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So I might have accidentally destroyed some cell lines and other assorted samples that the researchers in the lab I work in have used for apparently quite a while. It caused quite a shitstorm and I'm told that the university is considering "legal action" against me. They can't do that, right? I'm just an undergraduate student, so mistakes should be expected. Any help?
>>7772221
If you were doing what was expected of you to the best of your ability and fucked up while doing this, there's no blame on you. Unless you explicitly signed a "yes I know what I'm doing and will take full responsibility for handling this stuff" waiver, I guess.
>>7772225
I hope you're right. I've been told that the value of some of those samples might have been in the six-figure range since they were decades old and not even available anymore. If I have to reimburse even a fraction of that, I'm pretty much fucked for life.
What are some major examples of correlation =/= causation in science and health?
Increasing world population =/= CO2 emmission
>>7772046
increase in circle jerking atheists ≠ scientific progress
Increase in gains =/= more womyn
is working out compatible with science, or it'll make you angry and stupid as the "meathead" stereotype goes ?
My IQ has decreased by 1 standard deviation after reading your retarded question. Thanks op.
>>7770909
when I was little my parents thought lifting weights would stunt my growth and make me stupid, so they only let me play soccer.
>>7770906
Working out will keep you healthy and help you live longer. It's satisfying as hell and makes you look better.
Hey guys, is there a way to increase serotonin in my brain without using drugs?
>>7770297
Yes.
>>7770298
explain
>>7770301
No.
What are some methods that actually work to improve one's study habits? Sure I could Google, but maybe you guys have something actually backed up by non-meme studies
>>7769873
Not that anon, but i'm curious, is it possible to give up social life temporarily to pursue grades? Would that loneliness come back to fuck your efficiency up in the long run?
>>7769874
Why do you have to hijack the thread with your /r9k/ shit?
>>7769875
Nah man, i just want to stop going out with friends for like half a day, and then coming back tired and exhausted, then sleeping and wasting away the day.
new bread
If light propagates at a constant speed from all frames of reference, how does its frequency change for an observer moving to or from a source at a certain velocity?
how do I find a function given its fourier series?
What came before the big bang?
>>7769617
intuitively:
the wavelength of a light wave is the distance between the "peaks" of the wave, right?
If study a beam of light that comes from the left towards the right with a wavelength [math]\lambda[/math], and you move to the right with speed [math]v>0[/math], do you agree to say that you will meet more peaks than me? (since you are catching up to them).
Notice that if light moves at the speed of light, it doesn't mean that the peaks themselves move or move at the speed of light.
When the fuck will humanity gtfo this rock and start building habitats in space and on other planets? I just watched interstellar again, and no, I'm not interested in the gentle singularity bs and 6gorrillionth dimension shit in the movie, it just reminds me how fuck ed we are if we continue to stay on this rock and don't disperse a bit, at least within our solar system, just to start as that kind of is the implied first step beyond MIR and ISS.
There's also the vast amount of resources orbiting in the asteroid belt, let alone beyond.
It's just frustrating...
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>>7769005
>When the fuck will humanity gtfo this rock and start building habitats in space and on other planets?
When we decide either to coexist peacefully as a species, or learn we have no more resources to exploit.
>it just reminds me how fucked we are if we continue to stay on this rock and disperse a bit
Invoking the spirit of Sagan in my response, it would be advisable to venture out to the stars if we want our species to thrive. But like...
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>>7769045
I can agree with those points you make, and I've experienced the last point you made. I don't watch TV and haven't for years. Between my lurking on the webs and my armed forces experiences deployed I've come to see many aspects of the world that horrifying or otherwise disturb me for a plethora of reasons.
Do you think of anyone (not including meme musk) who is attempting to organize and take matters into their own hands for this kind of progress?
>>7769005
>Do you think of anyone (not including meme musk) who is attempting to organize and take matters into their own hands for this kind of progress?
Yes.
At least the spirit is there within some folks who want to see us venture out into the stars.
Why are we seeing this decrease in the rate of moore's law?
>>7767808
>Singularity fags BTFO
>>7767808
primarily it is because we have hit the limit of easy reduction and new gains are increasingly difficult to mass produce. underlying this is the problem that lithography cant get much tighter than it already is.
>>7767808
decoherence of single photon transistors
