Could the universe be a computer simulation?
>a simulation?
Yes.
>a computer simulation?
No.
>>7584004
please go
Why not deflect Venus from its orbit and make it collide with mars?
>>7586377
Why would we do that?
>>7586386
for fun
>>7586388
Why don't we just get drunk and throw bottles then?
Are we on Mars yet?
This is taking literally forever.
>>7582563
Yes it is. Obviously. You obviously have not researched how we would have to do it.
>>7582565
>You obviously have not researched how we would have to do it.
Moderately more difficult than the moon landings, mostly just keeping astronauts alive for longer. We could have done it in the 70s.
>...but the life support!
60s tech is fine, with a few tons of supplies per crewman. In fact, with once-through life support, you can recycle the waste into return propellant.
>...but the radiation!
The cosmic rays would just cause moderately increased risk of cancer over the lifetime of the astronauts. The solar protons mostly come from one direction and are pretty easy to shield against using the tons of supplies you need anyway.
>...but the need for artificial gravity!
It's been clear that that wasn't necessary since Mir.
>...but the crew needs a big, spacious habitat and lots of creature comforts, or they'll go crazy!
You can pick some tough astronauts. They'd be on the greatest and most glorious adventure in human history. People put up with far worse for much longer, without going crazy, without being hand-picked, and without having a hero's welcome waiting at home.
>...but the need for exotic propulsion!
We don't have such a need. The delta-V requirements of going to Mars and coming back can be met with conventional propulsion: a few Saturn V class launches, less than were used for the Apollo program.
>...but NASA would need money like during the Apollo program!
For the Apollo program, they had to INVENT most of modern rocketry and manned spaceflight. NASA has had enough money to put men on Mars in every decade from the 70s on, but that money has consistently been spent on things like maintaining a large, inefficient permanent staff and corporate welfare for well-connected contractors.
We already been since the 80's. Where do you think that mushroom cloud came from?
/sci/ do you respect people who major out of STEM fields as being intelligent/smart? If you do not, then why? Genuinely curious as a buddy of mine made it seem like most people in STEM do not respect the talent of lets say a skilled artist etc..
>>7582706
>most people in STEM do not respect the talent of lets say a skilled artist
to be fair the opposite is often true as well. artists don't respect "pure scientists" too much
most of the time it's an issue of that you can't respect what you can't understand. before you know the breadth, intricacies and complexities of a field you can't really appreciate the aptitude the experts have. applies to plenty of subjects
>>7582706
I guess it depends on your idea of intelligence. I value productive creativity over raw knowledge but theres a balance
art is everything that is not science. naturally there's a bit of misunderstanding between people who skew heavily to one side or another, but it doesn't have to be that way. people at both extremes seem to be pretty insecure, which probably causes most of the shit flinging. everyone should just respect everyone else
99.99% of people on /g/ could not construct or operate on motherboards even today, let alone when they were 14.
Why does /g/ hate this kid so much? Are you just jealous that he has financial benefits and job opportunities at Google and Apple when he graduates?
Cool thread, Ahmed.
I was soldering cpus when I was 12.
>>7582576 When I was 12, there were no CPUs around so I was soldering some stupid shit from junkyard components.
>Math is a language!
>Music is math
the syllogism doesn't add up.
>>7583075
well they have things in common
Who is the most intelligent human ever lived and why is it Gauß?
he looks comfy as fuck
agreein on gauss
Kanye
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>>7232133
Kanye West?
>mathfags invent the idea of sets
>mathfags realize that their idea of sets allows for paradoxes
>mathfags adjust their conception of sets, then formalize a consistent set of axioms for them
>mathfags then use "classes" to do the exact same things they did with the naive conception of sets, even though they know that this leads to inconsistencies
How old were you when you realized that math is a fucking joke?
>>7233246
And then based Grothendieck said, "fuck it, every universe is strictly contained by some larger universe. Now shut up and do some real math." I suggest you take the last sentence to heart.
>>7233246
Just so old as your mother was when I banged her first.
