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Anon·04/25/25 20:08·No.16646487

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Anon·10/19/25 05:31·No.16820534

Unknown unknowns

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Anon·10/12/25 13:40·No.16812918

Double Slit is the ultimate filter

If you believe it a priori, you're an NPC. If you do the experiment yourself, you know its fake.

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Anon·10/18/25 15:13·No.16819996

I’m an independent researcher (and a medical doctor by training) who has developed a new approach to unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity through a fundamental correlation function C(x,y)C(x, y)C(x,y). This function describes how points in spacetime are correlated, and from it, geometry...

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Anon·10/12/25 13:59·No.16812933

Is the Sun made of plasma?

It doesn't look like its made of gas, ionized or otherwise. The way solar flares burst out of the SURFACE and crash back into the SURFACE suggests to me that there's some sharp phase transition that delineates the surface material from what's immediately above it, that doesn't seem compatible with a...

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Anon·10/19/25 04:40·No.16820515

Temporion

Temporion is the mediating particle for time. Time flow (via temporions) is primary. Gravity-space is emergent. Space curvature is a consequence of uneven time flow — not the cause of it. Gravitons do not exist. The currect experiments searching for the graviton have to be readjusted to search for ...

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Anon·10/18/25 13:38·No.16819951

Failed academic and turbo autist with a math PhD here. Realistically, what is next?

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Anon·10/17/25 13:00·No.16819222

I am disgusted

>AI won't write my literary overview, it either hallucinates, cites things wrong, writes things way too short >I can't trust any LLM >can't trust scispace either >have to manually verify everything >end up reading and writing more than if I did it by hand from the start I am disgusted that I have to...

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Anon·10/14/25 20:25·No.16816533

evolutionary roots of human nose morphology

What are the evolutionary factors that explain the great diversity of nose morphology amongst humanity? Have their been any in depth studies of the topic? What is the conventional wisdom theory? What does Dawkins have to say on the topic?

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Anon·10/19/25 01:18·No.16820440

Physics

Why do less women study theoretical physics? I've noticed an uptick in women studying astrophysics and biology degrees are now overwhelmingly women (over 60%). https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QDp71w_MvLk

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Anon·10/18/25 13:19·No.16819940

How do we solve the midwit problem?

midwits are the cancer of society—neither the wise genius nor the humble retard, always thinking they are better than both, trying to prove they matter. they always overestimate their abilities, just leading to epic fails (metas, capitalism, etc), and their attempts at "big brain" discoveries (AI, q...

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Anon·10/18/25 02:01·No.16819725

Why don't we use base-36, utilizing all numbers and letters of the alphabet? How would maths and life be different if we used base-36?

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Anon·08/29/25 18:45·No.16770206

How do you know that even though the future was like the past in the past, that the future will be like the past in the future? and what is your basis for knowing that?

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Anon·10/16/25 18:40·No.16818555

>sine function >Bessel function So this is what we're doing in mathematics now? We're copying traditional functions and change them a bit so that we can claim it's a new function so we can name it after ourselves? The Bessel function is literally just a sine with the first peak a little higher than ...

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Anon·10/18/25 18:04·No.16820141

Is 1 x 1 = 2 ?

Does one times one actually equal two?

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Anon·10/19/25 02:18·No.16820466

Is psychotherapy a scam?

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Anon·10/12/25 14:37·No.16812963

0.999 ≠ 1, change my mind.

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Anon·10/04/25 14:30·No.16806000

Cats of /sci/

Caturday space cat edition.

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Anon·10/15/25 20:39·No.16817521

Is dark energy an ad hoc solution because the calculations don't fit instead of something that exist? Basically like a made up lie sciece invented.

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Anon·10/17/25 21:57·No.16819590

Dawkins thread - the squel

Dawkins thread continued from >>16813862 [/sci/thread/16813862#p16813862] Rare to see a topic so popular on /sci/ so it'd be a shame to just let it die because it hit the bump limit.

