photon as just moving slower. In the wave picture, light is an oscillating magnetic and electric field. Once the wave hits the material, such as glass, the electric field oscillates the electrons, which in turn emit light waves. So I would say that index of refraction, which determines the speed of light, is related to the oscillation time of the electrons. If the material has a configuration such that electrons cannot oscillate with ease, then light gets emitted at a slower rate, which appears to be travelling slower.

>>7732896
Ohh okay this makes sense, thanks anon

No they're not gaining energy. Nor are they losing energy when they enter the glass.

>transcontinental ballistic missiles in private hands

how is it legal?

>>7732864
its science

>Bamp

I think there's another thread about this already

>>7732758
Literally take nothing /sci/ says about education seriously.

>>7732758
I've actually compared the coursework of an equivalent MIT engineering degree to mine and it they have far less required courses and skip a lot of work I consider fundamental to my field. Though I do assume that the higher quality students take those courses as electives in their weird system anyway, but it should strictly speaking be required for their degree to be accredited.

They're really only good at aerospace and mechanical engineering.

>Dropout rates aren't high at prestigious universities!
Wrong:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_55

You seem to care more about other peoples education than yours. Maybe you should stop being a butthurt fucking faggot and enjoy your course

to tie a knot to the strings in string theory

It's to knot a knot such that it's not a knot.

>>7732643
...NOT!