Mathematics:
>Is zero a natural number?
Physics:
>Is String Theory worthwhile?
English:
>When making a list, should I separate the ending 'and' with a comma?
I identify as a Cis white male
>>7874625
Computer Science
>Are we a really a science?
>>7874625
>Is zero a natural number?
No, it is a whole number though.
>>7874625
Linguistics
>[S ... [NP chomsky] ...]
>>7874638
natural numbers are non-negative integers, faggot, therefore zero is a natural number.
1. No.
2. Yes.
3. If you want.
>>7874646
Normally we define natural numbers as the finite cardinal numbers and then use them to construct integers as equivalence classes of pairs of natural numbers.
>>7874638
Zero is generally taken to be a natural number, ie Peano Axioms
>>7874625
>When making a list, should I separate the ending 'and' with a comma?
Yes. "One, two, three, and four." makes sense whilst "One, two, three and four." looks like some Chinese exchange student tried writing in English.
>>7874625
>>Is zero a natural number?
No would would fight over this, though. It's just boring pedantics. Almost as bad as this pi vs. tau thing.
A more interesting debate would be: Is category theory a suitable foundation of mathematics?
>>7874625
>>Is zero a natural number?
Won't split any departments senpai. We just agree to disagree*, unlike the Physics monkeys.
*or use a subscript
>>Is every line parallel to itself?
Well, /sci/?
>>7874714
No, because the definition of parallel is "do not intersect at any point".
>>7874704
Agreed; [math]0\in\mathbb N[/math] is just convention. The other question is a more categorical (pun intended) thing.
>>7874719
Really? What about [math]\mathbb R^3[/math]?
>>7874719
Let's say you have two overlapping lines, A and C.
Let's say you have a line B, parallel to A.
Then A is parallel to B, given.
B is parallel to C.
And hence, by the transitive property of "is parallel to", A is parallel to C.
But A is also equal to C, so A is parallel to A.
>>7874646
0 is neither positive or negative
>>7874749
>non-negative
>>7874749
Thus 0 is non-negative AND non-posittive
DFC or cow tits?
>>7874625
Oxford comma always required, nigga.
>>7874773
You're dumb and, you're an idiot.
>>7874698
Say them out loud though
Second sounds more natural
>>7874789
That's not how the Oxford comma works. That might be why you think it's a bad thing.
>>7874763
Check the truth table for or.
True true gives a true output.
My stamen is valid
>>7874632
Nobody thinks computer science is a science, nigga.
>>7874807
closer to math than science but computer math sounds like some shit highschool kids do because they cant into algebra
>Sociology
>Why do non-whites fail the mirror test?
Chemistry
>calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate or sodium sulfate?
>>7874846
> i-im offendid
are you in kindergarden ?
>>7874825
comp sci is applied math.
>>7874847
non chem fag here. Explain?
>>7874859
Only parts of it, and usually it is really dumbed down
>>7874856
why are you treating this place like it's reddit you redditard. don't leave reddti if you respect containment zones too much
>>>/r/eddit
>>7874868
>mfw when the ultra butthurt /pol/tard shows up agian
>>7874846
It's true though you retard. Western babies pass the mirror test at 18 months. Children in Kenya, Peru and Cameroon fail the mirror test as late as 6 years old
>>7874872
> people telling me to fuck off back to reeeeeeddit are /pol/
proven yourself to be a true redditard again. Now get lost
>>>/r/eddit
>>7874885
> /pol/tard
> echo chamber
> i-im not aq redditard guise is swear
I'm tired of your same template posts redditard. Fuck off already. Reddit is big enough for you and other autists.
>>7874893
>still getting mad
Why do you get so butthurt when people insult /pol/ if you're not from there, huh?
>>7874897
Because nobodys going to go anywhere just because you constantly spam and shitpost. Being offended only matters in some part of the reddit but nobody cares about your fragile little feelings on 4chan.
Now go back to your homepage where you can bitch about how opinions you can't tolerate are statuary rape and should be contained.
