collage student, wants to become a scientist, linked this: mathematicsofevolution.com/ChaptersMath/Chapter_150__Probability_of_Evolution__.html and asked why we haven't evolved night vision when someone offered an evolutionary explanation for why we are scared of the dark.
I replied with this youtube.com/watch?v=IPyKaH09lpc
Are we both close-minded little gits?
>all it means is that we perceive the present through a different worldview of the past
At which point the scientist, were he not a hypocrite, should be inclined towards the view which has more experimental evidence to support it. Evolution isn't something you can deny, you can literally see it happen in nature and in the lab at scales both microscopic and macroscopic.
Fuck, I could say I perceive the past as containing me winning the Nobel prize and that doesn't mean it's just as valid as any other interpretation.
Creatonists know that kids will eventually be faced with scientific evidence so they just say ''there's no contradiction!'' until they're blue in the face because otherwise so many would leave altogether. And since the kids probably come from religious families, if they have any interest in science they're all too eager to believe they can choose both.
I don't think science necessarily invalidates religion but creationism certainly doesn't fit in.
>>7673680
Creation is full of contradictions which no intelligible person can simply ignore and continue believing. Also what the other anon said; evolution isn't something deniable because it's being observed. Evolution is the outcome of mutation + natural selection and we do observe both of them.
>>7673680
evolution is a phenomenon of belief which, in the later cases such as macroevolution and ultimately speciation, is believed by many scientists. The issue that is being called into question is the following: why is it that these so-called scientists purportedly belief in such a phenomena? if these textbooks and opinions are to be maximally believed, then this must indicate that evolution is the case and is a fact. however, the case many not be so, exactly. one problem with the opinion is the EVIDENCE... there are usually illustrations in books and textbooks that demonstrate the transition from fossil to human. However, how is it possible that one single fossil would be able to give rise to all human creativity? This point is bolstered by the fact that these drawings are just taht: DRAWINGS. There are no actual fossils/animals to go along with the drawings, merely an artist's creation, which, though applausable in the right circumference, is unfortunately out of place in the realm of scientific inquesitionings. Many scientists are simply victims of sociological manipulation of their superiors who are overcome by the spell of the monolithic science figure of Richard Darwins, therefore they are willing to believe in and work under the stipullation of the "theory" without the correct amounts of fortuitous evidence.
Anyone else /prodigy/ here? I was taking college CALCULUS in HIGH SCHOOL (they call it "AB" Calculus I think).
But seriously though, tell us your stories all. What classes did you take in HS, did you graduate early, what shit did you test out of in uni, how many dumbfags did you leave in the dust
dropped out of high school to smoke hash. grad school for pure math these days.
Mexican descent here. Born and raised in America. I currently go to a community college and I am taking Differential Equations. I consider myself a prodigy since I'm not a gang member and don't have any kids.
I made a CLOCK by following the instructions I found online when I was only in HIGH SCHOOL. Epic level stuff right there.
/sci/ please help me collect some data. i hypothesize that most people in this thread are like myself; INTJ(-A) on the Myers-Briggs scale. i just want to test this with a good sample.
would be interesting if i were proven to be way off.
free quick test here:
http://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
score: INTJ-A
age: 34
yearly salary:
current job: truck driver
rough IQ: 160 +/- 20
dream job: free lance inventor/efficiency consultant
I'm ENFP.
Also Myers-Briggs is some speculative bullshit, I don't think anyone takes it seriously. It's kind of fun though.
Age: 26
Yearly Salary: Null
Current Job: Caretaker for ill family
Rough IQ: 134
Dream Job: Night Watch/Security
>>7672391
score: INTP-A
age: 21
yearly salary: 300k forints per month, starting
current job: mathematics PhD student
dream job: mathematician
>>7672391
>rough IQ: 160 +/- 20
I don't believe you.
score: ISTP-T
age: 24
yearly wage: about 13k
current job: Amazon sort floor
rough IQ: 130
dream job: board game designer, but since I'm not very creative, something that goes to a bunch of different places.
Hello /sci/ I'm a Senior in High School and I am taking the ACT in december. This will be the first time I have taken this exam and it is of utmost importance that I score a 33, while not hard I would want to know what tips you have before taking the ACT? Also, what did you score on the exam?
33 is really really high. What college do you want to go to? Also, first time in December? That's really late. What highly selective college has applications due that late?
>>7675801
The ACT is really coachable. If you want a good idea of how you'll do, take one of those practice tests in the red ACT book they give you.
If you don't do as well as you'd like, keep taking those tests, and use the answer key to figure out what you need to improve on.
Good luck.
>>7675803
>33 is really really high
disdain_for_plebs.jpg
+ 1,000,000 internets to anyone who can tell me what I had for brunch (pic related)
>>7675492
semen
>>7675493
Nope. That was breakfast. Try again, this time with your forebrain.
C'mon, it's a good joke. One of you has to get this.
I've read a lot about DNA specific bioweapons over the years. I have no doubt that they are in theory possible, and that people are taking precautions against it. I can find lots of blogs/articles online discussing it in pretty good detail, but when I try and find actual sources on the matter I've sort of hit a brick wall.
Maybe I'm just not hitting that sweet search-term spot, but I can't find anything published that discusses these designer weapons specifically. Any help?
Foxdie?!
>>7675432
While it is certainly possible, the amount of time, resources, and money involved would be impractical at best.
It would have to target and entire subset of genetic traits as the trigger. It's not feasible to target a specific genotype and with the spread and interbreeding between peoples of all regions it cannot be safely assumed that a trigger sequence wouldn't kill a large percentage of the population. Especially if the disease that has been modified is particularly deadly or virulent.
Maybe because they aren't possible.....
