/sci/ - Science & Math

>>5196381
And some of them lecture in prestigious universities. Just dwell on that for a moment.

ITT: we think Africa never had any kind of reasonably advanced civilization

What is true is that those civilizations had collapsed long before Eurasians could see them in their glory days.

>>4021435
What a well thought-out point.

>>3982713
Oh okay, then I'm on your side (for now.)

Perhaps if you made scientists and engineers our decision-makers then you wouldn't have people debating whether climate change exists, should boys marry or whether or not starving people should get food and healthcare from government services.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSJFbOfA4SE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0O2YZwSkgM

The components involved are too expensive, even if we pooled ALL of our money together. And most of us don't have degrees in aerospace and astrophysics.

>>3911812
Haven't a clue, saved it from here.

>>3824826
>It will merely be ADDED as another tool in the engineering shop.
And as a tool it will be huge.

>And given that we no longer have free markets, it will not make anything that's truly USEFUL into something that's cheaper.
You say this with such certainty.

>Useful things will only become more dear with time, since that's a by-product of the realities of the peaking of Cheap Oil.
Please don't tell me you're one of those guys who thinks that everything will become astronomically expensive forever when oil becomes scarce? There's going to be a decade-long period of suck before stuff gets cheaper again, yeah, but not the kind you guys usually prat on about.

Also may not respond to your next post, I've gotta go really soon.

>4.5 GPA

>>3579447
>final exam speech for public speaking class
>public speaking class

>>3493123
>[common sense]
Subjective

>Just look at the constant historical difference between the aged congress and the opinions of the ~20 year old sets, throughout time.
Oh well, i'll give you that. But my question is if you had complete dictatorial power over whether or not humanity can use a cure for aging, would you really wish to confine the hundreds of millions/billions to a unnecessarily premature death? Especially the ones that really really want it.

>And yes I'm fine with mortality.
Many aren't.

>>3493127
I've heard many express that they don't give a shit about climate change for it will not affect them in their lifetime. Long lived people think about long lived problems.

>>3260267
Last thing I remember is the Grand Exchange (is it called that?) threw a wrench into free trade.

>>3135677
>mfw I got it

>>3090410
>teacher
>decently paid

What magical country do you live in?

>>3040121
>for some reason tells me he's not ashamed to admit his first sexual experience was when he was 33

Maybe he was coming on to you?

>>3012931
You have got to be trolling.

>I'm working in a RLC-circuit with a constant voltage and a changeable frequency.
>constant voltage
>changeable frequency

I think it's reasonable to say that natural selection inefficient and it only works in the long run. If we practiced eugenics we'd have super humans running around in only a few short generations. There are plenty of ways to sidestep the moral issues, so don't complain about that.

Why haven't we started a eugenics program?

>only one person mentioned geothermal

>>2596025
I don't even care if he's not successful, simply by bringing attention that senescence is quite close and relatively easy to fix makes him awesome.

>>2534911
Standard casual shit, MW2, WaW, BlOps, and used to be Halo 3. I do the majority of my not-casual-shit gaming on PC.

grafics

>>2422964
Or, you know, they would rather continue with business as usual because it's actually profitable. The reason NASA hasn't gone to Mars is not because of technological inability.

>>2285508
I ain't even mad at you anymore, a little birdie told me you're just incredibly dedicated. I tip my hat off to you good sir. Some fine trollin there, Lou.