/sci/ - Science & Math

>>2809156

I can't speak for others, but I've always assumed that the square root sign denoted the square root, and not just the principle square root.

Since the Wikipedia crash just now, I've learned that -2 is a square root of 4, but that sqrt(4) is 2.

No wonder people get it wrong.

Oh fuck, seems you guys are right.

Thanks a lot, SCHOOL

This is a troll thread, right, guys? I mean, come on.

Pic fucking related.

>>2807249

But the problem is this and always will remain this:

If the soul is something outside the realm of the material world, then how do we prove it exists? But if it somehow influences the material world (personality, choices, etc.) then it is not separate from but included in the physical reality. This would mean it would be some unknown energy or form of matter.

It would just bump the problem a step up. Instead of consciousness emerging from he dead matter of the brain, it would emerge from this mythical matter that makes up the soul. Nothing is gained. You would only have added complexity.

>>2807227

Arguments are not the same as evidence, though?

>>2807159

I'm fairly certain there is even less evidence that supports a soul. Whatever you mean by "soul".

>>2807148

This is /sci/. Why would they NOT be materialists? (If that is the proper term.)

>>2794238

Well I'm not from America, so I don't necessary see the rich in the US not allowing it to be a hindrance in the long run. I have my hopes that the EU would be comfortable with moving towards a post-scarcity world. Or at least MORE comfortable; the EU is a bit too keen to run the errands of corporations at the moment.

>>2794199

Some things might pave the way towards a post-scarcity society, easing the eventual full-blown paradigm shift. I think building smart electrical grids will be the first step towards this. When people realise they can not only save money but actually MAKE money by having solar panels or whatever, prices will drop and solar cells will increase in efficiency. And then most people will be close to self-sufficient on electriciy.

Hopefully that will make people think "why only electricity?" and people will start to get used to the idea of things not having to cost. That's the greatest barrier. We're so used to things costing money.

>>2794134

But why would money even matter anymore? If we reach a time when anything can be built in a completely automated fashion, without the intervention of people, then no one would even have to buy anything else than that super-duper-nano-technobabble thing and then be more or less set for life.

>>2794031

Oh, I have no illusions that they will give things away. But unless they can keep the knowledge of how to build self-sufficient slave robots a secret, it's not going to last very long. And information has proven quite hard to contain nowadays.

Or perhaps some government or other would be the forerunners here. If there's one thing people like, it's lower taxes or more for less taxes paid. So if the government started to use robots for everything, they could pretty soon provide everyone with the bare necessities. And then people would grow up being accustomed to things being free, and it would be harder for corporations to charge for anything.

>>2793992

But if robots are employed to manufacture stuff, and gather raw material and the whole shebang, then the only cost would be upkeep of robots? And robots would take care of that too, no?

So everything robots make, could be free, and if everything is free, then the whole idea of cost and payment becomes moot.

>>2793939
> Those who don't have jobs tend not to have money for drugs.

Have the robots make all the drugs?

>No, rich people command armies. Of what are these armies composed of? Normal people usually.

If anti-ageing requires recurring "treatments" then it would perhaps be made up of people being drip-fed the cure.

It does. But very, very slightly because it has a bit more mass than you.