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>>8902223
what is exponential technology?

>>8902226
The myth as it were, that all technologies will always improve as long as sufficient capital is spent.

Having spoken with my grandparents and done quite a bit of research on the history of technology, i know almost for certain that this is not the case. technology comes from exploiting natural phenomena, and given that there are only four fundamental forces in the universe, the number of exploitable natural phenomena is likely also limited and much smaller than most people would think.

I'm just looking for input on how others would falsify the hypothesis.

>>8902230
We don't even understand the human brain at the physical level yet so there is clearly a lot more out there.

>>8901986
How about letting nature take it's course and stop trying to prevent the climate from changing? I'm curious as to what lies underneath the ice in Antarctica. And if rising water levels are such a problem, why not modify buildings to adapt to fluctuating water levels?

i can barely imagine how much mental distress comes from being a climate change alarmist day in and day out

if you're going to join a doomsday cult why not pick one that's at least fun?

>>8902009
Then let's put another scenario: You've provided the world with a literally endless source of energy!
However, that also means an infinite source of waste heat! How do you solve that problem, without removing the source of said infinite energy?

>>8902011
I care little about climate alarmism. I wonder what sort of cooling system could be used on a planet-sized object. It's not like a starship where you can just slap some radiators on the side.

>>8901393
given 1700s tech units of time would likely be arbitrary, or defined by something other than the movement of celestial objects.

the constant sunshine would make the habitable band a center for agriculture and power generation (if theyve figured out solar cells by then), and would likely be far more affluent than the frozen region or the subsolar region. humans living a bit outside the habitable band would likely adapt to the climate too. sustainable population would probably be about 500M

>>8901393

Have you tried reading the many sci-fi stories that already explore this possibility? Stuff like Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Wall of Darkness", or Larry Niven's "Known Space" series, or Jack Vance's "Big Planet" novella, or Roger Zelazny's "Jack of Shadows", or Robert J. Sawyer's " Quintaglio Ascension" Trilogy?

>>8901416
I'd imagine that celestial objects could only be viewable from the night side, or the darker end of the habitable zone. You'd have a lot of people who have only heard about stars, and likewise the possibility of people who have only heard stories about the sun if they live in darker parts with little sun.

>>8901298

Who claims it's eternal? The discovery of expansion pretty much proves it isn't.

Some time after proton decay or heat death, many many trillions of years into the future when all energy is evenly distributed and individual quanta are just surrounded by a vacuum with the next quantum of energy being so far away that the expansion of space prevents anything from ever interacting again, you may aswell say the universe has ended. If things can't change, is it really meaningful to talk about time?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_an_expanding_universe

this is some spooky shit

Alright, this one is where I draw the line. BSM has gone too far.

Neil, most shit in physics isn't linear.

>>8900634
Smokes too much weed

when u move it too fast it gets hard

>>8900608
Are dicks non-newtonian?

in that case it is a corn starch and water which means when it is at rest the starch particles are farther away from each other and are able to flow past each other easily, when agitated the particles are packed tightly together and push the water out of the way making it seem solid

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My step moms heroin abuse is spiralling her life into an abyss of toxicity.

>>8898802
Something something surface area something something volume.

>>8898802
I suppose 'something mystical' in other words is that they look pleasing to the human eye

>>8882886
Hundreds of years.

>>8882918
No way.

>>8882886
AIDS already has a cure - dont have unprotected anal sex with strangers. Seems like an easy ask but apparently that's too much for the gay community so instead we siphon billions from other medical research areas to find a way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_theory

>>8904811
Because your mother dropped you on your head when you were young

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>>8904778
you can't be a master of several different disciplines
the best you can hope for is a niche that people consider to be part of a couple disciplines so you can call yourself several things

>>8904778
Currently, humanity has gathered so much knowledge that a person won't discover more unless they dedicate their studies to a specific field. You have to be great at something, instead of okay at everything.

>>8904787
That's probably what people thought back in the day as well. There are still plenty of things to be discovered.

Name of university?

What is this? Your fucking blog?

>>8904083
>research university

GPA is less important than actually having good research under your belt. 4.0 I'd only really necessary if for some reason you never did any research to compensate

>>8904024
>effect decreases the more you take drugs
>eventually need to take tons of it due to tolerance
Temporary performance is temporary

I actually have ADHD so it's less like my brain goes from a slow multicore to a fast singlecore, and more like it goes from an ARM processor that randomly kills tasks to an i7 that doesn't.

>>8904029
Even if you take it every single day, at proper dosages it will take years and years to build a tolerance high enough to impact its effectiveness.
And even then, you just stop using it for a month and you're right back to where you started.

>brain processes like an i7 but has 5gb hard drive space

fml senpai

yep. But that's the public...infatuated by musk, NDT, bill nye...they have a pretty shitty eye for talent. All that matters now is self promotion

>>8903709
>Landing a rocket doesn't make you an expert at everything.

Hire HIRES experts sweeti.
Gives them a goal.
Work them to their bones.
But still his employees aren't mad cause otherwise they would be doing unfulfilling jobs.

>God this man is so cringy.
Agree.
Still he makes smart men do nice things.
What else do you want?

>>8903712

Well, the public thinks he designs the rockets/cars etc HIMSELF, that's the cringey part. But I guess if you're rich and powerful, you can convince anyone of anything.

I dont understand the need for people to shitpost. Have they really nothing productive to do? Granted we are 4chan, but at least there are some interesting reads here every now and then

>>8903646
I thought this was interesting to read anon. If you don't think so, please state why.

>>8903640

doesn't this title imply an ingredient in the vaccine is the cause. As in vaccinations themselves don't cause it but the poor choice of additives?

>>8903568
Detroit

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>>8903569
this

probably Seattle or Boston for different reasons

Seattle apparently gets most well read city constantly and obviously has all of the white collar industry related to computers

Boston because 2 internationally top schools are right next to each other and they have a big biotech thing going on there too

I'd probably choose Seattle because having top schools in your area doesn't mean anything since the graduates either stay cooped up in the university for grad school or they move away to a job somewhere else in the world. Everywhere else in the USA doesn't strike me as particularly intelligent. NYC has a huge financial thing and SF has software development but they definitely seem dumber and shittier anyway. Portland seems like a Seattle with less white collar jobs, same for Austin.

tfw none of these places have google fiber yet

At the end if the day, the most /sci/ city is probably not in the USA, but somewhere in Europe.