From a scientific standpoint, why do people lose control of better judgement when they are "horny?"
(i.e. what evolutionary advantage is that supposed to provide?)
>>9047612
Reproduction.
Just think about it. If we were very rational we actually wouldn't want to have kids. That's why during sex we don't think in nothing else than enjoy something that results in procreation.
>>9047612
Are you even human? It makes you have sex, which is kind of an evolutionary advantage.
See, it goes against your better judgment to shag someone because then they're hanging around all the time and annoying you, or they're your boss's wife or something. But then you get horny and logic goes away and nine months later evolution happened.
Did I get trolled? You didn't follow the proper format, so I took your post seriously.
>>9047624
yes you got trolled
How does he compare to guys like Einstein and Hawking? Also, do we know if his "M-theory" works?
>>9047090
>Also, do we know if his "M-theory" works?
have you ever seen a string?
me neither
what a phenotype I crave for it
>>9047093
M-Theory doesn't have strings.
What is money? Try to avoids economy terms like "exchange" or "payment".
Stuff
>>9046357
stuff used to facilitate the exchange of goods and payment for services
>>9046357
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money
Let us wind the Universe back in time by a few billion years. Then we let time run normally again. The question is: considering the "randomness" of things, would the Universe turn out to different? Or would everything be exactly the same?
there's no such thing as time
pls japan win the war this time
Am i reading this wrong or didnt homosapians not descend from homo erectus?
>>9045521
Yes.
>>9045540
yes im reading this wrong?
>>9045549
Both. Depends. It's complicated.
>Debate also continues about the classification, ancestry, and progeny of Homo erectus, especially vis-à-vis Homo ergaster, with two major positions: 1) H. erectus is the same species as H. ergaster, and thereby H. erectus is a direct ancestor of the later hominins including Homo heidelbergensis, Homo neanderthalensis, and Homo sapiens; or, 2) it is in fact an Asian species distinct from African H. ergaster.
hey /sci/, a /vr/-fag here
and I wanna ask you about Vsauce, I've been binge watching his channel for a while and wanted to know what's your opinion of him, any good? bad? any other youtube channels you'd recommend? hell any other boards you'd suggest for learning about cool shit?
>>9044985
If you are going to watchmeme videos watch 3blue1brown as at least it explains shit beyond "I fucking love science"
>>9044990
well, I don't want to watch meme videos, I'd like to actually learn
>>9044985
When I visit voards other than my "home" board(VR also), I never feel the need to announce the fact. Why did you?
So recently I was bluing some carbon steel parts and decided to blue a 17-4 stainless steel part as well. I used liquid salt Peter 99.98 percent purity.
It developed this light but kinda dark golden/bronze oxide finish and now after about a week or so it's developing this brown tarnish.
What is this?
Is it damaging like normal rust?
>>9044543
Bump.
>>9044543
Bump.
>>9044543
You faggots are worthless.
Explain yourself /sci/. Why don't you date an autistic pure math girl?
>>9044382
Where would you find one of those?
The have the same standards like all the other girls.
If you aren't good at following rules 1 and 2 you might as well not try.
I tried.
>>9044390
Doesn't that seem unfair? If a guy is autistic he removes himself of the the dating pool by default. If a girl is good looking, but autistic does she have to do much? Chads will do all the courting.
Is it possible to be perfectly logical?
Every logical statement succeeds one or more axioms, but axioms cannot be proved or disproved.
>>9043766
Sure if you are a machine, there are plenty of machines whose behavior would be described as perfectly logical.
Most computers, by virtue of being a logic machine would fit this bill
>>9043766
No, for the reason you suggest. Axioms are illogical, but you can't do logic at all if you reject axioms.
>>9043875
Then why are things the way they are? I mean, if it's impossible to be logical, then why does logic work despite its illogical origins?
In other words, what is the Universe's axiom?
Hey /sci/, what paper do you do all your work on? Blank paper, graph paper, engineering paper, etc?
I'm a math major and I do most of my work on engineering paper because it's rather abundant.
>>9043503
i do all calculations on the backs of envelopes and napkins i stole from the mcdonalds where i work
i'm also a math major
please kill me
The body of my work is on 160gsm paper and brainlet calculations and shit are on misprints from my printer
>needing paper
lmao just use your brain, what kind of brainlets need paper to do calculations?
Does the thought and concept of oblivion after death scare you or comfort you?
>>9041793
I don't like it -- but if you think about it, the oblivion before you were born was not too bad...
Neither. Life is not meant to last forever. Eternal life would be the equivalent of hell. Even if we pretend aging stops, and the heat death of the universe.
Considering the possibility requires you to believe in a soul. Life can't end if it doesn't exist in the first place after all.
Are software engineers and artists the only future secure professions out there?
Everything else seems to like they'll eventually be automated.
>>9041008
What makes you think AI can't write programs or paint a picture?
>>9041008
the only secure professions will be service industry type jobs dealing with people
and social work
>>9041012
Not the OP but I reckon there will always be a demand for human created art if only for authenticity's sake.
Commercial art, graphic design, composition, and sound design on the other hand will fall to the machines far earlier than most people in those fields expect.
Who knows more about cs?
\g\ or \sci\
Definitely /g/
>>9039470
baka desu senpai
>>9039470
cs is broad
the software engineering part: /g/
all the rest of it: /sci/
Why does it seem like every mathematician who has a notable online presence (Terry Tao, Qiaochu Yuan, Tim Gowers, etc.) are part of the LessWrong "rationality" autism?
>le mathematics is all about extremely-precise analytical LOGIC and we can and should apply this autism to every aspect of life! XD
Fuck these faggots for making mathematics and life in general seem like a soulless shithole and we should all just be robots hyper-optimizing our efficiency as cogs in the machine.
>>9039233
>Qiaochu Yuan
does this guy have any research accomplishments yet?
>LessWrong promotes lifestyle changes believed to lead to increased rationality and self-improvement. Posts often focus on avoiding biases related to decision-making and the evaluation of evidence.
Are you angry because you're a /pol/yp whose entire belief system relies on anonymously dog-piling on people who prove you wrong by calling them Jews?
>>9039233
>the only rational choice is to vote for Hillary Clinton
doesn't seem very rationally minded to me. I can get hating both candidates, but if you're not a sheltered teenaged girl or a cynical old woman, then you should find nothing attractive about a Hillary Clinton presidency
How did people in the past discover that pineapples (or other spiky fruits) were edible?
this is a thinly veiled "jack is a retard thread"
>>9047216
say no more senpai
superior selection
https://youtu.be/mflOx5tECRc