/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10723900
How much energy does a human consume in a full lifetime?

>>10615248
>it's not the owner!
>however, the owners are terrible!

>>10284058
>The average MD (GP) earns less than a high-school teacher.

Assuming that the theory that collapse of the wave function requires a conscious observer is correct, then is it possible that the universe went through a short initial period of superposition which ended when the possibility of a conscious observer arose? Then, given that we know from the delayed quantum eraser experiment, that collapse can affect the past, it would cause one of the paths that could give rise to conscious observes to "snap" into reality and propagate backwards into the past. Thus the universe began with a conscious observer and the past was formed by the necessary existence of a conscious observer to remove the universe from a state of superposition.

>>9739208
>>9739214
>anti-racist is an insult

Would the gyroscope do the same thing aboard the ISS?

>>9717739
I agree with you but there's like a million ways to interpret Pao's tweet. It's vague and unclear, idk what she's trying to say here.

And that's how you get 150 replies with everyone mad over different things...

>>9625085
If a scientific laboratory published a peer reviewed paper about how you were guilty you'd accept that your personal experience of not committing the crime was wrong?

>>9574774
>>9575019
Will quantum computers be able to generate true random numbers on its own?

Why are general relativity and quantum mechanics incompatible? Why can't they both be valid?

>>9531407
>anthropological

>>9417780
>goes against what we already know to be possible
If the universe is a simulation than what you know to be "possible" is defined by whatever is simulating our universe. Theoretically they could've simulated a universe with different properties and completely change what is logically possible within the bounds of their simulation

>>9384999
>Let's see your ancestors be enslaved for generations, drink lead-laden water, be systemically oppressed and see how much they care about getting high SAT scores
The Irish are doing just fine though

So, what do we do about the manlet problem?

Stupid questions thread, since there is no current thread.

Assuming a TV has been exposed to rain for a limited time, and there are some water droplets inside, how long should it take for them to completely evaporate, assuming the TV is being stored in a wind-still room with a temperature of 15-20c?

>thread on /sci/ calling /sci/ retarded
>thread is full of people being triggered about it calling /pol/ retarded as well

Really makes those neurons go.

Why do I get these massive bursts of energy randomly between about 12-5am while I'm tired as fuck the rest of the day?

Why can't you have .5 plank units?

What is a thought in physical terms?

Sure, we can describe the process of reproduction, digestion, and other bodily functions with chemistry and physics.
But how would you describe a thought or a memory?
Is it really just synapses and hormones being released in our brains or is there some other component?
If not, then would I be able to duplicate every single emotion, thought, memory, and personality trait of someone by mimicking the exact placement and structure of every molecule in their nervous system?

>>9107361
It's as if wealth and crime were connected somehow

you are given a choice between studying biophysics, biochemistry and neurobiology. which do you choose and why? all appeal to me for different reasons and I can't decide

Why do we use to indicate years like this
>2017
and not like
>2,017
or
>2 017
or
>2.017
or again
>2˙017
and so on?

What is the required IQ for not being a brainlet?

If you constructed a machine that read the position and energy of every particle in your body, vaporized you, and then put you back together exactly as you was a millisecond later. In the timespan T -10 to +10 seconds relative to the event, did you have continuity of experience?