<neat>
> take all the energy the sun emits
I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE!!
I think its a neat fact. At the very least, the units are correct.
What is emptiness (as in, the space between matter) according to modern physics?
>>7672795
undeformed spacetime
>>7672795
It's the vector that belongs to the kernel of every symmetry generator of your theory.
>>7672795
Strings
Please explain congruence modulo to a retard. I read lots of explanations but I still don't get it. What's the intuition behind it?
>>7672770
Two numbers (a and b) are congruent by modulo n iff the remainder from dividing a by n is the same as the remainder from dividing b by n.
I find this way of thinking about it to be simpler, as then you can think about them as being the same distance from a multiple of n.
The other way of stating it is that two numbers are congruent by mod n if the distance between them (a-b) is divisible by n.
>>7672779
To give an example with this guys story:
a = 9
b= 18
Then a and b are congruent in modulo 9,
Because if you divide 9 by 9, your remainder is 0.
If you divide 18 by 9 your remainder is also 0.
I've never heard of the concept, but I just understood it by the name. Why is this so hard for you?
>>7672781
>Why is this so hard for you?
I get the definition, but I don't get:
>The other way of stating it is that two numbers are congruent by mod n if the distance between them (a-b) is divisible by n.
Has anybody done their interview at Cambridge for Computer Science? I've got an interview soon and I'm wondering what are they gonna ask me, are there gonna be any tests?
Pls halp
18 plus board faggot
>>7672721
I am 18 you fucking homo. Most people who apply to Uni are.
>>7672722
Even if that stats that you pulled out your ass is true, homework threads are not allowed, so please leave you faggot.
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Does anybody else here have a tendency to think that their research, publication and thesis ideas are crazy, dumb, or otherwise irrelevant?
Here's my story:
>have an idea in the domain of application of Artificial Neural Networks to some specific, rule-based type of problem solving
>ask my professor whether it's retarded, and his thoughts on the topic
>surprisingly, he says that it can work
>ask another one who's more reputable
>he says something along these lines as well
>he gets me in contact (via email) with a rather known professor who specializes in this topic
>ask her for her opinion etc., and whether my idea is nonsense
>she says that it's a novel approach, that I should try working more on my idea; she also recommended some literature to help me
However, even after getting a more or less positive feedback from others, I still think that my idea is crazy/retarded/etc.
Does /sci/ have any advice on having a more realistic view on one's research ideas? Has anybody else had problems undervaluing their ideas and themselves?
>>7672571
AI is a garbage field anyway
>>7672571
Daily reminder that Nash was irrelevant and schizophrenic and meme theory isn't even predictive
>>7672633
>Schizophrenic used as an insult
>Thinks they're able to remind anyone of anything
>Thinks they know anything at any given time that another person has let slip from their mind
>Grow up completely passionate about lego
>Remember spend entire afternoons building things with bricks and then showing to my parents really proud
>Always praised about being intelligent and creative
>Got into electrical engineering because i liked to build things
>Discover a lot of my colleagues also loved lego when they were kids
>Start becoming frustrated with engineering
>3 years pass and i didn't build much, only learned a bunch of math and physics
>Among the best of the class but really far away from the best
>Almost failed some classes
>Feeling that i am too constraint by logic, i.e. math and science and that i am not building things like i thought i would
>Start feeling depressed, dumb and that i actually don't have anything special
>Start feeling that the success in engineering depends more about IQ than creativity
>Finishing degree completely depressed, without knowing what to do with my life
Sorry about the shitpost, but i really needed to share this with someone.
>>7672517
You are pretty much me in that I love lego, love creating stuff and am EE student. But the difference is that I love math and science (except for chemistry).
The advantage of your degree is that you have a lot of career options (at least where I live) so it's definitely possible to look for a job where you can be creative. Don't worry bro.
>>7672517
The /sci/ major guide:
>Did you love your intro to proofs class
Math
>Do you love doing math but hate rigor in all its forms?
Physics
>Do want to know how a computer works and are good at math
ECE
>Do want to memorize thousands of properties
Chem
>Do tubes give you an erection
ChemE
>Do you love playing with clay, dirt and sand
MatSci
>Do you love playing with model trains or k'nexs
MechE
>Do you fucking love legos
CivilE
>Are you too stupid for all of the above
CS
>Are you a Furry
Bio*
>Do you have a rock collection
Geo*
>Are you a conman
Econ/Stats/Finance/Accounting
>Is copying and pasting your idea of a hard day's work
SE
>Are you stupid fat lazy and smell bad with no life or joy
IT/DBA
I feel you OP, I loved LEGOs too and made cool stuff.
I'm going into Biology now though. At least I get to dissect things. I put my hand in a deer's body cavity recently, elbow deep in blood from internal bleeding, just to cut it's heart and liver out to eat.