It's not just having groups of sets that leads to inconsistencies, it's calling those groups "sets." Changing the name is all that needed to happen
>I don't understand math it's stupid
How do you guys feel about girls entering science or even the really hard mathematics-oriented fields? Do you believe there is some biological or social reason they don't enter? Furthermore, are you biased towards girls who do enter these fields?
>>7226114
I don't care about the gender of other students, why do you?
>Your opinion
None, if they can get the research done they are fine. Same with guys.
>biological or social reason they don't enter.
A lot of women I know want to have children some day, and seeing as women have a biological clock that men never experience, it makes sense why some aren't really interested in pursuing degrees that may take 10 years to get.
>>7226114
-Nothing really
-Maybe they don't feel welcome?
-No
Can determinism and free will coexist?
Of course . What is the light in your opinion ?
>>7200240
compatiblism ya dingus
>7200320
Compatiblingus would be a funny word
>I don't underdtand gravity. If earth is round, why don't we all fall off?
>But where is up and where is down? There is no up and no down in space. You see "down" is where the center of mass is. You have to imagine gravity like balls lying on a membrane bending and curving space and everything that comes close to ot just goes to the center
>Oh I see, my worldview was wrong. Thanks for clearing that up
>I don't understand evolution. Why are there only complete species and no inbetween incomplete species? Where are the links between the species?
>WOW YOU FUCKING IDIOT GO READ A BOOK. THERE ARE FOSSILS THAT PROVE EVOLUTION. DON'T COME BACK UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU MOUTHBREATHING RETARD
>Well fuck you, too
Why are evolution biologists always so agressive and condescending and never try to actually answer any questions seriously no matter how ridiculous it sounds to you?
Physicists know that even ridiculous questions deserve proper answers. No especially ridiculous questions deserve proper answers as they are the fundamental questions that your entire world view depends on.
Evolutionists just call everyone who asks any question about evolution a retard.
Why can't they just properly answer questions like any other scientist?
because physics and math are hard, so it's easy to get why you don't understand. evolution though is just common sense. if you don't get it you're a fucking idiot and deserve to be berated.
>but why do monkeys exist? why does my son look similar to me and doesn't have a large dick with wings that shoot knives? wouldn't that be an evolutionary strength?
>>7209768
That's exactly the kind of attitude I'm talking about. Thanks for that. Where do Evolutionists get the idea from that their subject is easier to understand than othet subjects and that it's somehow impervious to questions?
>>7209784
Evolution is not some highly theoretical phenomenon which requires years of study to barely grasp. It can be explained with hardly any technical terms to fucking children.
How can any thinking man believe in free will, /sci/? Why do people correlate randomness with behavioral freedom?
>>7206627
Have no idea. Free will is bullshit.
So relax and let the universe unfold as it should
>>7206627
>correlate
You mean associate.
The answer to your question is just that people find it easier to go about their lives if they imagine themselves as the true locus of all their desires and intentions. We know this isn't actually the case - nonetheless, it takes some effort and understanding to appreciate why.
because they had no other choice
is patriarchy a pseudoscience theory?
why is taugh in universities?
>>7214160
>why is taugh in universities?
Football players need BS classes to take.
It's philosophy. Of course it must be bullshit.
>>7214160
>OP confirmed as a retarded /pol/ user who never went to university.
so /sci/ prove to me global warming exists and is caused by humans.
Why would you be asking 4chan that? Go to Wikipedia, bro.
>>7172538
You want me to source over 5000 scientific papers?
Do your own research paper.
>>7172538
Baitus majoris is a cancerous pest. But it is easily avoidable with proper logic.
what are the best clouds
Cumulus clouds seem pretty chill.
High tier:
Cumulonimbus
Cirrus
Cirrocumulus
Mid Tier:
Altocumulus
Altostratus
Low Tier:
Stratocumulus
Stratus
Cumulus
Lower than low tier:
fog
>>7177407
YOU TALKING SHIT ABOUT FOG
I'LL KICK YOUR ASS
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