>test in 14 hours
>haven't done a single practice problem
>>9014399
Kek I'm exactly on the same boat. Except its 13 hours for me.
Fuck, why can't I take physics classes seriously? God damn.
>test day after 4th of july
Yuropoors.
>>9014406
Umm... no sweetie, I'm Canadian.
Why is there such a colossal gap between the number of students enrolled and the amount of degrees awarded in the STEM field? Are there really this many stupid students who thought they could get into STEM? Explanations?
Pic related. (Top is picture of degrees awarded, bottom is enrollment)
Low graduation rates are primarily caused by:
1. People transferring to another uni (so they technically don't graduate from their original school)
2. People who overestimate their ability to succeed or do the work in a rigorous major
3. Unusually difficult coursework that weeds out more first years than it should, grade deflation etc
>>9012745
because we don't know how to teach math. in aerospace at my college they threw some hard problems at you right in the beginning to separate wheat from the chaff. if you don't have a level of mathematical maturity you won't make it past the first year. most kids attend buttfuck highschool where they teach to the test and learn nothing about mathematical thinking. even if they wanted to learn mathematics, they simply wouldn't have time, because they have to go to a government building for 8 hours a day (or be arrested) for 12 years, to be forcefed a cirriculum similar to a watered and dumbed down liberal arts education, with no coherency and basically no real purpose. they have the most alert hours of their best years taken away from them to be taught how to be obedient. it's actually kind of sick.
>>9012745
whats funny is despite the fact that every uni is practically carrying you through college with 80 point curves the graduation rate is still low for stem.
Can someone remind my why psychology is a meme and a pseudo-science again?
>>9012194
http://www.nature.com/news/over-half-of-psychology-studies-fail-reproducibility-test-1.18248
>>9012507
Thanks senpai.
>>9012507
With this news, it means psychology is more of a philosophy than actual science.
/r/ Chemistry has created a Discord. It's a place for intellectual discussion about the undisputed best area of science. Posting the link here for those interested to join:
https://discord.gg/Fe47S9Z
>>9015895
I'm in several non-reddit discord hosted by a lainchan admin that is filled with professionals/students. They host a chemistry, biology, maths, and A.I.
>>9015969
Thats nice, but Id sooner kill myself than join an anime group
>>9015972
I'd sooner kill myself than join a reddit-normie group.
>starting college this fall, gonna study physics
>doing an online college course in quantum mechanics for physicists, just out of interest
>first class - understand absolutely nothing, decide to quit
>admit instead for a course in quantum mechanics for engineers
>???
>profit
I'm already halfway done and I understand everything. Is this why /sci/ says engineers are dumb?
>>9015764
I don't know, I've never taken any engineering classes. What's the difference between the two?
>>9015764
>Starting your physics career in quantum mechanics
You might as well try to teach a baby to read using Shakespeare
>>9015811
I thought this too. Why the fuck isn't the OP starting with classical mechanics in some general physics course.
How accurate are DNA test?
>2017
>giving your DNA away to an american company so that they can put it in a database
>>9015752
What could possibly go wrong?
>>9015703
they always add "Ashkenazi" to everyone, at least 1% so that the jews get more support
Hey sci, filthy technician here. I'm planning on going back to school, want to get an electrical engineering degree. 27 years old, is there a realistic way for me to do this while working 40 hours a week?
No.
>>9015308
>40 hours a week
I am STEM but not engineering, but I work 20 hours a week and I already want to kill myself and/or quit.
You will fail your first semester like that. You should try to get funding so that you don't have to work. Perhaps convince your company that you will use the degree with them after you graduate and make them agree to reduce your hours for the next 4 years.
I'm 26 and I''ll be getting my associates for electrical tech next year. Am I fucked?
I'm tired of school and my shitty dead end wage slave job. I want to work but something more relevant to my field. I want to move out of my parent's house. I kinda of want to go for my full EE degree too but I don't know if I have it in me right now. I'm pretty burnt out with school.
Will science ever be able to answer some of the fundamental metaphysical questions, such as "is there anything beyond my own mind" and "why does the Universe work this way"?
>>9014142
>>9014142
>didnt get an answer from the first thread
>let me just remake it
god damn it
>>9014142
No. Science is practiced within bounds that preclude answers to such questions.
Climate change is not real, right?
[https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/news/20170615/]
climate change has been on a hiatus the last few hours
Nooooooooo
Climate change is real, never in the history of the earth has the climate remained stagnant. It has been always changing. Global warming and the human cause are what nobody has yet proven.
>A global map of the May 2017 LOTI (land-ocean temperature index) anomaly shows that the extreme warmth that affected parts of the northern hemisphere — Siberia in particular — in prior months has partially abated.
Maybe you should read your own article, it says right there it's become less severe this year.
Is it possible to construct a statement P (in English) such that both P and NOT P are true?
>>9013929
This statement is false.
>>9013929
No.
Yes, it isn't.
Post cool science facts
>>9013088
Anal opening in men is shaped like a crack but in women is shaped like a star.
Thanks anatomy classes.
>>9013091
why?
>>9013088
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_machine
>Be me
>Poor
>Cut myself working in the yard
>Gets infected
>Can't afford doctor
>Rub some moldy bread on it
>Infection is gone in two days
I am now a doctor
>>9012756
>anon rediscovers penicillin
Yes! the idea of rubbing random mold spores on an open wound is brilliant and very doctory
>>9012765
Can't argue with results
What is your favorite shape?
This one
What are some /sci/ approved Computer Science YouTube channels
>computer science
>science
also
>/sci/ approved
LOL
I really wanna shake brady harans hand and tell him to keep it up or something because he's so cool
>>9011691
/sci/ hates CS
But Computerphile is OK desu.
Most of other channels are Brainlet "HTML/CSS/JS responsive web design" or "Java/Swift Apps" code monkey stuff
SpaceX Launch
Falcon 9 and @Intelsat 35e vertical on Pad 39A. Weather is 40% favorable for tonight's launch window which opens at 7:36 p.m. EDT, 23:36 UTC
Summary of this launch
x Most recent tweet on weather and the launch from SpaceX.
x Launch due July 2nd 2017, 19:36 EDT/23:36 UTC. timeanddate.com
x Approx 58 minute launch window.
x Backup Launch Date: Monday 3rd July
x This will mark the 10th Flight of Falcon 9 of 2017.
x There will be no landing attempt made on this flight.
x This will be the 3rd launch of 2017 without a landing attempt.
x Static fire was completed on June 29th 2017, 20:30 EDT/00:30 UTC.
x As of 20:00 UT there is a 40% chance of launch weather being unsuitable for launch;improved from 60% earlier.
Lets discuss this launch, and the savior of the human race, Elon Musk.
>>9010036
Live stream located here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKmWeATngb4
You didn't need to make another thread you fucking autistic musk faggot.
I for one welcome our new overlord, Lord musk