/sci/ - Science & Math

Thanks to the new "Learn With Portals" initiative, which encourages schools to use Portal to teach physics, math and engineering to students, the game is now available for free to both Mac and PC users alike.
The download can be all yours via the above link*, and will remain free until September 20.

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/09/16/portal-free

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Just because a thought is comforting doesn't mean that's how things really are.

And there IS harm in trying. It's people who believe in deities who have ideas like the rapture and the apocalypse. If you believe the end of the world is imminent, you have no incentive to preserve the habitability of that world for future generations.

Just look at all the nutters who deny global warming. They are all "coincidentally" also religious. Never mind that icecaps are melting and glaciers are retreating; "the world will end when God wants it to end."

Not to mention the countless wars throughout history fought entirely over differences in superstitious beliefs.

I prefer my critical thinking skills intact, thankyouverymuch.

One question /sci/: What are the practical use for imaginary numbers? I'm an English major, why the hell do I need to know it anyways. Pic unrelated.