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Anon·10/16/25 00:44·No.16817838

What did they do before calculus?

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Anon·10/01/25 17:24·No.16803023

/mg/ — mathematics general

Ribbon category edition ITT: discuss mathematics Formerly: >>16777973 Photo credit: https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/32579/contributions/143313/attachments/86648/130492/Vlaar.pdf

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Anon·10/07/25 17:29·No.16808809

I know free will exists because I choose not to be like any of the faggots who deny it.

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Anon·10/17/25 21:03·No.16819513

If light travels without time why does it take such long periods of time to reach earth? Is there something faster than light? Is it space? From the perspective of a photon it would reach its destination instantaneously—but it’s not literally.

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Anon·10/18/25 15:25·No.16820003

Moments in history that saved /sci/

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Anon·10/18/25 15:18·No.16820000

are we making any advancements towards digging to the center of our planet?

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Anon·10/04/25 20:56·No.16806282

>holds a gun to your head Divide by zero. NOW.

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Anon·10/19/25 01:07·No.16820432

The Origin of Consciousness, Truth, Rationality & The Origin of Natural Science

https://youtu.be/lk8e_pY3Hvk?si=M04-E35iRL1_M-TQ The concept of a monotheistic God is not incompatible with physics, evolution, and the natural sciences, but is rather fundamental to them. The structures revealed by the natural sciences prove the metaphysical principles of monotheism to be true. ...

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Anon·10/17/25 19:21·No.16819423

I've graduated with 100s of engineers from a half decent accredited school, and truth be told none of them could provide any value whatsoever. The program was just 4 years of moderately easy intellectual masturbation, that most of them cheated their way through. If life was fair most of them would ...

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Anon·10/17/25 17:44·No.16819342

can I succeed with an iq of 120?

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Anon·10/08/25 16:40·No.16809616

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Anon·10/18/25 07:54·No.16819847

I wish there was a /psy/ to discuss psychology without incel rhetoric

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Anon·10/17/25 21:51·No.16819583

Well, /sci/?

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Anon·10/17/25 03:48·No.16818979

Is most information false?

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Anon·10/18/25 22:44·No.16820344

South Atlantic Anomaly

We all know the Sun has control over nearly everything around us. It cannot be reasoned with and it's constantly sending over all it's unwanted radiation to us, as a plan to ruin us like it has other planets it's dealt with. The Earth has defended it's borders for centuries, Van Allen's belt knows ...

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Anon·10/18/25 19:57·No.16820248

Logic Thread

post your materials and books on logic

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Anon·10/16/25 13:07·No.16818225

if one could make a classic open bottom diving bell with indestructible material, what would happen if you went several kms into the ocean? would the pressure rise inside and kill you or would it stay normal at 1 atm? what if were 5 kms deep and touched the water? would your hand get crushed?

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Anon·10/02/25 11:10·No.16803890

/sqt/ - simple questions thread (aka /qtddtot/)

Previous thread: >>16759536 >what is /sqt/ for? Basic questions regarding maths and science. Also homework. >where do I go for advice? >>>/sci/scg [//boards.4chan.org/sci/catalog#s=scg] or >>>/adv/ [//boards.4chan.org/adv/] >where do I go for other questions and requests? >>>/wsr/ [//boards.4chan.o...

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Anon·10/08/25 01:29·No.16809208

Have you ever seen a scar so big?

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Anon·10/15/25 22:42·No.16817690

Why do you not want to get a PhD? >Higher earning potential >Produce a novel contribution to your field >Prove you can do research, problem solve etc which are valuable skills employers are looking for

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Anon·10/18/25 01:07·No.16819705

What telescope are you bringing to the Hilal observation meetup?

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Anon·10/14/25 20:15·No.16816511

What the fuck happened to quantum gravity? Why does no one study it anymore?

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Anon·10/18/25 14:35·No.16819974

Is there a mechanism linking moral conduct to postmortem fate?

