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What does /sci/ think of Milton Friedman?
I know he's not a "real" scientist by this boards standards but you cannot deny he's was an incredibly intelligent person who had a large influence on modern politics (Reagan, Thatcher, etc)
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>>8819737
Doesn't matter, this thread will degenerate into Free market/Socialist shitflinging in the first few posts, as people either support free market economics or oppose them. Does it make any difference if I belong on one camp or the other? No, it doesn't. I'll say however that there's a good reason economics discussions are kept off a board that has to be conclusive and rigorous about its conclusions.
Maybe >>>/biz/ will be more accommodating.
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>>8819737
Extreme inequality and perfect egalitarianism are both entropically unfavorable and can't be maintained without force. The free market favors a gaussian distribution of wealth.
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>>8819737
Hack who contributed very little, heralded by ideological partisans.
Economics is not science.
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Logic and Math Puzzles 2017-04-11 10:57:54 Post No.8819042
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Post all the logic and math puzzles you know, or post your solutions to the following ones.
>You want to buy a dog so you call the owner of the pet store. You ask the owner if they have any dogs and he says yes we have two. You then ask him if one is a male, he says yes. Assuming all dogs are either male or female, what is the probability the other dog is male.
>A bacteria culture in a petri dish doubles every hour. If the dish is full 8 hours after the experiment starts, when was it half full?
>How many bit strings of length 10 contain either 5 consecutive 1s or 5 consecutive 0s
>Suppose 21 boys and 21 girls enter a math contest. Furthermore, suppose that each entrant answers at most 6 questions, and for every boy-girl pair, there is at least one question they both solved. Show that there is a question that is solved by at least 3 girls and 3 boys
>How many ways are there for a four horse race to finish if draws are allowed?
>The amount of particles in the universe was estimated to be 33*2^257, how many digits are in this number?
>Find a constant time algorithm which sums the digits of an inputed positive integer.
>Given an nxn chessboard where n is a positive integer, write a constant time algorithm which determines the number of squares on this chessboard.
>Given a mxn rectangular grid where m and n are positive integers, how many rectangles does it contain?
>What is the probability that a five card poker hand contains cards of five different kinds and does not contain a flush or straight?
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>>8819042
if you are looking for more puzzles, some anon suggested these
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>>8819042
>1/3
>7 hours
>222
>Answer too long to fit here
>75
>79
>Impossible
>Return: ((1/3) n^3 + (1/2) n^2 + (1/6) n)
>[math] {m \choose 2} {n \choose 2} [/math]
>~50%
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>>8819084
Assume + - * / and % are all constant time
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What does /sci/ think of geniuses like this guy?
>perfect recall (could read a book once and recite it word for word)
>at age 6, could multiply and divide 8-digit numbers in his head
>brought his tutor, Gábor Szegő, to tears with his mathematical ability
>contributed to a shitload of fields: mathematics (foundations of mathematics, functional analysis, ergodic theory, geometry, topology, and numerical analysis), physics (quantum mechanics, hydrodynamics, and quantum statistical mechanics), economics (game theory), computing (Von Neumann architecture, linear programming, self-replicating machines, stochastic computing), and statistics
>Von Neumann was so bright that Nobel Prize-winning physicist Eugene Wigner would say, “only he was fully awake.” He had “the fastest mind” that economist Paul Samuelson had ever encountered and was “the cleverest man in the world” according to head of Britain’s National Physical Laboratory, as noted by Daniel Yergin in “The Quest.”
Why even bother trying to contribute to science or mathematics when there are ubermenschen like this walking around?
Also, I find it interesting that over half of the ultra-geniuses in the world are Jewish.
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>Why even bother trying to contribute to science or mathematics when there are ubermenschen like this walking around?
Because math and science is fun. Set a goal and work for it. You'll enjoy the process.
There are also many types of intelligence
https://youtu.be/_VwzfLNpa9c
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>>8817659
>There are also many types of intelligence
0/10 bait
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>>8817623
why? because you don't have to be buckethead to have fun playing the guitar. likewise you don't have to be a Von Neumann to enjoy math and science. Geniuses like this guy are who inspired me to do physics and stop being shit lol they are archetypes
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>Hilbert's son Franz suffered throughout his life from an undiagnosed mental illness. His inferior intellect was a terrible disappointment to his father and this misfortune was a matter of distress to the mathematicians and students at Göttingen.[23]
$5 says there was nothing wrong with the kid and Hilbert was just too autistic. Imagine your father being some huge physicist or mathematician; automatic disappointment unless you literally win a fucking Nobel in math or physics.
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>>8824826
Beethoven's kid was also a fuckup. Gotta imagine there's a bit of pressure on you when your dad is the world's best X.
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>>8824826
I remember reading that Gauss forbade his sons from going into mathematics lest they spoil the family name.
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>>8824834
meant to say "nephew", not kid
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So what's the best STEM major and why is it computer science?
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>>8824736
Liberal arts
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>>8824736
Construction management is the best
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>>8824736
CS is cool, just remember you are in the T, not the E
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Is this guy just a meme?
