/sci/ - Science & Math

Neil deGrasse Tyson is making a successor show for Cosmos, and for some reason, Seth McFarlane is funding it.

if you wish to make
an apple dessert from scratch
rather go to bed

Is anyone here using SETI@home?

>>3391894
Is that guy chasing a bottle?

>>2956215
In the event that you do discover and invent a mechanism that can do that, if I have a company, come to me and I'll put my full financial might behind you to make it succeed.

>>2843940
>implying I won't be traveling with billions of sentient beings

I'm sure we'll be great friends in 253,343,220AD.

>>2534695
Already do. Already converted a former catholic to Saganism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAi2Kpa8yZc

>>2416597
I'm just feeling some really good change will occur relatively soon.

>>2410116

You are stardust.

But if we wish to pursue this question courageously, we must of course ask the next question, where did god come from. If we decide that this is an unanswerable question, why not save a step and conclude that the origin of the universe is an unanswerable question. Or if we say that god always existed, why not save a step and conclude that the universe always existed, there's no need for a creation, it was always here.

I'm the 5 digit calc guy.
I was away, sorry - but here goes:

54,783^2 = (54,000 + 783)^2
(54*1000)^2 = 2,916*1,000,000=2,916,000,000
2*54,000*783=54,000*1566=1000*(54*(1500+66))=
1000*(81,000+3564)=84,564,000
Which brings us to 3,000,564,000
783^2= 800*766+17^2 = 612,800+289=613089 (8*766*100=(5600+528)*100)
Which totals at 3,001,177,089.
54^2 and 54*66 come naturally to me so I do not see a need to elaborate on their computational process.

Again, not an aspie, just a guy with good working memory and processing speed.
Sorry to disappoint.

Of course that's not my favorite part.
Before going to bed I usually square a very large number, divide it by a single or low double digit number and then try to figure its sine/cosine/tan value in degs.
Everyone has their quirks, I suppose.

>>1792287
True.
Look, I'm not sure.
I know that I scored 130+, otherwise I wouldn't have qualified for the gifted program.
Just how much beyond 130?
Can't really know. I do know that I have an incredible processing speed.

As for your claim, I suppose that the Dunning-Kruger effect has a say on the matter.
Beyond that, don't be surprised that there are geniuses on /sci/.
Intelligent people like 4chan for its innate satirical tendencies and anonymity, so they can debate all that they think about without consequences.
And this isn't /b/, so you'd exclude those who would only show up to see what all the hype is about.

How can you believe in the universe if you can cross out (the mass)?

Hey guys, I have watched Cosmos several times, but for some reason, in "The lives of stars" right after he said "Galaxy rise" I broke into tears, am I still sane?

Hey guys, I have watched Cosmos several times, but for some reason, in "The lives of stars" right after he said "Galaxy rise" I broke into tears, am I still sane?