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Anon·10/18/25 19:28·No.16820217

What is "now"? And does it even exist? Give me a universal describtion of "now" that is valid for every obsever in the universe. C is the maximum speed for information. But the moment light hits my eyes, it's already the past. So does "now" even exist? We are all living in the past, which means our...

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Anon·10/02/25 04:21·No.16803597

How do I stop being a wordcel?

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Anon·10/18/25 19:33·No.16820221

alright so you guys are fucking geniuses or whatever. dogecoin maxi from biz here. please argue with eachother about most efficient ways to make turbines, water wheels and peltons in contexts of rivers and streams.

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Anon·10/18/25 10:16·No.16819889

What's a good STEM career that doesn't require a degree / formal education? Something where even a late self taught can break into?

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Anon·09/28/25 14:20·No.16799359

now that the lunar dust has settled, do we have documentation that classifies exactly which parts of the moon footage are real, and which parts are faked?

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Anon·10/18/25 12:10·No.16819916

What's the /sci/ence behind Psychopathy and Sociopathy? Would humanity survive Megafauna times if it weren't for the fearless psychos?

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Anon·10/11/25 01:37·No.16811688

Sending aliens a measage

You have been selected to write a message to aliens, it can't be longer than a 4chan post and you are not allowed to use pictures or emojis, only text. What would you send that they could understand? You only know they are aliens of the Milky Way. Picture unrelated.

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Anon·10/18/25 05:48·No.16819812

Questions?

1. Suppose I am the absolute monarch (King) of a micro-monarchy and my country has food security through vertical farming and aquaculture. I also have energy independence through renewable energy resources like solar, waves and wind. Water security is also achieved through desalination. 2. I want t...

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Anon·10/17/25 11:11·No.16819177

/sfg/ - Spaceflight General

Cheeky - edition previous >>16815938 [/sci/thread/16815938#p16815938]

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Anon·10/18/25 14:34·No.16819973

opinions on methylphenidate

been taking my whole life ,, am curious on how it makes others feel

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Anon·10/09/25 21:22·No.16810837

How do I make combinatorics make sense?

I’m really struggling with this stuff. I just bombed my exam and I really need to learn this stuff. I know the best solution for math is just to do more problems, but I feel like that only helps if you’re gaining an intuition behind what the heck you’re doing. I’m so stumped on these that I have to ...

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Anon·10/17/25 21:04·No.16819516

Step one of science experiment is to observe a natural phenomenon. You also cannot conduct science without experiment. Im afraid 95% of people dont know this and thus explains why a bunch of bologny "theories" are called "sciences" Science: is known as natural science or study of the natural world,...

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Anon·10/17/25 16:11·No.16819294

>magnetohydrodynamics sounds like made-up troll science

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Anon·09/19/25 22:45·No.16790471

I took vyvanse once, my heartrate went very high (over 170) and now i have been feeling like i am walking on a boat for over a month There is no way the meds stick in the system this long, so how tf am I still having issues? any ideas here? I am going insane from the way it feels to move around

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Anon·10/14/25 05:31·No.16815761

I dropped out of school many years ago. For some reason I am now wanting to try to make up for all the lost knowledge I missed out on. How difficult will it be due to lack of neuroplasticity like children have, and what subject(s) should I focus on and begin with? I'm a NEET so I have all the free t...

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Anon·10/17/25 21:55·No.16819587

How can this be fixed?

A selection of recent studies have shown that housing affordability (price divided by average income) and fertility are directly correlated: https://medium.com/@hrnews1/new-study-global-fertility-rate-decline-now-linked-directly-to-the-commodification-of-housing-3e711414cf46 What can science do to f...

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Anon·10/18/25 09:14·No.16819875

WTF is time?

Last week I found myself spiraling down a rabbit hole trying to figure out what time actually is. I’ve skimmed Einstein’s stuff, and I’ve seen the usual “it’s just a construct” takes, but I started wondering: what if time is something consciousness injects into reality, like a sampling mechanism tha...