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Is you just a gay?
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>>8823881
>ankle socks instead of zebra pattern thighhighs
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In my thermodynamics class, I need to find a topic which I have to research, construct a lab around (using the scope of the lab capabilities provided to me as an undergrad), and present give a 30 minute presentation on.
Anyone have any ideas for something cool but realistic?
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It doesn't have to be centered around thermodynamics. I could for example do the changing of the eath's magnetic polarity if I were able to test it in the lab.
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>>8823821
How to open a lock with no key. Add in what effect of temperature on lock and tool to open lock.
You will have full attention.
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>>8823821
Demonstrate the principles of thermal ablation. How no matter the heat rate, ablation of the material will cause the temperature of the solid ablator to plateau, with excess heat being carried away via gasification. Relate it into similar liquid-state phenomena such as the leidenfrost effect and the trick where you boil water in a paper cup without burning the cup.
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is the physics route sort of a waste of time at this point? it seems like everyone wants engineers and nobody gives a fuck about physics grads, even in comparison to math since they can go into CS things, finance, statistics etc... i wanted to major in it or math but i don't want to make a big mistake. Is math considered safer than physics?
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>>8823171
bump for importance
I switched to cuckgineering out of fear of this but it turned out to be gay as fuck lol.
Applying to masters programs in physics soon but idk if its worth it breh
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Employers don't want to spend money training employees. They prefer people that are already trained. I.e engineers. Because of this, colleges have essentially become vocational schools.
If you actually learn anything doing physics or math undergrad you can get those same engineering positions.
If you get a master's or doctorates then you have all that plus more possibility.
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>>8823402
But don't you have to be a certified engineer?
Or could a physics BS take a PE exam and boom technically be an engineer?
Because I know physicists can work as engineers, but why would a firm hire someone who "could" work as an engineer vs. an actual engineer lol
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>lab techs get shit on here
>45k starting with benefits
>low stress/risk
>independent work
>able to work right after a B.S.
what's the problem?
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>>8822473
>45k
>mindless work
Probably that
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>>8822779
>45k starting for mindless work
sounds like a steal
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>>8823144
I don't know about you, but I'd muuuch rather non-mindless work even at the same wage.
This is assuming it's also not paired with significantly increased stress.
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When famous scientists talk about 'god' they most likely mean that the universe is the result of an intelligent species having created the big bang. We too have the potential to become a species that has the ability to create new universes in order to escape our own, dying one.
This doesn't solve the question of where they themselves came from, however. Ultimately, they and we are made of the same stuff. But what is this stuff? Why should there be this stuff in the first place? Even in the longest possible chain of reasons, there must be an unmoved mover. This unmoved mover is true randomness. That is a thing that is totally incomprehensible to a being governed by rules. But randomness is the only thing that could possibly account for an infinitude of possibility, inevitably resulting in our small pocket of order, and many others like it.
They are probably somewhere in our universe right now. Why haven't they contacted us? Why should they? Why won't you contact some fern growing on the other side of the world? I'm sure this fern values its existence every bit ss much as you value yours.
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Since when are humans able to literally create?
We can't even create a single atom
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>>8821073
That's the end goal. It's just saying it's likely a possiblity millennia down the line.
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>>8821063
Weed lmao
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Is perpertual motion an old meme or is there is some good evidence of it ?
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>>>/x/
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>>8824401
Conservation of energy and the increase of entropy over time prevents these things from existing
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>>8824421
It does exist though, look up time cristals.
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>You can't know nuthing
When did you realize how profound this statement truly is?
It's so profound it doesn't even really make sense to state the statement.
Nor does it make sense to say it doesn't make sense to sate the statement.
does anyone know what's going on?
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You dont know what you are talking about.
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>>8823621
is 0 nothing? do you know it?
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>>8823640
>You don't know what you are talking about.
I don't know if that's true, nor do i know if it's true that i do not know, nor do i know if it's true that i do not know that i do not know.
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Why is /sci/, the supposedly smartest board, composed of the dumbest threads?
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>>8823232
Define none dumb thread.
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>>8823232
you mean like this one?
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>>8823232
for irony?
everyone wants to learn shit without effort?
people post nonsense and think they're smart?
one or more of those
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Is meteorology a good degree? 2017-04-12 11:51:34 Post No.8823017
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Is meteorology a good degree?
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Is it?
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No.
You're too late. The NWS has been relying increasingly on computer models to make forecasts, and all human forecasting will be phased out within a decade. I assume there's a similar situation for other weather forecasters.
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>>8823126
I see. What degree do you recommend for a young wanna-be scientist?
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>>8823139
There are no jobs left in the wanna-be fields. Basically everything these days is dominated by Applied Math/Computer Science/Physics.
Every STEM degree at my university requires at least one programming course.
What are some dead giveaways that someone is a man of logic and reason?
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>>8822143
they hide and report this post
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the truly wise man never claims to be wise
i don't know if this would apply to logic and reason though. it certainly wouldnt have anything to do with clothing choice, but i know this is a shitpost.
*tips fedora*
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>>8822143
They browse /sci/ unironically