/sci/ - Science & Math

If all the minds that evolution has produced have bounded comprehension, then it’s only logical that our own minds, also products of evolution, would have limits as well. Feels weird to think the difference in mental capability between a retarded goat and a genius human isn't that large relative to what's evolutionary possible

>>8579544
>Looking at what people actually voted

>tfw to intelligent too vote

For example, why does associating terms with a story help memory?

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Do you ever feel bad for people less intelligent than you?

No matter how hard they try, no amount of hard work can help them develop the computational capability you were simply born with.

I wonder what it would be like to be as unintelligent as you. Sadly, i'll never know.

>>8552082
>Computer engineering
>pic related

Naturally, population will settle at above-comfortable levels, ensuring suffering that could be avoided with a smaller population.

In what scenario could population settle at comfortable levels instead?

Modern society partially solves the problem, because everyone is worked so hard and made so financially paranoid that childbearing becomes low priority; but although this isn't starvation which would be the usual population control, it's population-related suffering nevertheless, because population density means that only the relatively rich are capable of escaping the rat race even temporarily.

>>8546043
The madman
xD

>>8540621
Well memed friendo

>tfw you realize that the average person has only an IQ of 100

>>8537250
>Richard Feynman
He had an IQ of 125.
I have an IQ of 175.
He was a literal brainlet holy fuck.

>tfw to intelligent for math

>tfw to intelligent to believe in mainstream myths about oil shortages

Petroleum is NOT from fossilized organic material. It is something that the Earth's mantle produces from rocks. There is a nearly infinite source of oil into which we have yet to be able to tap. It may become more expensive to access the sea of abiotic oil, but we will at least have oil for as long as we exist on this planet.
>Experiments under high temperatures and pressures produced many hydrocarbons—including n-alkanes through C10H22 [this is gasoline]—from iron oxide, calcium carbonate, and water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenic_petroleum_origin
Theoretically we may one day be able to put materials down there, like our garbage, and have it turned into petroleum.

Biotic oil theory was never really proven. Its main basis is certain biomarkers that are similar to plant biomarkers, as though two molecular shapes can't arise separately.

You've been lied to, and the lie serves (((their))) interests. Everyone must believe that oil is finite for the price to be so high. Oil is the most valuable substance to global civilization. If it were discovered that it is virtually infinite, civilization would continue growth trends all the way to Mars. Everyone would be rich instead of just a few. Instead, nihilistic panic is what they want global society to experience as they ensure our economic slavery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v3w4eyXVWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck01KhuQYmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isRIMZi0SB0

Evolution has shaped us with perceptions that allow us to survive. But part of that involves hiding from us the stuff we don’t need to know. And that’s pretty much all of reality, whatever reality might be

I find it much more tedious to start bare metal and build up from the foundations, but that I learn a crap tone more than my peers.

How many of you go with the bare bones up approach?

>>8502731

>Total synthesis does contain legitimate hypotheses: if you treat a specific substance with certain reagents and catalysts, can you transform it into another specific substance?

That's worded as a question, not a hypothesis. And even if you fixed the wording, that's a lame ass "hypothesis". If that counts as a hypothesis, then I can call anything a science.
>If I mix the following ingredients and bake it, will I successfully make a cake???


I'm not disparaging the importance of total synthesis. My point is that it's not a science - it's engineering. A total synthetic chemist exercises the finest level of chemical problem solving. But they're more like "molecular engineers" than scientists. There is no time to stop and feed your curiosity in total synthesis. Curiosity only comes into play in the form of trying a reaction or strategy with unforeseeable outcomes and seeing if it works. That's just problem solving - you're trying to solve the problem of making the target.

An example of an organic chemist doing science would be someone doing mechanistic studies. Compare the curiosity in this question versus yours:
>Is the regioselectivity for this reaction due to sterics or stereoelectronics?

Total synthesis is extremely important, but it's not a science.

>tfw to intelligent too fall for the "the maximum speed is the speed of light"

that would mean the earth would be drawn to where the sun was 8 minutes ago, and would sling out of orbit.

>tfw to intelligent to get a proper diagnosis

What would you do if your brain was this big.

>tfw to intelligent to to intelligent to to intelligent to to intelligent to to intelligent to not read a book slowly and not understand anything