I'm trying to find the Mobius transformation of the intersection of two circles. Can I just take this to be the intersection of the MTs of both circles?
>i.e f(c1∩c2) = f(c1)∩f(c2)
>>7674993
No, you need to take the hyperbolic inverse Mellin transform, of the intersection, superimposing a supergeometric Riemann sum in dual (complete) Hilbert space, and then take the double reverse Fourier transform of the residue, and finally just dagger the result.
>>7675028
you don't know what you're talking about do you
>>7675653
Yeah because math majors are definitely the only ones who take a course in complex analysis.
I need to get the exact weight of my left foot from the ankle down. How can I do this? Its urgent. Thanks.
>>7674982
chop it off and weight it, use a hot blade to cauterize the wound instantly and keep the correct amount of blood within the foot.
>>7674982
Your best bet is probably to extrapolate from a volume measurement gotten from dipping in water.
>>7674982
Tourniquet right above where you want to weigh from. Wait until you can't feel your foot, ~2-3 hours. DON'T REMOVE IT. Doing so could be harmful to your health.
Have a hacksaw ready. Saw below the tourniquet. Be sure not to lose too much blood, as it will compromise the accuracy of your measurements. Weigh the foot.
It doesn't get much more precise.
What's the current state of mind uploading research?
Which method seems to be the most plausible right now?
>>7674952
It's almost entirely science fiction at this point, but who knows about down the road.
An individual's neuronal network must first be mapped, and then some rigid way of detecting neuron firing must be accomplished. Once this happens, neuron activity can be represented in binary (fired vs. unfired) or more plausibly but more difficultly, hexadecimal, where several states of the neuron are mapped at once (chemical transmittance, electrical transmittance, etc). Then of course, there'd be the issue of having to excite the sample brain to experience every memory in its data set so that it could be represented in a computer, and even then unconscious or subconscious processes would still be almost impossible to map reliably.
>>7674952
It won't happen for a very long time.
The ability to map is irrelevant. You need to understand the functionality of the system as a whole, down to intracellular mechanics, and be able to simulate physics with reasonable accuracy. It's not feasible.
It'll also be a clone, or an identical child. Not you.
>>7674952
Please man grow up ;)... It will not be possible.
It's more likely we will extinct within capitalism influence than we'll ever get mind uploading.
I need to use Matlab for an assignment and I'd like to install it on my computer instead of trekking to my uni's computing center. Will code written on one version work the same on another version?
>>7674814
depends
read the documentation on your functions.
>2015
>Using MATLAB
>not using Sage
>>7674814
>Using proprietary software to do science
>2015
>not using Python/C/C++, and their glorious, free (as in freedom, and as in beer) libraries
You do the time numerically intensive stuff in C/C++, and manage stuff with python. Sometimes you have to use old Fortran libraries, but they are relatively easy to call from C. Real men port old Fortran code, instead of just calling it.
We have the capability to live as long as our brains don't become feeble, potentially 300 years. Morals and ethics are the only thing holding us back. What do you think? Would you make a clone of yourself and have your brain transplanted to it? Is it wrong to you?
Well, a successful brain transplant would be quite the thing to pull off. I don't believe it has been done before. I have a hard time believing all those nerves could be cleanly joined.
I would totally make a clone in a vat and shove my brain in it if I could.
Also shit like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's would quite possibly fuck you up even within your natural lifespan. I don't know where you get your 300 years from.
I don't want to be a sheep
would you take immortality as a sheep
>>7674785
As long as I'm not in Wales.
Is it possible to use the Karnaugh map method to simplify this into a digital circuit drawing?
>>7674719
No. Such mathematics is beyond the power of mortal man. However, it is possible if you are a goat.
>>7674727
How do I become goat?
Yes. Electronics engineering student here. Express the variables in the (4-bit!) equation in a binary table with two of the variables on the vertical axis, and two on the horizontal one. Complete all the cells in the table by referring to the number of the cell, and inserting a one if the cell number is one of the decimals in the given equation. Then group the ones the derive logic equation. Then design the corresponding logic circuit.
My brother is up 1k by pure luck at this game. We are going together this Friday.
The odds of winning a bet on black in American Roulette are (18/38) = 0.47368
The odds of losing 5 in a row are (0.526316)^5 == 0.04038 or 4%.
If I use the Martingale strategy how many spins can I get before my odds dip below 51% chance of walking away with money? Minimum bet is $5. I'm leaving after I lose $155 in a row. Would the odds be cumulative? 4% + 4% + 4%... and so on? I'd make about 13*$5= 65. Is there a better strategy?
$5 + $10 + $20 + $40 + $80 = $155
The only way to win is to not play. Any statistician will tell you that. Also you technically have better odds betting the entire sum the betting small sums.
Look up the strong law of large numbers, any sample you take will eventually approach its average. The average is always in favour of the house so you're almost guaranteed to lose a large sum of that money (if not all.)
>>7674710
Also, I still expect you're going regardless of what I say. So my advice is to bet a smaller number of larger sums. 2-4 is a bad sample, but 35 samples is starting to get closer to its average.
>>7674699
dude... the game is set up by the house so that you CANT use the martingale strategy and gain a statistical advantage.
Why is shitposting allowed in this board?
define shitposting
>>7674663
define "define"
Because mods can't tell the difference on this board. unless it's a picture of an illegal Qt. They know what that looks like for sure.
Is there anything which has more expressive power than mathematics?
Shitposting. The answer is always shitposting.
>>7674609
>expressive power
i'm not sure what that means, but the InterCity Express can reach more than 300km/h.
I think that's pretty expressive.
For those who don't know what "expressive power" means - it's a concept from model theory. It's way too advanced for most /sci/ posters to understand.