/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12520869
The difference in variance seem between childhood and adulthood:
>Heritability measures in infancy are as low as 0.2, around 0.4 in middle childhood, and as high as 0.8 in adulthood.[8] One proposed explanation is that people with different genes tend to seek out different environments that reinforce the effects of those genes.[20] The brain undergoes morphological changes in development which suggests that age-related physical changes could also contribute to this effect.[28]
That is, the environmental influences are inseparable from the genetic influences, they reinforce one another. What we're talking about here is the degree to which genes, and environment matter, it turns out they both matter, a lot.

>>12515694
A political attack? No, not at all, it is a philosophical attack, upon a philosophical school of thought. Listen, I'm not saying that logical positivism is worthless, but it isn't the Lord's Gospel either, it's a school of thought, prone to as much error as other schools of thought. It has applicability, but it also isn't infallible, and it shouldn't be treated as it is.

Let's examine Quine's rejection of two of Carnap's central dogmas: analytic-synthetic distinction, and scientific reductionism. Quine's contention within regard to the analytic-synthetic, is that there is no thorough account of analyticity, as such it is not a distinction that can be made soundly. What're the implications of this? It means that positivists are unable to prove the truth of statements that cannot be empirically verified, as per the verification principle; an example of this is mathematical statements. So, as with ethics, should we regard mathematics as meaningless?

As for reductionism, while the approach of "radical holism" doesn't work, as observation statements can be verified independently, it still disregards the holistic nature of the sciences as a whole. In which case, how much can we trust the forthrightness of logical positivism, when it doesn't reflect the realities of interdisciplinarity?

What about Ayer? He agrees with Quine when it comes the verification principle, in that it is too vague, and can be misapplied, or not applied at all, in this case to logical positivism itself.

In short, it's a useful tool, but don't overstate it.

>>12366631
Found the nationalist. To you this will look like a compliment, but the rest of us feel different.

How far away is full dive VR AKA total sensory immersion in a virtual world where everything you touch, taste, smell and see feels 100% real?

>>12026890
Not an argument, you faggot.

>>12015797
Maybe, but not likely for a very long time: You induce cumulative pleiotropic mutations for each intended mutation to the genome, and often these mutations are not beneficial, but instead detrimental. In other words, to have such extreme control over the genome, without inducing such catastrophic cumulative pleiotropic mutations you also need to improve your predictive powers. So, until we have a computer revolution, we wont have a genetic revolution.
Incidentally, I'm so fucking sick of you IFLS retards who watch a Kurzgesagt video and suddenly consider themselves some visionary expert. Fuck off.

this thread is copypasta bait to trick people into explaining KVL and KCL when in fact OP is being a massive faggot and talking about some thermo concept that no one uses.

Which major is the most based? Thinking of changing mine from Civil Engineering to some other shit.

Unfortunately, it does not seem as if you have enough time to develop an intuitive understanding of calculus. Your best bet is to just grind exercises until you can just look at a problem and be able to do it just by muscle memory.