/sci/ - Science & Math

>>16117154
>Social security is not OK. Not mathematically, not morally, not socially.

Dude the Govt has been FORCING the TAKING of money from working people for decades SPECIFICALLY guaranteeing them that they would then be taken care AFTER working their entire life until they are old.
Social Security is not WELFARE!!, people were FORCED to contribute with the guarantee that they would be taken care of.

>>16062100

Environmentalist will complain about ANYTHING people do.
They literally complained about building solar plants in the desert because it would 'harm' the desert ecology.
To modern environmentalist, PEOPLE are the problem, the less the better.

>>15523927
>How much longer before the next ice age?

Next? We are in an ice age now.

>>15344223
>lift isn't required for the plane to move forward

It said "take off" which means fly.
No air flow over wing means no lift.
Like I said, you can stand off the treadmill and hold the wing while you stand perfectly still.
There is NO airflow over the wing, therefore NO lift.

>>15058125
>Where are all the Aliens !?
We have answered this many times before.
We are the first TECHNOLOGICAL civilization.
We know this because we can see stars.
No technological civilization would waste all that free energy.

>>14872536
>>the first person to live to 200 years old has already been born

BULLSHIT.
Show me ANY method that they say works that will produce a colony of mice than live 300% longer than normal mice.
Just show me ONE mouse that all your snake oils applied to that is 500% older than a normal mouse.
NOTHING that they say will work ACTUALLY produces mammals that live consistently 400% more than a normal member of that mammal species

>>14849590
>What happened?

Transistors are getting so small that quantum effects need to be considered.
We are near the physical limits of transistor sizes.
Chip design is starting to switch from 2D to 3D.

>>14813036
>Is AI an existential threat to humanity?

NO!
AI is Intelligence without desire.
It is a tool, it has no 'motivation' to do anything.

It is no more threatening than a book.
Lots of 'knowledge' in it but without someone wanting to use the knowledge it is harmless.

>>14793306
>The wings of a plane moving forward displace air downwards, which causes a reactive force to push the plane upwards

WRONG, the faster moving air above create a negative pressure, airplanes are NOT PUSHED up they are PULLED up.

Simple way to remember:
Airplanes are PULLED up
Rockets are PUSHED up

>>14617271
>what the fuck is going on?

In 1920 people spent youth working on farm and a few hours in school.
In 2020 people spend youth reading Internet all day and playing rapid decision problem solving games.

IQ tests test depends on reading ability an problem solving.

We are not 'smarter' just trained better for IQ tests.

>>14568400
>Wouldn't a post-scarcity society always just be some form of communism

Sort of.
A Universal Basic Income (UBI) is pretty much required in post-scarcity society that emerges from a democratic capitalist society,
Capitalism still exist because people can spend their money on whatever they want, but the cost of covering your basic needs is so small that no one suffers from a lack of anything.

Think of NetFlix. Once you have it, all your entertainment needs are fulfilled, but everyone is free to watch whatever they want. New movies and shows are always being made.

>>14546784
>Therefore, the act of choosing race/sex before choosing qualifications doesn't hurt at all

Unbelievable, you just defended racism and sexism as acceptable for society and politics as long as **YOU** approve of the race and sex .

White men BAD... Black women GOOD

THIS is the modern Feminist Liberal Progressive ideology.

>>14523458
>Do you have a peer reviewed study proving he's a wacko?

It does not work that way. If you claim something that most scientist disagree with then YOU need to justify your assertion, not the other way around.
Saying that invisible dragons are responsible for magnetism requires the person making the statement justify themselves not the other way around.