>>>/r/eddit.
>>7874863
All three can be used to dry things liquids in organic chemistry. Which one is used is entirely up to personal preference.
>>7874625
>Physics:
>>Is String Theory worthwhile?
This actually does split hep-th groups at some universities. It's very sad, really.
>>7874904
>being this mad and triggered because I told him to go back to his containment board and it hurt his feelings
>>7874909
I meant to say, that they could be used to dry liquids...
>>7874912
shitposting goes to >>>/r/eddit
>>7874912
you are the first one to have their feelings hurt
>>7874846
remember
>>7874922
>implying that post has any hurt feelings in it
I'm not the one who butthurtedly spams "GO BACK TO LEBDIT YOU BIG MEANIE :(" over and over again
>>7874923
Reddit has been raiding 4chan way before we got half of these boards. Anything inane, childish and purely retarded comes from the le reddit army. And for some reason they think 4chan is reddit and works the same way.
>>7874927
Then man the fuck up and stop being so offended you whinny little faggot, maybe nobody would tell you to go crawl back to your liberal shithole.
>>7874930
>Anything inane, childish and purely retarded comes from the le reddit army.
This is what /pol/tards actually believe
>>7874934
>people aren't allowed to have liberal opinions on 4chan
Cry about it you triggered /pol/tard
>>7874936
> still defending reddit on 4chan
> i swear on me mum guis im not a redditor
Why do you have to shit in every thread redditard. 4chan is NOT reddit. Get this through your thick skull. Also it's funny how you can't tolerate crossboarders yet you refer any post that hurts your feelings to pol
Now back to your shithole
>>>/r/eddit
>>7874941
> intolerant of any opposing opinions
> thinks he's a liberal
You're not even a liberal. You're an intolerant shitposting raging moron whos here to do nothing but shitpost. You're the reason why people see liberals as fucking cancer now.
>>7874941
This site isnt for your kind, mewling faggots.
>>7874947
> lolumadxDDDDDD
back to your cesspool shitposter
>>>/r/eddit
admittedly it's just a convention, but zero being a natural number is the better convention
>>7874960
>so butthurt you accuse me of being the /pol/tard to deflect because nobody wants to be the idiot who wandered in here from /pol/ (aka you)
>>7874956
you are defending liberal opinions, you cant have an argument without resorting to shitposting.
YOU ARE THE LIBERAL
>>7874966
> redditard trying to be a smartass on 4chan
cute
>>>/r/eddit
>>7874970
get a grip
>>7874704
>Is category theory a suitable foundation of mathematics?
It is known that category theory contains ZFC.
>>7874970
nope. this is not a poldit thread :^)
>>7874980
now*
>>7874909
>using calcium chloride
what sort of shit-tier chemist does this?
everyone knows mag sulfate is the best option
>>7874984
>not buying a bag of unscented epsom salts and heating in an oven to 250C for 5 hours and using anhydrous MgSO4 as dessicant
pleb
>>7874789
"we brought over some beer, bread, and buxom wenches"
vs
"we brought over some beer, bread and buxom wenches"
>>7874773
I always use an oxford comma whenever both work for my own writing. For writing for publications, I follow style sheets. If the oxford comma would ever caues ambiguity, I drop it (I wish publications cared about this clarity over consistency).
>>7875003
The first sentence is correct. The second sentence looks odd.
>>7874910
The math departments will gladly accept the string theorists :D Come over to ussss
>>7874910
really? what kind of shit tier universities think the answer is no?
Quality thread you faggots
How to divide a board
>>7874740
they're not parallel because they intersect at infinitely many points
Biology
>is our degree useless or are we just failures?
>>7874625
Zero is not a number. Zero is nothing. The symbol 0 represent the abstraction of nothing.
>>7874632
He said split, not drive into violent tantrum
>>7874625
>French: etre ou nah?
>Spanish: quieres papas?