Why do we want to fly to mars and build a station with humans there? Why don't we start at the moon?
Because when astronauts went to the moon in 1969 aliens there told them to fuck off. Buzz lightyear ask "why"
Alien said "get your ass to mars"
aaah, thats why....
ancient ayy lmaos
9 mathematicians are at an international conference.
Of any set of 3 mathematicians, there exists a pair which share a language.
No mathematician speaks more than 3 languages.
Is it necessarily true that there exists a language spoken by at least 3 mathematicians?
>>7672488
Why
>>7672473
Yes.
>>7672473
>No mathematician speaks more than 3 languages.
BULLSHIT, to get a PhD you need to be a polyglot
What is the general /sci/ consensus and view of Genetic Modification?
In a recent announcement the first GM-Salmon was allowed by the FDA after 20 years of research and testing.
Personally I think this is great news, less feed required, faster turn around, more fish can be produced feeding more people, cheaper - also fantastic to reduce the strain on 'natural' wild salmon fishing.
frankly, food doesn't seem to be the best utilization for GM, I think things like the GM mosquito with the SM1 protein to block malaria parasite in the gut is a far better use for GM, or even the potential for GM creatures capable of absorbing oil or digesting plastics as a means to clean the ocean.
but is the /sci/ consensus, leave your 'Monsatan' hate at the door, your emotions need not apply to the debate.
>>7672361
Monsanto is a bag of dicks, but only inasmuch as any other excessively and aggressively litigious company. Their actions shouldn't impact GMO general acceptability.
>>7672361
boycott em
Patenting food and genes is just fucking ridiculous. Once this shit gets enshrined by a dozen nations treaty, it will be near impossible to revoke.
>>7672361
>the GM mosquito with the SM1 protein to block malaria parasite in the gut
wait wut
What comes after multi variable analysis and linear algebra? I'm almost done with them now but I don't know where to continue in the world of math.
>>7672358
ODEs, PDEs, Fourier analysis, complex analysis, abstract algebra, topology, differential geometry
Numerical Analysis
>>7672358
ODE's
PDE's
Differential Geometry; which uses both multvariable calculus and linear algebra
What is pop-sci?
It's the plebeians' way of saying "dilettante."
What is dilettante?
>>7672304
Go choke on you're own anus you fat fuck
Intelligence test:
Q. Can you appreciate at least some aspects of
1) Modern architecture
2) Avant-garde jazz
3) Contemporary art
If your answer is no to any of these you are not intelligent. I don't care how many stem degrees you have you re nothing more than a fleshy book photocopier and/or calculator.
>>7672162
this bait
>doesn't know the difference between intelligent and cultured
You are not well-educated.
>>7672162
postmodernism is just one big meme that pervades through all arts and refuses to die because it invalidates the concept of talent and allows any asshole with hands and some without hands to be an esteemed artist
I'm an atheist who believes in evolution from the overwhelming evidence, but one thing I never quite understood.
The purpose of evolution is that a living organism adapts to its environment to survive which takes millions of years to accomplish.
My question is how did it survive in an environment it wasn't adapted to in the first place for so long in order to reach that point of harmony with its surroundings?
Is it because the initial organism was so simple that it couldn't have been effected enough / at all by the environment until it became more complex / advanced?
Sorry if this is a retarded question, but I couldn't quite find a definitive answer.
There is no "purpose" to evolution. It is just the path of least resistance.
Animal A has a mutation that allows it to see better at sunset
Animal B is the same species as Animal A but it does not have that mutation.
In a hypothetical environment where there just happen to be more predators at sunset which animal do you think is going to have a better chance to pass on its genes/survive.
Read this, it'll refine your thinking on the subject a lot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene-centered_view_of_evolution
>>7672086
>The purpose of evolution is that a living organism adapts to its environment
>living organism adapts to its environment
>living organism adapts
>living organism
>living
This is where you are confuzzeled
Living things don’t actively adapt to their environment, it’s the minor genetic differences within the species which allows them to have an advantage if the environment changes.
The more advantages that you have the better chance you will breed and pass your advantaged genes to the next generation
I'd like to pose an Astrophysics question :
Let's say a microwave is drifting through outer space, hooked to a power supply.
Will microwave popcorn pop?
I don't think so, because space is a vacuum, and corn won't pop in a vacuum.
Also, the microwave itself would be utterly useless because of the interfering cosmic background radiation.
Your thoughts?
"The steam and starch expands to a foam which rapidly cools
forming the popcorn."
i wonder if you did pop popcorn in space if it would cool rapidly enough to stay together?
>>7672071
why would popcorn not pop in a vacuum?
>>7672101
A vacuum is the absence of pressure. How can something pop without pressure?
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