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Anon·10/10/25 16:07·No.16811318

Have these type of people ever even tried using AI

to do something slightly more complex than draft an email or create an xlsx? AI is a complete fucking retard at handling anything above secretary-level tasks.

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Anon·10/18/25 08:51·No.16819868

>Hey, guess what anons! We finally have a cure for sickle cell disease! >That’ll be $1 million + plus tip What the fuck is wrong with modern medicine? They'd probably charge us $5000 per pill if penicillin were discovered today. Do they even care about those poor dying people?

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Anon·10/09/25 09:00·No.16810236

The eternal debate...

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Anon·10/16/25 14:10·No.16818276

AI-driven research of AI

Post Why is nobody talking about the fact AI can come up with brand new deconstructing concepts within a few minutes of chatting? why aren't research teams literally obsessed with AI and still worry about putting sugar in their coffe during breaks and how can they even THINK of taking breaks in the...

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Anon·10/16/25 05:22·No.16818009

anyone here also self-studying biology?

looking to get into grad school next year, do research no one will care about and fuck lab babes

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Anon·10/16/25 01:10·No.16817856

how do they measure the rpm of subatomic particles?

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Anon·10/11/25 04:57·No.16811781

Tell me something cool about sinusoids

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Anon·10/17/25 16:27·No.16819300

Is the universe a game?

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Anon·10/16/25 19:21·No.16818581

xkcd

is it /sci/ence culture, or is it for midwits?

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Anon·10/15/25 08:13·No.16816991

chatgpt keeps telling me it cant

Come up with an analogy to describe how big TREE(3) is because there aren't enough particles or instances of the planck length in the observable universe to compare it to. What if instead of number of particles we used how many collisions with other particles or electron orbits for every particle, ...

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Anon·10/17/25 08:35·No.16819074

>Just referred to "etymology" as "entomology" in an email to my professor. She's going to think I'm retarded.

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Anon·10/16/25 01:58·No.16817889

Is the 'Anthropocene' and the 6th mass extintion a real thing?

Or is it just leftist scientists going all crazy?

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Anon·10/14/25 19:58·No.16816486

Is there a way of learning chemistry without having to memorize anything ?

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Anon·10/06/25 15:18·No.16807818

When your theory has some kind of infinity in it, it's wrong. Deal with it. Infinite doesn't exist in physics.

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Anon·10/15/25 18:27·No.16817397

Why are stupid people so fucking obsessed with other forms of life in the universe? What the fuck would it do/change if we'd discover it? Are these morons for real?

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Anon·10/17/25 17:27·No.16819332

I love math so much Bros

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Anon·10/16/25 18:10·No.16818517

Is philosophy respected as STEM?

You may read a philosopher's writings, but you will never get his entire thought process. You can only develop an interpretation of his idea, never getting the full picture. Something will always be missing, as you are simply not him. And even if you knew his exact thoughts, your personal experience...

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Anon·09/22/25 13:47·No.16792899

/scg/ - STEM career general

cure for autism version Previous Thread: >>>16752864 This thread exists to ask questions regarding careers associated to STEM. >Discussion on academia-based career progression >Discussion on penetrating industry from academia >Or anything in relation to STEM employment or development within STEM a...

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Anon·09/08/25 08:02·No.16778662

Is a solarpunk future feasible?

Can we finally solve the energy crysis and live in harmony with the planet?

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Anon·10/16/25 05:26·No.16818011

sense when did everybody work on aging secretly?

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Anon·10/17/25 19:34·No.16819440

Should I use Panchgavya to help me with my problems? I have bad eyes and I'm afraid of eczema. It says that I can burn this, and the smoke will help my eyes. It also says that I can put it on my skin to help with eczema. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8814384/

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Anon·10/17/25 19:36·No.16819442

Possible GIS adventure channel idea

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Anon·10/17/25 10:48·No.16819152

If i had Dehumifier in a sealed roomer and evaporative cooler and pulsed both evap and dehumid at specific times could it create net cooling chatgpt said its possible but maybe its totally against the laws of physics

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Anon·10/12/25 02:46·No.16812680

>Humans have an innate desire for incest, and the taboo exists to repress it, forming the basis of civilization and morality. Is he right?

