To be, is to be perceived
What did George Berkeley mean by this?
Is science now finally catching up to philosophy?
>>9014279
Philosophy is just Physics for people who are bad at math.
measurement != perception
>>9014279
Berkeley means that that is the only meaning of the word exist that can have discernible meaning. The idea of something mind-independent (no perceived by a mind) is incoherent and inconceivable.
Probably has little to nothing to do with physics, though.
How do you deal with shortages with renewable energy when there is no sun or wind?
>>9014243
we could collect nuclear materials, and extend our life time but eventually we will run out of energy
Battery backups.
That's why I, personally, believe we shouldn't be replacing fossil fueled energy until we can improve electrical energy storage en masse.
>>9014243
Use less energy.
What is the best way to prove that reality exists outside of my mind?
>>9014110
Kant's argument about the point in time you say 'I exist'
>>9014110
Nice picture.
My friends were discussing consciousness and what makes a person "them", primarily talking about reincarnation.
Why is an atomically identical duplicate of myself not a shared conscious? I guess a better question is; do we know why/what makes us conscious or where it comes from? We know going to sleep or dying dispels our consciousness but where does it come from physically or is it something else?
>>9013910
Brainlet detected.
>>9013910
its the brain, the neurons
also am i senile for not fearing death?
>>9013910
How much weed did you had?
If I drop 3 hits of acid and after 2+ hours drop 150 mg MDMA, will that be more intense than doing 5 hits of acid alone?
Most I've done is 500ug of acid and wasn't a big problem for me
Will it be intense as balls?
Try it and report back
This isn't exactly science. How is "intense" actually measured? Who the fuck knows, who the fuck cares. Just try it and see.
>>9013663
its just different, tho not that different
in my exp, reverse has been more fun tho
I'm a professional social engineer but I'm wondering if I have such good strength in said subject should I study it? I also am a Computer Scientist. Help me choose, Computer Science or Psychology
Pic Unrelated but I like Max Headroom :^)
Killing yourself is a good option
>>9013331
I like psychology. Not only because of being an engineer it is great to see how the body as a machine works very precies and advanced, yet simplistic. But also because you learn how society is a machine that needs constant maintenance. But in the end you learn You, a human in a big machine called humanity which is part of Earth, the living planet
>>9013590
don't do psychology
its stupid
what have psychologists done to advance civilization nothing, exactly
if you are interested in the mind do neuroscience at least you will be learn something objective and not bullshit
Do you own physical textbooks?
reading actual books > reading on a screen
Yes, many
>>9013103
kindle>ipad pro>17'' labtop>actual books
Thoughts /sci/?
>inb4 anti-muslim comment
>>9012053
>anti-muslim
Enough with this strawman. We're attacking ideology, not people.
Last I've heard they can't pay western academics enough to stay. What's the point of pouring billions into a university when 90% of your K-12 education consists of memorizing the Koran?
Still. If the opportunity arose I wouldn't mind working for a year or two out there.
Literally who?
is he really as brilliant as they say he is
many say he is Einstein's successor
if so why isn't he as famous as Einstein was
>>9011942
>if so why isn't he as famous as Einstein was
No experimental work. No way to dumb String Theory down to a level laymen can understand without it sounding like sci-fi.
>>9011942 >>9011727
This is what Ashkenazi women sexually select for. Notice anything?
He has what Ashkenazi women want.
B(ig)
A(shkenazi)
B(rain)
Considering it may be possible that permanent and prominent female breasts in humans may have in fact arose for sexual reason( identify women or act as a frontal counterpart to ass) is it also possible that women's breasts and nipples are also more sensitive to touch so that it another example of their sexual purpose?
>>9011328
>purpose of breasts
The same purpose of Cow's udders which is to feed babies milk. It's also only sexual to you because of Victorian-aged taboos where in the 3rd world women walk around with dem titties out all day long flappin in the wind and they aren't considered sexual.
>>9011328
>It's also only sexual
What say you to the pleasure of nipple stimulation?
>>9011340
I used to think that but if you think about it, you don't know if those tribes find boobs attractive or not. They still may, just they don't mind if women walk around. It also makes sense because I heard often in such cultures fucking in public isn't seen as too taboo either.
For one thing it tells pubescent females apart from non pubescent females and females from men in general. And you missed the part where human females are the only ones with PERMANENT breats even when not lactating. Obviously size isn't the limiting factor but compared to other mamamals human females are the only ones who have constant prominent breats some evolutionarily psycologists are thinking it maybe due to the emergence of all humans also fucking faces to face. Hence boobs are alternative ass? They are both round and symmetric in the same way .It would even make more sense if female nipples are more sensitive then males.
A garden is laid out as a 2017x2017 grid. Currently 2016 squares are weedy. A square becomes weedy if two squares directly up or down or left or right of it are weedy. Can the whole garden become weedy
>>9009698
Do weedy squares die out if they don't have weedy squares next to them with similar rules?
>>9009698
squares 0,0; 0,1; 1,0; and 1,1 are weeds -> first 2 rows and columns are weeds -> everything is a weed
pet goats personify aussie cunts so well.
Why are boys biger than girls
>>9003417
sexism
Male privelage
>>9003417
b is 2nd letter in alphabet
g is 7th
Were the Egyptians black? They're genotype says they were white but some mummies look very much of the negroid latter
Some were, the phenotype expression depended mostly by the different regions in Egypt. Keep in mind the current political boundaries that makeup Modern Egypt were not the same as Ancient Egypt. So Ancient Egypt included part of Sudan due to the Nile river.
Based on research I've read the bulk of the genetic make-up (like around 60%) seem to be more Mediterranean or Arabic. But this research was also based on moderately small samples from only a couple of sites located around Lower Egypt (more North of Africa) where they were preserved the best.
It's very possible due to historical findings on Nubian populations that Upper Egypt (more Eastern Africa)know would reveal a higher genetic make-up of black/ Sub-saharan admixture.
It stands to reason Ancient Egypt may have very well been similar to U.S. in geographically dispersed demographic concentrations and similar to Brazil in varied genetic admixture.
The ruling egyptians(higher iq class) were white, while the slave class(the one towing rocks to build pyramides) were african.
The inferior african race is easily controlled and subservient much like a sheep dog
>>9010262
We see this same pattern of whites ruling over blacks in Brazil and South Africa. I'm not sure why Africans are so much more subservient than Arabs, for example, who aren't exactly geniuses themselves.
ITT: Post deadly /sci/ materials
>>9003372
Supposedly pic related is one of the most dangerous lab chemicals. It's not the cold that kills, it's the displacement of air and the fact that humans can't smell it that are problems.
that delicious little shit, apart from being highly corrosive, if it enters the human body (and it can pass through the skin due to its small size) it complexes with the Ca++ and Mg++ ions (which are litterally everywhere), which can cause, amongst others total destruciton of the affected nervous system, and a high risk of cardiac arrest.
And for the fun finale, you cant use glass glassware, it can filter through it by capillary action. So you have to get quartz glassware
>>9004388
The best part is that exposure takes around 4 hours to show any symptoms, and starts with intense pain.