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At what point do particles become "alive"
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when they start processing materials to extract energy and produce waste
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>>8833870
Define alive
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>>8833889
Define dead
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Greetings from /lit/. What are some decent science books? Are there even good scI books that aren't text books? I've read some pop scI, but don't want to get bullied.
pic related
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>>8833004
Jesus Christ That book.
I don't need these feels tonight.
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>>8833006
Sorry anon... It was the only relevant matieral, aside from dumb fucking frogs.
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>>8833004
My Twisted Universe by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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How can 4 dimensional beings exist if 2 dimensional beings don't exist?
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What paper? paper is 2 dimensional, nice bait m8
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>>8832400
>if 2 dimensional beings don't exist
[citation needed]
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>>8832400
How do you know that 2D slices of your brain aren't conscious on their own and live in their own 2D reality?
For that matter, how do you know that your consciousness isn't the 3D cross section of a 4D brain?
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>your field
>would you do it again
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Genetics, and yes. If I could do it again I'd do a few things differently but all things considered I'm happy with where I'm at and where I'm going.
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A million times yes
But I couldn't afford to live on my own anymore so I'm in lawschool now
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>>8831897
mathematics
yes, i can apply it to literally anything. it's the only major that requires you to be intelligent. the physics guys were always too stupid to sit with at lunch. math table was always the alpha table that was for intelligent problem solvers, people that made a difference in the world. Even the chemistry guys were less idiotic. The engineers kept to themselves but they seemed like they did more fixing than designing so probably brainlets. only like 1 in 10 CS guys were able to sit with us without getting intimidated, the rest were retarded.
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Well, /sci/?
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>>8831727
>subtract y from both sides
>2=0
impossible
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>>8831727
Z^2
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assuming modulo arithmetic 2
y is an even number
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>Do you consider medicine a science or can a medfag contribute to science?
>What do you think about the healthcare of others countries?
>Med/pharma related topics here
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>>8836476
>>Do you consider medicine a science or can a medfag contribute to science?
Who gives a shit.
>>What do you think about the healthcare of others countries?
Only if I'm in that country and need medical care. This is a pol topic asswipe.
>>Med/pharma related topics here
No.
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it is telling that something called "evidence-based medicine" only became a thing in the 20th century.
many of the most useful things (eg germ theory, penicillin) were not discovered by physicians. they are turbo brainlets, comparable to engineers.
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So with rational calculus on the way in about a month (confirmed by Wildberger himself), when will /sci/ finally take the red pill and get a head start on the revolution?
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no, I already know calculus and am studying higher level stuff.
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>>8836240
How can any self-respecting mathematician continue to work with the reals and infinite sets and not be bothered by the issues that Wildberger brings to the table
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You can't refute him.
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Seriously, how smart is he?
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>>8836052
bleh
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Kotsevich is way smarter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_yBSp7QYew
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Why can't we just live forever by using CRISPR to edit our epigenetics to encourage telomerase which would encourage our telomeres to grow back instead of shrinking as our cells divide, eventually leading to senescence.
It sounds pretty straightforward to me.
Cancor might be an issue but I'd rather have the extra time to possibly find a cure for that or survive it than to do nothing.
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>>8835984
>implying telomeres are the only factors of aging
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The fact we can edit ourselves creeps me the fuck out. Like what is even going on in this universe.
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>>8835984
Because, you know, overpopulation isnt bad enough already.
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Is "Life" understood properly? 2017-04-18 07:40:46 Post No.8835891
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Is "Life" understood properly?
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The way we define being alive is fucking stupid and low IQ shit. I fucking hate humanity so much.
Let's take the following circumstances.
- You gain 100 IQ overnight
Congrats you just really died. Gaining 100 IQ is an enormous change to your neural network/brain which means whatever it used to be is no longer a thing. You just died.
Why do people not understand this? Why do fucking monkey ape humans think that "death" and "life" only matter if the same body keeps working?
Someone brain damaged is still considered alive as if the same person still exists.
CAN YOU FUCKING MORONS WAKE THE FUCK UP AND REALIZE YOUR SHITTY DEFINITION OF ALIVE AND DEAD IS RETARDED?
Yes, giving a little girl an iphone will completely warp her "aliveness" just like any sort of influence.
There is no such thing as alive on an individual level. It's all simply systems. Stop being shit and wake up. The worst is the brain upload and brain machine shit.
Hint: When you realize you are a deterministic being the impact is the same as realizing you will "die" one day.
The trick is that you are already fucking dead and there is no such thing as life. The difference only exists in our survival algorithms so we spread DNA. We are as dead as a rock.
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>>8835891
The fuck is the point of this poor thread?
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>>8835897
How much of your brain can change before you consider yourself dead?
Do you consider the 3 year old version of you dead or alive?
Why is continuity of body so important?
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>>8835899
>How much of your brain can change before you consider yourself dead?
Until it stops working
>Do you consider the 3 year old version of you dead or alive?
Alive
>Why is continuity of body so important?
Since we only have one
if you think about it
the guy was actually a retard, for believing in god and being a christian
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>>8835704
you're right, now that I think about it. why are we praising this obvious retard for anything?
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>>8835704
well take a closer look at that smug... that's the face of KNOWING god exists.
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Okay anon, I'm at my uni taking electromagnetism, and I fucking hate it. I love math and science, but the concepts in E&M are so abstract and I don't give a shit about them. Any engineers actually apply some concepts in their careers?
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>>8835697
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You essentially just said you don't give a shit about science.
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>>8835697
>I love math and science
>I don't give a shit about E&M
then you probably don't belong in STEM
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Can someone please tell me im not crazy.
how is it cheaper to buy
6 x 16oz beers for 6.99
than
18 x 12oz beers for 8.99
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>>8835695
oz are volume so you cube them
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>>8835695
6.99 < 8.99
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OP
the way i did it is
(number_of_beers * ounces)/price
is this incorrect?
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Is the multiverse theory realistic or just a fantasy?
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Considering SUSY is so hard to find, it's starting to look more likely. Although I'm not sure if the existence of SUSY will disprove it necessarily. I think it will just make it less likely.
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>>8835625
depends on the context.
most of it is popsci autism.
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>>8835630
Who is Susy and why do we need to find her?
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If this stuff is so awesome, why aren't we mass producing it?
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>>8835539
>This stuff so awesome y we no produce!
>Attach 100 million spiders to ass pulling micro machines
>Attach 100 million spiders to micro feeding tubes
>Breed flies by the billions
>Take billion flies, blend them
>Feed spider
>Produce maybe 3 thousand pounds of material
Gee I wonder why OP
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BREAKING NEWS
it isnt..
https://phys.org/news/2013-06-spider-silk-nature-stronger-steel.html
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>>8835552
why don't we just genetically engineer a goat to produce spider silk enzymes in it's udders, then we can extract it from the milk later.
It's such an obvious solution, why haven't we done it yet?