What do you think it feels like to be the best in the world in your field?
>>8128492
Must feel depressing. Because high intelligence comes with higher levels of nihilism and apathy. You inevitably realize how meaningless and futile everything is.
>Must feel depressing. Because high intelligence comes with higher levels of nihilism and apathy. You inevitably realize how meaningless and futile everything is.
t. angsty teen dropout
cite your shit or fuck off
>>8128496
Just because some study says intelligent people are more likely to be depressed that doesn't mean every intelligent person is depressed.
I bet you choose to believe this because you're depressed and you want this to mean you're smart
I was wondering. The human brain or any earth-brain really probably had a common ancestor. They're all evolved on the same framework; That is a neural network.
Would the brains (if they have such things) of an alien species that evolved on a different planet be likely to be similar? Is the idea of a centralised neural network the only solution to the problem of cognition and learning?
Are there other architectures that would provide vastly different results?
How so? What would an Alien brain or equivalent learning/control organ behave/function like?
it would probably be pretty similar
>>8128080
I believe its possible to simulate human neural networks on silicone for what it is worth.
If it has an input output system thats compatible with Real-Life.exe it can be made intelligent.
>>8128080
>run a simulation of earth AI
>Overclock processor to ungodly speeds.
>100000 years on simulated earth = 1 second on earth.
>AI is now ultra advanced civilization.
>steal all its secrets.
>implement in real life.
EVERY RUNNER IS SOMETIMES LONELY
>https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.01783
GET IT WHILE IT'S HOT
I say before today's over, we see a blog post showing a flaw in the proof.
>>8128343
It's legit. I just checked with the computer.
>Combinatorics
MEME
How come nothing intelligent ever came out of the millions of years reptiles and dinosaurs/birds had on this planet? Were we just incredibly lucky in the sense that everything just fell perfectly into place?
I'm not educated enough in this field (which is why I'm asking this question) so this might come off as incredibly stupid but was it because there wasn't enough variation in the global gene soup?
>>8127808
Because God just wanted one intelligent species on this planet and raptors were getting to uppity to leave around.
Probably a number of factors, including diet and basic anatomy. Birds can be pretty smart, just look up videos of corvids performing cognitive tests at the level of infants and chimps.
What are you talking about, OP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhJjJoHJVrs
Looking for a word to mean 3 dimensional 'slice' out of 4D object. 'Slice' is not good because it is usually used for describing something flat. Can someone help me please?
>>8127783
partition?
>>8127783
submanifold
>>8127794
Actually, Foliation would be a more specific term.
http://www.iflscience.com/physics/china-will-launch-unhackable-quantum-satellite-july/
What does this mean exactly, /sci/? And how "unhackable" is it really?
Also, will this revolutionize global communications?
>spooky phenomenon of quantum entanglement
>>8127755
>Illuminati will finally be confirmed.
>All the chans will burn to the ground.
>Europe will burn to the ground.
>Sopa and Pipa will be passed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQFWTgzWuI
>tfw captcha was inna wudz
>>8127935
dumb triangleposter
How close should a moving part be from another moving part be to be mostly frictionless and not grind or be too stuck?
In mm
.10th mm?
.05mm?
Do manufacturers even go to .05mm?
EXAMPLE-If this big circle you see is rotating how many micro mm should it be from its surrounding metal so it moves without friction catching it.
>>8127741
About 3.50
>>8127769
3.5mm?
Thats way too wide.
>>8127777
dollars
SpaceX is going to literally take over and monopolize all of space.
Good thread
p.s not really
Do they plan on being able to recover the second stage at some point? That seems like it's still a pretty big cost per launch.
>>8127663
Yes, but it might not happen until development of the methane raptor engine is completed.
>The broader Raptor concept "is a highly reusable methane staged-combustion engine that will power the next generation of SpaceX launch vehicles designed for the exploration and colonization of Mars". According to Elon Musk, this design will be able to achieve full reusability (all rocket stages) and, as a result, "a two order of magnitude reduction in the cost of spaceflight.
http://nextbigfuture.com/2016/06/spacex-could-drive-launch-costs-to-low.html
Is this even possible?
yes
>>8127561
Really? Its possible for a camera to pick up 8 different rainbows all with different arcs? Optically speaking, what?
matrix glitch
What are some interesting current biological studies?
>>8127517
>http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36437428
>Scientists in the US are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.
>They have injected human stem cells into pig embryos to produce human-pig embryos known as chimeras.
>Walter Low, professor in the department of neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, said pigs were an ideal "biological incubator" for growing human organs, and could potentially be used to create not just a pancreas but hearts, livers, kidneys, lungs and corneas.
>if the iPS cells were taken from a patient needing a transplant then these could be injected in a pig embryo which had the key genes deleted for creating the required organ, such as the liver: "The organ would be an exact genetic copy of your liver but a much younger and healthier version and you would not need to take immunosuppressive drugs which carry side-effects."
>These embryos have been allowed to develop for up to 62 days - the normal gestation period is around 114 days.
>Like the team in California, Prof Low said they were monitoring the effects on the pig brain: "With every organ we will look at what's happening in the brain and if we find that it's too human like, then we won't let those foetuses be born".
>In Greek mythology, chimeras were fire-breathing monsters composed of several animals - part lion, goat and snake. The scientific teams believe human-pig chimeras should look and behave like normal pigs except that one organ will be composed of human cells.
But of course, atheist-hippies ruin everything
>But organisations campaigning for an end to factory farming are dismayed at the thought of organ farms.
>Peter Stevenson, from Compassion in World Farming, told me: "I'm nervous about opening up a new source of animal suffering. Let's first get many more people to donate organs. If there is still a shortage after that, we can consider using pigs, but on the basis that we eat less meat so that there is no overall increase in the number of pigs being used for human purposes."
>>8127548
Goddamed hippies ruining good science because the media told them to care about this case. I work regularly with hybrid human mouse cells called 1A3. To me this is no different. We have been using animals to test on for centuries and this is pretty tame compared to the shit the pharmaceutical industry puts monkeys through. medical progress requires living subjects and i rather it be an animal than a human
I think someone mentioned a guy trying to find a way to slow aging here before. Don't have any links, but it might be worth looking into.
Can we get a physics students thread going?
Share you degree, experiences, fields of study etc.
Master student, General Relativity here.
>>8127494
so are those balls smashing together in your pic like an analogy for your and you lovers' balls smashing together when you have anal sex or what
>>8127895
read the filename, the anal-ogy was pretty clear.
>>8127494
Mechanics is the most boring shit ever
Hi sci. I know this sounds stupid, but is there an app to exercise complex math problems? All the ones I have found are made for children and that is.. well... quite easy for someone more experienced I suppose.
>>8127421
>complex math problems
You need to be more specific. Or else some faggot here will just direct you to the millennium problems because anything less is for "brainlets".
>>8127421
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problems
anything less is for brainlets
schaums
So when is the next ice age going to start, /sci/? Some people think never, some people think it will happen this century.
>>8127420
Tomorrow.
The day after tomorrow.
PBS Space Time actually did a great 10-minute documentary on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztninkgZ0ws
Post the wackiest reconstructions you can find.
Will we see the cure for schizophrenia in the next 20~30 years? Or at least understand how it works?
schizophrenia is a meme
>>8127191
>Vapormeme
I don't need to be cured. By the way, anyone find it soo convenient how a protein to kill zika is found after it gets all that media attention? Almost like Zika was made up in a lab specifically to manufacture a problem for a preconceived solution.
