/sci/ - Science & Math

>>8656816
>So you want to group them by something that correlates to a mediocre degree with ability rather than the ability itself?
you can't group them by the ability without measuring it in some way, so feel free to suggest something which correlates to a less mediocre degree

>>8645275
>Go to the root of the problem which is IQ. Force people to get IQ tests and then sterilize those who fall below the quota. You wouldn't need to generalize based on the unclear connection of race.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disparate_impact

>>8453609
well done!

>>8415397
>category theory? you ever get the feeling that this sort of thing is what Einstein referred to when he spoke of "more or less dispensable erudition"?
t. someone 70 years ago

>>8387267
Checking them out, Mumford might be a solid option. I was just hoping to avoid Milne and Lang mostly/especially wondering if there were any nice 'more modern' sources

>>8383302
this

treat university like a competitive 4year marathon

>>8343373
>First, it’s a red herring. The purpose of Kyoto is to establish international political and economic mechanisms for dealing with global warming, by taking the first tentative steps toward a difficult goal. You may as well time me walking to the sidewalk where I parked my car bicycle and then tell me at this rate I will never get home.
this gives me no reason to invest in fighting global warming

>Second, Kyoto is a step-by-step process. The second phase (much less third, fourth, etc.) has not even been negotiated yet. How can anyone claim anything about how effective it is going to be? Junk Science and other sources of this propaganda are starting their dubious calculations from the assumption that Kyoto ends in 2012 when round one is over. That is just wrong.
all this says is 'there's more to be done that hasn't been talked about yet', also not a good reason to try fighting global warming

>Third, the temperature several decades from now is to a large extent already determined by the current energy imbalance, thanks to extra CO2 already in the atmosphere. Short of a complete cessation of emissions today, there is no foreseeable way to avoid the bulk of the warming “in the pipeline.” This is mostly due to the extreme thermal inertia of the oceans and therefore the climate system as a whole. It means that our actions today, or our inaction, will have consequences several decades hence.
this is basically repeating what i said, that it's too late

>Finally, I have a rather personal peeve with people who vociferously criticize any attempt at a solution and yet propose nothing in its place. You’d think if they were so sincerely concerned about how ineffective Kyoto will be (as, frankly, they should be), they would be agitating for more action rather than shrugging their shoulders...
again this basically just shifts the work to someone else

what was the point of that article?

>work your ass off and struggle with a subject for 5 years at a university level
>get told you're 'lucky'

>>7975485
I don't care so much to know science or math, I'm more interested in what I can do with it.