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Well I triple majored and am on the verge of suicide but that isn't really relevant to this thread

>>7587287
better off just getting the masters m8.

>>7587287
Double majored in ME and physics. It didn't help me find a job, but grad school was a lot easier. It probably would have been better to put that effort into taking grad ME classes instead, or graduating early, but I don't regret it that much, I guess.

>>7587306
Go for it

How the fuck else would it be formed?

>>7587257
A few people in your group of friends are uneducated morons.

>>7587160
Please go away and do your homework yourself.
Really, it's not even that hard. Just literally check Wikipedia.

>>7587170
This is certainly not my homework, it was a problem for a math competition I supervised.

>>7587160
a=0
b=0
c=0

>>7587047
Have you read about slime molds? Another example of an unintelligent, simple life form that does some pretty amazing shit.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slime_mold

They can solve mazes, when separated they find each other again and reunite, really strange.

>>7587047
Are you talking about the amoeba or the other two cells?

File: water bear tardigrade walking.gif (4MB, 300x225px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 300x225px

>>7587593
The other two cells that freak out. I have no idea how they can move so fast.
Even multicellular organisms like the tardigrade has completely evolved a multipedal muscular based system for walking as well as functions like eyes, respiratory and digestive tracts. And we're talking about an organism with 1/6th size of a sand crystal. This is bullshit.

ye

derivative no

>>7586884
not what he asked you baboon

teach logic and basic set theory

That sound really fun!

>>7586828
But.... How??

This is a pretty slow board so don't bother with bumps after just a few minutes. That being said I'm also interested in some good beginner resources for neuroscience so hopefully someone here can help us.

>>7586717
>>7586741
The only real advice a can give is to start with biology and anatomy, the text Grey's Anatomy should suffice, Campbell's biology is one to look into as well.

>>7586754
thanks I'll check it out!

>>7586694
You go blind.

>>7586694
You mess with the third law. Don't mess with the third law.

>>7586766
Wait, so we can actually fly?
Jesus christ.

>>7586664
...Note to self: Never forget that /sci/ is 80% high schoolers.

>>7586664
>Mmath
>Masters degree

Pick one.

If Research Experiences for Undergraduates are a thing where you live, I strongly recommend that.

Because it is illegal

http://understandinguncertainty.org/court-appeal-bans-bayesian-probability-and-sherlock-holmes

>>7586563
>only 100 total DNA-based suspects in the city
Great job, you just increased the odds he is guilty from 1-in-10,000 to 1-in-100

Criminal cases are based on reasonable doubt, no the balance of probabilities. Probability estimates are not evidence. They're supposition, circumstantial at best. Given the ability for so-called experts to get the calculations wrong and for jurors to misinterpret results, it should be used very carefully if at all (that case of the Dutch nurse prosecuted for murdering patients is another example – see Bad Science).
This is not anti-science or anti-math. It’s recognizing what probability theory is actually telling you. After all, banks use very sophisticated probability/statistical analysis to evaluate financial risk. The use of these approaches contributed to the banks thinking their financial instruments were low risk on the downside, and yet the downside happened anyway. You want your guilt evaluated in the same way (even partially)?

>>7586270
no idea about top tier but I'm applying to a relatively non competitive school (gre in about 12 hours fuck) and getting a TA position doesn't seem to difficult. I think they get benefits like a meal plan and obviously pay per hour. If you do decide to live on campus I think that is covered as well but tuition is still up to you so scholarships might help

>>7586275
This may be a retarded question but can you be a TA off the bat? I'm not from the US.

>>7586270
they give you a stipend and a tuition waiver

>>7586202
a[n] = 2^n-1 = 2*2^(n-1)-1 = 2*2^(n-1) -2+2-1 = 2( 2^(n-1) -1 ) +1 = 2*a[n-1]+1

>>7586243
how much practice does it take to see something like this? i was doing scrap work for probably an hour after finishing the base cases and couldnt find anything close to this...

>>7586256
>>7586243
>>7586243
>2( 2^(n-1) -1 ) +1 = 2*a[n-1]+1
is wrong..
>2( 2^(n-1) -1 ) +1 = 2*(a[n]-1)+1
a[n] is a sequence, not a function

>>7586056
Empty can or full can?

>>7586056
Simple.
The gas particles and liquid particles inside the pressurized can were okay all night until the sun started rising. The rising temperature made the gas particles start moving faster, hitting the walls of the can even harder, then making them bounce even harder in an endless process.

You may think that this would make the sides looked pushed out but this is where you need to drop chemistry bullshit and think about quantum physics.

So the gas particles kept going fast and hitting the walls of the can, then bouncing off with even more energy (from the potential energy of the can's walls) to the other side of the can. This process is endless, this means that the velocity of the gas particles were endlessly accelerating.

You may think that at some point they would reach the speed of light but they are stopped by relativity. If you are one of those high speed gas atoms, then relative to you the other gas atoms are not moving and you are not moving relative to the other gas atoms.
This sudden (as in EXTREMELY SUDDEN) change in perceived motion creates some sort of split-second semi-vacuum that then sucks the sides in.

But because the gas particles were stopped then the entire process stopped and the vacuum was degenerated, leaving your soda can looking just a little crushed in instead of turning into a black hole (thank you einstein, phew! that would be a problem)

>>7586077
empty

>>7586034
No

>>7586034
Almost sort of. It's like a babby version of 'why does meaningful structural information accumulate in an entropic universe'.

>>7586049
Define information.

>>7585887

Buy ultra pure kerosene. You can use lower purity but expect more coking.

>>7585887
Just watch October Skys

>>7585901
>>7585932
Thanks for the timely response will do.