/sci/ - Science & Math

>>2069801

>>2030528
>my face when VY Canis Majoris has almost twice the diameter of Betelgeuse

>Astrology accurately explains many things.

>>>2023836
>Do you kids even know what science is? Science didn't exist thousands of years ago.
>Art has always been here.

with that. i am leaving this troll thread.

>sleep through elections
>wake up at 11PM PST
>see results
>see /new/
>don't care because I'm not an American
>notice a story that has slipped under the radar:

New study concludes that 1/4th of Sun like stars possess Earth-like planet, backing up NASA Kepler findings using different measurements.

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/11/the-galaxy-probably-abounds-in-earth-like-planets.ars

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/330/6004/653

This places the number of potentially habitable planets near 100 million in our galaxy.

>mfw we're still bickering about pointless politics, people are fighting over money and debt while others exploit the less fortunate, hippie liberals are pushing retarded social policies like multiculturalism and anti-white view points, and religious fundamentalists want us to put on our science "horse-blinders."

>>1988043

>At what point do you abandon intuition

I don't think I count, unless IQ raises with age.
When I was twelve, I got an IQ test with a psychologist, and I scored a 127.

I enjoy basic philosophy, and often ask myself abstract questions. Sometimes I over-analyze things, and often look at problems in a much broader perspective than other people. But at the same time, I can be stubborn to new ideas...like in algebra throughout high school I hated new formulas, I hated how flexible algebra was. I wanted mathematics to be rigid and linear. Every week when our teacher would put a problem on the board (we weren't supposed to figure it out, it's intended to be impossible until he introduces the popular formula) I would break down the problem in my head holding onto dozens of instances of addition, subtraction, multiplication, ect, in my head, and a few minutes later I'd shoot my hand up and solve the problem before he gave us the formula. But I couldn't do this with all problems and had trouble adopting new formulas. I'd rather have used basic methods in a complex manner than use more advanced methods in a simple manner. On the other hand, I was great at trigonometry. But I did and do dislike math...not linear enough.

When sitting in lectures I tend to grasp the information faster than others, but I can't always hold onto all of it. I devour the key concepts and more advanced ideas, but often I get bored when I get something in 5 minutes when the professor takes 20 minutes to explain it. But when I hit a dead end, I hit it hard. My focus is amazing if I like something, abysmal if I don't.

tl;dr: Give me a SOLID base to work on for any subject, and I'll go buck-wild with it. If it's too flexible a subject to have a solid base on, I'll either hit a dead end or take it as a challenge. Also, don't go slow.

>>1609290

This. Wisefag is wise

How about we make it possible for the smart guys to do their thing? How about I fix their car with my 110 IQ so they can get to work, or the trucks that deliver his favorite soda to the market nearby, or take care of that huge industrial plant that makes the soda? Or any of those billion things that makes him think he had a nice day at work and home and that he really likes doing work that will advance technology so all those nice people in other places might enjoy their lives too?

Also, what makes you think I'd even want to have a chance? What if I just want to fuck girls, buy nice things for myself, travel around the world a bit and and just spend my time outside a laboratory, thinking about something else than some boring-as-hell equation that ironically might make my life better?

>>1444008

>>1432634

>>1384399

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RAGE (?)

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Wow, look at all these pathetic faggots with shit-GPA trying to make themselves feel better about their pure fail. I bet you also attend a shit-tier school and think the choice of university does not matter. Lawl.

My face (animated).

trolls.