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Anon·09/24/25 06:03·No.16794896

is randomness possible?

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Anon·10/16/25 06:37·No.16818042

You get as much science as you pay for

It isn't a difficult business. The government creates and funds scientific research institutions, and IP of economic and cultural value is produced.

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Anon·10/15/25 22:06·No.16817637

tooker come back

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Anon·10/12/25 22:43·No.16813369

>Infinity cannot exist in reality. >But also the reason that the universe seems teleological is because it's merely one universe contained within an infinite multi-verse where all possible worlds are exhausted!

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Anon·10/13/25 09:33·No.16813699

Comprehending the scale of the universe

What is the best way to comprehend and/or experience the massive scale of the universe? Every time I happen to think about it, it just doesn't click.

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Anon·10/14/25 11:20·No.16815920

N-zombies

(1/2) Let's suppose Dennett et al were right to claim P-zombies are incoherent. But the P-zombie is basically a strawman. What stops me from inventing a better zombie that conforms to materialist assumptions while undermining them? For the sake of argument, I'll adopt these criteria: 1. Subjective...

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Anon·09/15/25 14:25·No.16785982

Say we had the technology to manipulate objects at the nanolevel maybe using nanomachines or some other plot bullshit. How good could you make rocket engines, fuel, computers etc?

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Anon·10/17/25 04:26·No.16818999

Hi /sci/, I come to you in my time of need. What’s the best way to recover cognitive sharpness after burnout/trauma?

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Anon·10/13/25 03:01·No.16813555

Electric Universe

Pseudoscience? I was led to believe by some explanations of the electric universe theory that it may be a ToE that actually works, even though it's almost depressingly simple. It seems even way more fringe or crackpot than quantum gravity can seem but I get the impression that it actually may have ...

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Anon·10/16/25 04:26·No.16817976

The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.

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Anon·10/17/25 08:43·No.16819076

grim

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Anon·10/10/25 17:17·No.16811358

Higgs bozone

why was it so important?

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Anon·10/11/25 01:34·No.16811685

Is Moscow (Russia) a good place to study math? What about Israel?

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Anon·10/16/25 00:14·No.16817815

i think i have a gallstone is there any way i can science it away without having to go to the doctor like an over the counter thing that breaks them up?

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Anon·10/14/25 21:07·No.16816598

Why don't lipid bilayers do this instead?

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Anon·10/05/25 21:52·No.16807246

Is logic math or philosophy?

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Anon·10/08/25 16:28·No.16809599

So this is basically just refraction right? why all the mumbo jumbo?

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Anon·10/05/25 18:01·No.16806993

Is doing maths as a hobby a waste of time?

I bought some cheap used math books and every day I sit down for like 50 min, study a bit and do the exercises in the book. I am not in college, I don't study anything in STEM, I am a wagie working at a grocery store. Am I wasting my time doing maths just for fun?

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Anon·10/16/25 17:16·No.16818452

what was i lied to about /sci/?

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Anon·10/16/25 21:14·No.16818730

I'm majoring in Data Science

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Anon·10/04/25 13:24·No.16805938

Depression and receptor sensitivity

Hi /sci/, what is the best and current understanding on the down-regulation of dopamine / serotonin receptors? As someone with depression for 5 years now, I've really narrowed it down to having to do with the sensitivity of dopamine receptors. After being flooded and burned for years is it possible...

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Anon·10/08/25 13:30·No.16809457

>you can't travel faster than light ok, but this is a technical limitation, right? when technology advances FTL will be solved >nooooo the laws of physics forbid it but you guys told me that science could do anything, solve anything, and that we could become gods if we followed science.

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Anon·10/03/25 23:00·No.16805540

Diagonal argument fallacy

The famous diagonal argument goes like this. Suppose you had a countable enumeration of some real numbers, then you could use the diagonal algorithm to produce a real number not in your enumeration. So far so good. The fallacy occurs when you then claim that this somehow shows that the set of reals...

