/sci/ - Science & Math

>>4835201
>/pol/ in charge of mass hysteria
They found something to be good at?

>>4104604

SIGNS WITHIN SIGNS/THE INFINITE HALL/EVERLASTING NUMBERS/TURN CLOCKWISE/DIMENSIONS FOLDING/DIRECTION BECOMES MEANINGLESS/TURN CLOCKWISE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Ilxsu-JlY
>A small amount of mercury amalgamates itself into an aluminum I-beam and destroys it from within. Gallium scratched into the surface allows the mercury to penetrate the protective oxide layer that normally surrounds anything made of aluminum.
>This is a time-lapse video, the action takes about two hours in real time. The powdery oxide is falling off, what you don't see is a significant pile of it building up underneath.

Wow, this is insane. What major would I have to go int (and how many years in) to learn about this sort of stuff as part of my curriculum?

>>3948241
>>3948245
>>3948246
OOOOH.
Gotcha, I hadn't gone deep enough yet.
Time for /sci/-ception.

>>3932603
Alright, motivation is derived from our formative years as a kid with mom and dad spanking us for doing 'bad' things and rewarding us with treats for doing 'good' things right? Now generally a noraml kid will think:
>I do X, I get Pain, Pain is Bad, therefore X is Bad,QED.
>I do Y, I get Pleasure, pleasure is Good, therefore Y is good, QED.
And then this formula is what they work off of and build up for the rest of their lives.

For aspies, however, we never make that connection.
>I don't do X, I get Pain. What is Pain? I still don't want X so I will not do X.
>I Do want to do Y, I get Reward. What is Reward? I still do Y.

Now the reason why there is a dissconect is because the most basic connection is the EMOTIONAL connection between parent and child: what Normal Kid is deducing as badd is because the parent is Upset, normal kids picks up on that and insticivly deduces that UPset is Bad because of its connection to pain,a nd vice versa with Happiness.

Aspies don't get that connection, so Pain is just Pain, and Pleasure is Just Pleasure. NO conectionbetween reward and punishment on a basic level, so no platform for future motivation.

with me so far?

Any alien who looks upon our flag will be reduced to gibbering madness. Maybe.