NASA "found" [citation strongly required; telescope data isn't valid until raw data is processed by other independent companies] some "exoplanets" [citation required]
40 light years away.
Our best manned ship. 3 men, 10 km/s, 5000 kg payload.
Would take 1 million years to reach those planets.
What is the purpose of NASA? As they used to say in ancient Rome
>Bread and circuses
>>8695292
Go to bed, Elon
>>8695292
>What is the purpose of NASA? A
its the same as the so-called climate "scientists"
they get into these research positions and just make shit up as long as they can to keep getting more funding since they can't con their way through the real world
>>8695297
>they can't con their way through the real world
seems legit
How did we end up with so many races?
When and how did humans gain so many different traits that they are considered to be from different races?
Which haplgroups are related to which race?
We know that Europe was inhabited by other people before the arrival of the Indo-Europeans. Does that mean that it's possible that the Indo-Europeans were Mongoloid rather than Caucasoid?
People in East Asia have more slanted eyes than people in Southeast Asia. What's the explanation of that?
If the people that crossed the Bering strait from Asia to America are the ancestors of all Amerindians, why do native Americans speak language families that are so different from each other?
everyday you pol crossposters make, at least, 2 or 3 race threads.
arent you concerned about your own mental health?
>>8694898
>We know that Europe was inhabited by other people before the arrival of the Indo-Europeans. Does that mean that it's possible that the Indo-Europeans were Mongoloid rather than Caucasoid?
Its possible. Europeans are a Neanderthal mix.
>People in East Asia have more slanted eyes than people in Southeast Asia. What's the explanation of that?
Mixing Denisovans with Siberian Neanderthals. Perhaps the Siberian subgroup had eyelids more adapted for the cold. That doesn't quite explain Japan where the people are primarily a mix of Koreans and Siberians yet generally have rounder eyes and more traditionally caucasian features.
>If the people that crossed the Bering strait from Asia to America are the ancestors of all Amerindians, why do native Americans speak language families that are so different from each other?
The migrations were in multiple waves
>>8694933
I don't post on /pol/ but I just needed answers and since it's a pretty fast board I also posted the thread there
>Gravity is like.... it's sorta um...
>Ok picture a trampoline...
"Science"
>Pseudo-intellectual loves the buzzword "popsci" and gets angry when people use analogies to illustrate abstract concepts beyond the scope of human perception
No one falls for your charade, neckbeard
>string theory is um.. it's kinda like when...
>ok, picture a universe as being FLAT...
>>8693071
Forgot my pic
is true there are major personality and tastes diferences between a stem guy and a humanities+art guy?
>>8692777
Stem guys
> introverts
> virgins
> probably asian
Humanities + arts
> extrovert
> pussyslayer420
> white alpha male
t. asian stem guy
>>8692782
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2014/08/04/sciences-and-humanities-brains/#.WKznv1V94dU
>>8692782
I think asians are probably all autistic. They're good at math, socially inept, and they obsess over random shit like anime.
anyone know how many lung cancers are missed on chest x-rays? and what factors influence is?
i had one and it came back negative and i still feel like shit night have to have a ct scan
>>8691529
Feeling shitty is usually due to a bad diet and lack of exercise. Just something to consider. What are your symptoms?
>>8691532
Loss of appetite
some non-specific pain (stomach and back)
recently starting getting headaches
i'm certain i do have cancer, i had an abdominal ct scan recently because i thought the loss of appetite must be gastro related, turns out loss of appetite is a major symptom of lung cancer too so now i'm going down that path
>>8691538
everything is a symptom of cancer
Why is it that /Sci/ seems to be populated by the most people filled with rage out of almost any other board on 4Chan?
It doesn't even make sense. Maybe we should have a 'Phi' board for all philosophical questions so the rage arguments would be cut down a little bit?
Express your - no doubt uncalled for rage-filled - thoughts here.
>>8698718
Research doesn't lend itself well to informal discussion
>>8698718
This is what is really bugging me personally. Why is nobody using Phi in general? Why the fuck is everyone using Pi?
What does everyone want to keep squaring shit? Goddamn.
>>8698737
There are tons of posts on /sci/ that aren't really /sci/ based but informal discussion based. This post is just honest about it.
Did you ever come to a moment when you realize you're way out of your depth with the major you selected
>tfw Math major
>going into 2nd year and still struggle with basic Calculus
>last semester maths
>no idea what's going on to this day
>somehow made it with a 3.6 gpa
>already have a risk analysis position lined up
you can do it too, op
>>8698662
in math you should always be struggling, because you should be pushing the limit of what you're learning
but "struggling" with calculus? you're just super lazy. go open a book and do the exercises.
Yep.
>Computer Engineer
>the fuck is going on
>change to business
>never study
>still get a C+ to B
>others are struggling and getting Fs/Ds.
areyouserious.jpg
What's the point in sending your children to school when you can download applications that teach them in literally a quarter of the time?
What the fuck are all these parents doing?
>>8698218
Confirmation that they were educated.
>>8698227
Why are there such problems in education when every child literally owns an iPad?
Are the masses this retarded?
>>8698231
No your employers need proof you are educated so you waste 12 years of your life to get some certificate to get really bad jobs.
How come nerds, geeks, or highly intelligent people tend to lack social intelligence?
