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You are dumb as fuck, aren't you?

>Why are we hardwired to reproduce and desire reproduction?
>Why did evolution make us care about continuing our genetic legacy?
Because those that didn't died out very quickly.

>Why would the brain reward you for sex?
Because it leads to reproduction. Brains reward for situations that lead to long-term reproductive success, and punish for things that lead to the opposite.

This is literally the entire basis of evolution. Imagine there are 2 dogs:

Dog 1 doesn't want to mate, and so has no young

Dog 2 does want to mate and does so often, leaving many pups

And so, because dog 2 had so many young, the dog population will be more similar to dog 2 than 1. Repeat this process for millions of years and that's evolution.

>>8777537
I like some of the "3Blue1Brown" videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw

>>8777537
This guy is alright, it's definitely more /sci/ than most of the other popsci youtubers that never mention any math.

Physics Videos by Eugene:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0yBou72Lz9fqeMXh9mkog

https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos

Remainder that all scientists have [math]\rm {{\color{red}a}^{\displaystyle \color{yellow}u}}_{\displaystyle \color{green}t} \color{cyan}i {}^{\displaystyle \color{blue}s} \color{magenta}m[/math] and [math]\LaTeX[/math] is the highest form of it.

>>8774412
lel

>>8774401
>space between [math] \LaTeX [/math] and comma
you're a failure and will never be a scientist.

>>8771771
Are shameless baits even usefull

>>8771771
Are physics majors butthurt that they didn't go into mathematics instead?

Yes, Optimal Control is useful and you need very advanced math including nonlinear functional analysis to fully understand it.

have you never been to university?

all you need to do is meet a handful of pre-meds to realize how disgusting of a trade it is

>>8769292
In my country there are no "pre-meds" LEL

>>8769292
>pre-meds
what the actual fuck

>>8761205
> Computer architecture class
> Freshman students write address book program for one project
> Implemented in assembly for ARM architecture
> GitHub repo surfaces from past student with lots of relevant code snippets
> Professor knows, warns students again in lecture about using other peoples' code
> Students have already agreed to college of engineering penalties for plagiarism and cheating
> Still catch 5 students with same code from repo
> Can't explain why
> Forwarded to college academic disciplinary board
> O shit

Happens multiple times a year

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>>8761205

pretty bad if you have to cheat in a programming class.

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I should note that I'm going to probably have large chunks of the week open during the summer. So I'll have time to do stuff you guys tell me would be beneficial.

Why not do it for the money? Don't listen to all the poor people on here saying "don't do it for the money you're not contributing anything" just do what you know is best for you.

>>8778964
Well, I have genuine interest in math, it's just that I'm not sure I care about electrical engineering.
I care about transhumanist stuff(another topic) but I'm afraid that market will soon be flooded based on the explosion of people seeking information on the topic.
I thought it would be good to major in a highly technical thing like electrical engineering and then attempt to branch into neurophresthesis or whatever when it becomes a thing.

i don't know
any time i read about schools in the newspaper it's how kids complain about too much work
and they always have their way - this in western europe
eastern europe is poor and their education systems aren't efficient
meanwhile asian countries excel and push their children to learn - see i'm not a racist, i think whites can be just as good, we have better infrastructure and conditions on top of that

i see these kids on the street, and i think we need to focus more on learning and discipline in schools
nobody gives a shit about them though, people are more concerned with less consequential things, in my opinion at least

kids need help, and a real change must happen in our attitude towards children and their education process - i don't think they are achieving their full potential and i feel sad

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>>8778292

anything pertaining to discrete math, analysis, real analysis...
I mean you can go deep pretty much anywhere. What specifically interests you?

>>8776338
Pajeets are just not meant for deep mathematics.
>inb4 Ramanujan
He's the exception that proves the rule.

>>8777425
The very foundation of real numbers, algorithms that make the basis of mathematics, just like what this book does. Is there a field of mathematics just for that?

>>8776130
you care about the subject more than anyone else in your school to the point of obsession. you're always, always thinking about it.

that's the main ingredient. add a dollop of insanity so you're just on the line between sanity and insanity and you'll be a great scientist or engineer, let alone a top student.

>>8776130
Genetics.
If you weren't at the top of your class from kindergarten to high school you can't succeed in STEM because you're stupid, or you just lack discipline which by college age you are to old to learn.

>>8776145
that's wrong. i've aced classes that i gave zero fucks about.

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>the "debate" is over
this is quite literally not how science works

you don't just get to say 'muh theory is unquestionable'

>>8775144
>However what do you guys think of scientists march for climate change? Should scientists really take to the street and march for a particular policy?

I hate politics with utmost vigour but this seems to be neccesary. The consequences of not making immedeate change in climate policy will be disasterous and scientists should step in.

>>8775149
>you don't just get to say 'muh theory is unquestionable'

>he doesn't understand normal/revolutionary science distinction

Get off my board pleb.

>>8773224

materialist reductionist faggots BTFO :)

>>8773224
Dan Dennett is an asshole and a hack.

In the sky
a giant jew
he loves me
and he loves you

>>8779010
>Is pic related a good idea?
no, it's a meme list

>>8779010
this list is questionable at best

>>8779010
>Stewart

Nope.

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>>8777909
Immigrant students perform better in science than non-immigrants in ARE, AUS, CAN, GBR, HKG, ISR, JOR, MAC, QAT, SGP, & USA

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>>8777910
Where do disadvantaged students achieve the best results in science?

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>>8777912
What does the share of top performers and low achievers look like in your country?

>>8777383
No, it would die out eventually. Some will live on for a short while if they happened to be in really good situations where they can use power sources from something else to create enough light and heat to farm and survive.

As it stands right now, there's no infrastructure for such an event. If properly planned and executed, such a thing is possible.

This of course is for if the sun died but didn't expand or blow up. It just went out like a light bulb getting turned off or something.

How about a better scenario? "Something" happens to pull the Earth out of orbit with the sun where it becomes a rogue planet.

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>>8777383
Yes, but it will be really painful.

eventually the planet would run out of energy. No sun means no plants, no plants means no animals. It would be a slow yet painful death