>History: Rome before Hitler before PoMo
How to detail a thread
post >>>/pol/
>>7875080
both
>>7874625
Zero is not a natural number though, holy shit. My professor says it is while the textbook he uses for class says it isn't so I have no idea which to assume on his tests.
Psychology
>We know what science is.
>>7875067
boxxy
>>7874625
I only separate the ending "and" with a comma when the phrase is long or potentially confusing.
I like apples, pears and peaches.
I like the following pairs of foods: apples and peaches, pears and plums, and chocolate and strawberries.
>>7875058
>What kind of shit tier universities think the answer is yes?
ftfy
String theory is a drain on valuable resources and is an utter waste of time.
>>7875172
>I like apples, pears and peaches.
That seems to imply pears and peaches are a unit in of themselves.
>>7874625
>Is zero a natural number?
Yes.
>Is string theory worthwhile?
I don't know, I don't know enough about it. It's a very interesting concept.
>When making a list, should I separate the ending 'and' with a comma?
Yes you should.
it's called the oxford comma, and if someone is arguing that you shouldn't use it, they're stupid, uneducated, and faggots.
0 is not a natural number because a side can't have length 0.
>>7874805
Found the flower
>>7874984
MgSO4 is fucking pleb tier, enjoy waiting 30x longer to filter it off
>not using Na2SO4 exclusively
meanwhile I've finished 3 total syntheses while you're drying your fucking benozoic acid solution lmao familia
>>7875234
>if someone is arguing that you shouldn't use it, they're stupid, uneducated, and faggots.
If someone ...
>they're stupid
>they're uneducated
>they're a faggot[s]
>>7875251
Yeah, I realized it after I'd already hit post.
>>7874794
"one, two, three-and-four"
still sounds like some Chinese exchange student desu
>>7874646
>using the integers to define the naturals
Next you're gonna try and use the rationals to define the integers, aren't you?
>>7874625
>Mathematics:
>Is zero a number?
>Physics:
>Is String Theory real?
FTFY
>>7875407
Snickering like mad over here.
>>7875251
lol
is that one of those named laws or principles of the internet? that when you are critical of somebody's grammar you inevitably make some sort of grammatical error in the post that you use to criticise them?
>>7875442
Yes I think that seems to be the case. I see it all the time.
>>7875255
It's ok you are probably a good person. No harm no foul. This is one reason I like Mandarin Chinese. It doesn't have so many little instances can cause mistakes. Good day to you.
>>7874625
Machine Learning
>> Are tree methods useless?
>>7874740
What transitivity property?
>>7874767
dfc you plen
>>7875620
>plen
you can't even hit the n nutton correctly. Fuckin nitch ass nigga plen.
>>7875620
I just asked about preference, I never stated my own. I'm a DFC person too
>>7874628
Kek underrated
>>7875261
I misread, meant first one (with the comma) sounds more natural
>>7875094
You can add, subtract, and multiply with zero and get a real answer.
Zero is a number.
Infinity isn't though.
>>7875067
>How to divide a board
>>7874704
>Everyone claims it's a suitable foundation
>Yet at the same time nobody uses it as an actual foundation.
I think intuitionistic type theories (including but not limited to HoTT) are the right way to do math and we use them as a foundation via theorem provers.
>>7874904
oh no, someone triggered the /pol/esmoker again.
>mfw this retard thinks it's just one person triggering him on a daily basis.
Computer Science:
Java.
>>7876582
>saw a board into 2 pieces
>10 minutes
>1 cut takes 1 minutes
>saw a board into 3 pieces
>2 cuts
>if 1 cut takes 10 minutes, 2 cuts should take 20 minutes
>>7874625
N*
solved
>>7874625
>When making a list, should I separate the ending 'and' with a comma?
I haven't seen a single example of an Oxford comma, where changing the list around would solve the ambiguity.
We invited JFK, Stalin and strippers. - for pic related.
>>7874847
ochem's worse - everything is a white crystal.
>>7876648
BUT MUH RATIOS
>>7876817
Kek
>>7876817
Also in the second sentence that's a comma splice.