>>8698127
because cortex is a finite resource and social analysis is an extremely cortex intensive operation
>>8698127
They see the underlying cause of the universe. They see you as a giant hulking mass of scientific garble. It scares them.
nerds are busy
geeks are almost defined by lack social intelligence
highly intelligent people, as a rule, don't lack it
Will you embark on a lonely crusade to bring the world back to the one true path?
Or will you cloister yourself away in peaceful meditation of all things /sci/?
College drop out here. I've done nothing but play games and browse the internet since dropping out.
>bring the world back to the one true path?
Which is?
terry for sure
so most people on here say 8 hours of sleep, physical exercise, proper food => greater awareness/mindfulness/sharper mind
my problem with this is that you essentially have to spend a lot of time on that: more sleep is obvious, exercise takes time, cooking healthy takes time
and my opinion is that to learn something one has to immerse oneself for as long as possible and overall achieved improvement ~ time spent (inb4 stop waasting time on chans). Thoughts on that?
i currently sleep 6 hours a night, tried 4.5 hours with 3 0,5h naps for a week which went ok and whenever i sleep for 8 hours or more at once i feel super drowsy and lazy, although i might be reversing the causal link here. also run for 10 minutes every day, eat mostly carbs.
A lot of succesful people are claimed to sleep a lot less than is usually considered 'healthy'
>>8698915
>eat mostly carbs
I can't cut on carbs because I'm a slob but for the few days I succeed I feel a lot more alert and clear headed.
Do not cook anything.
Eat a chuck of fat at 2k calories in one unique meal with a few other stuff, like eggs, meat and veggies.
>>8698925
>Do not cook anything.
>eggs, meat and veggies.
whats the reason to not cook
>>8698915
how about trying it out?
I bet /sci/ can't solve this simple problem.
>>8698438
Trivial. Exercise left as a challenge to the reader (You).
>If Johnny has six apples
>Problem does not assert that Johnny does have six apples
>The if condition has not been met
>Therefore do not calculate the diameter of the sun
>Therefore the problem is complete
>>8698438
The diameter of the sun is independent from the number of apples that has Johnny. I think I'd use this answer.
This is a thread for any maths formulas, series, visual graphs or artwork based on mathematical themes that are purely theoretical and/or not very useful at present. Looking for OC, stuff you saved from this board in the past and the weirder the better. Really open up those autistic urges and show me something beautiful.
The purpose of this thread is to share original work, please leave a commentary or explanation of the what you share; trivail or complex it doesn't matter. My hope is that by opening up past studies to different perspectives might result in an expanded awareness of the material at hand. This might work well as a cross board thread with /x/ /p/ or /3/, but this will do for now.
I'll wait until people have contributed a bit, before posting my own work. If you all happen to be unoriginal blockheads then thread will obviously 404.
>>8698087
A•X•I•O•M•S
>>8698188
What's going on in this gif, I don't even...
>>8698188
It should be reiterated that what is being asked of here is not stuffy old axioms and the same cookie cutter shit you all go through in college and high school, but rather ideas which are mathematical in nature but useless, either because they do not relate to any norms in current scientific and mathematical thinking (which is desirable at this point) or because they are being worked into an aethetic or a piece of art.
Is the solution to arbitrary integers random variance?
Do you really want the answer? Not all answers bring peace of mind. Searching for meaning and ACHIEVING that meaning simply opens the door to the next adventure.
>>8696776
I am ready
Fibonacci sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc.
Work towards understanding the sequence of abstraction. After understanding, generalize Fibonacci into a pattern:
An = (An-1 + An-2) - the simplest iteration of this pattern exists with the number one, because the only form that can fit it is: A1 = 1 = A(1-1=0) + A(1-0=1).
With this you have established a pattern that can be reasonably inferred. With that it is immediately clear - but given the fact that there is a pattern, any intelligent consciousness would derive what it is if given time/resources to do so.
Now, add a complication. Let’s say: 8, 21, 29, 50, 79, 129, 208, 337… the general formula holds true, but without knowing the first two values it becomes increasingly difficult to derive the pattern without knowing it, and thus appears increasingly random. Even though this is a more complex form, and appears increasingly random as the difference between the first two values becomes larger, it is still subject to being derived.
Further complication; add a multiplier: An = 3(An-1 + An-2). Set your first two values with distance: 3295 and 829583.
Algorithm results: 3295, 829583, 2498634, 9984651, 37449855, 142303518, 539260119, 2044690911… with this small sequence sample, and not knowing the starting pair, it would look hopelessly random even adding as simple of a multiplier to the formula as that. But there is nonetheless a pattern.
This demonstrates that “random” is simply a present inability to understand a pattern. Could we imagine increasingly complex manipulations of sequences so as to make it humanly impossible to determine any given pattern over the course of a lifetime? Absolutely - it wouldn’t even be hard. Add a few operators, an integral, a derivative, and an exponential function to the mix and the task becomes well outside that which can be determined. Change the difference from (n-1) + (n-2) to (n2-17) * (n/ei) and it becomes geometric, adding logarithmic complexity with exponents.
Why do all top British Physics departments look like absolute shit?
Cambridge
Imperial
Oxford
Because they are not designed with the intent pf being pretty I suppose.