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Anon·10/05/25 12:00·No.16806688

How does a bad diet affect pleasure from penis stimulation

I ate frozen tendies for about a week straight and I stopped feeling as good from fapping and orgasm felt like nothing. Erection was the same but I could barely feel anything while doing it. It's processed frozen foods in general that do this but what's the actual science behind why it reduces sexua...

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Anon·10/14/25 13:59·No.16816013

Degreemaxxxing

I just finished my b.sc degree in biz from rwth aachen. Im now enrolling in math and the biz m.sc program. just for fun and interest tho not for better jobs (i work as delivery driver). what are the scientific implications of degreemaxxing?

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Anon·10/07/25 17:05·No.16808785

How are memories kept in a linear order? How are they kept in a chronological order?

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Anon·10/16/25 04:13·No.16817971

Happy National Fossil Day!

What is your favorite fossil?

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Anon·10/06/25 13:42·No.16807730

What is the most fun science to learn while being blind?

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Anon·10/12/25 05:14·No.16812719

>Hessian >Jacobian >Kirchoff >Ricci >Hilbert > I have no respect for this shit

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Anon·10/14/25 01:46·No.16815566

Can we have a thread about genetic engineering? How soon before people can just DIY open source edit their genes at the click of a button or swallowing a few pills or maybe editing a fetus like in the movie gattaca? What are some traits youd change / remove / add in from another lifeform? Ill start....

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Anon·10/06/25 16:15·No.16807853

A guy told me once NSA built backdoors in mathematical equestions themselves. is it true or just schio talk? he was homeless

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Anon·10/04/25 01:17·No.16805631

So you are telling this segments will eventually intersect.

Proof?

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Anon·10/16/25 09:48·No.16818116

Is writing a book on a topic a legit way of learning something?

I'm currently self teaching Botany using online sources and courses, I'm not trying to get a job or anything (I'm a law student), it's just something that greatly interests me. And I'm compiling my notes and editing them so like I'm editing a reference book. It's not like I'm gonna mass publish thi...

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Anon·10/13/25 02:08·No.16813521

My girlfriend told me she could hear my heartbeat on the wrong side of the chest. This annoyed me so I told her "My heart is located on the left side", but she insisted she could hear it on the right side. Is this actually possible or was she just saying stuff without realizing the correct side of t...

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Anon·10/16/25 04:45·No.16817988

Are there any places that can give me a basic science knowledge from grade1-12 for free?

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Anon·10/07/25 10:09·No.16808532

>Need medication just to shit >The medications barely work What a humiliating, debilitating life I have, can I finally cure this or will I be cursed with this forever, /sci/?

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Anon·10/16/25 02:42·No.16817921

>fell for the biochemistry degree meme Now what? Where do I go in this shitty market? How do I branch out?

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Anon·10/10/25 00:11·No.16810941

Would T. Rex taste like chicken? What about other dinos?

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Anon·10/09/25 04:00·No.16810094

Paleontology is a pseudoscience.

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Anon·10/05/25 21:23·No.16807217

Hot liquid in a glass

>I have decided to ask this to my fellow hoomans instead of the stupid AI for a change. Cold winter morning, and you just made some boiling hot tea. You dont want your glass to break, and you have two options: pour it into the glass with thick walls, or into the glass with thin walls. Which one do y...

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Anon·10/16/25 01:21·No.16817869

People have been looking for the magic square of squares, or 9 different squared numbers equalling the samething in every row. Do you think that we'll ever find it? Or is there no solution to the problem? It also made me think if there's a magic cube of cubes or different 27 cubed number all equalli...

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Anon·10/12/25 00:59·No.16812632

it's missing something...

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Anon·10/13/25 16:26·No.16814037

Is the entire AI industry bullshit? It seems to me like analog or ideally tissue based computing would be the way to get something resembling artificial general intelligence to actually work. Logic gates are for hard math, not thinking.