/sci/ - Science & Math

Climbing a mountain is done as much for the change in perspective and introspective experience as it is for the thrill, challenge and sensational experience, the "Overview effect" astronauts report experiencing from observing the Earth as whole is evidence enough that changing our perspective changes our selves in profound ways, often for the better

What then does it say about those who see no meaning and value in climbing a mountain let alone venturing to space, even if they would never do such things themselves.

>>11563892
Humans are the grandest equivalent yet of how birds developed to spread the seeds of life to barren islands. We have evolved to spread life to other planets and celestial bodies.

Humans are the grandest equivalent yet of how birds developed to spread the seeds of line to barren islands. We have evolved to spread life to other planets and celestial bodies.

>>9858095
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qcggatwPBk

This gives food for thought, OP.

Personally, I believe that as we advance, we will run into new problems, or new quests/purposes/goals that we can not even envision now.

Think; the problems/frustrations of having low battery on your smartphone when you're out shopping during the day, or out hanging with friends at a bar late one night... and now add to that scenario that you're unlikely going to be able to charge it before the smartphone runs out... Creating a battery for your smartphone that would last much much longer would be great solution to preventing this problem, but we have yet to actually achieve this goal.

Now, take all of that, and place that onto a human from 15,000 years ago... Do you think they could image this type of problem, relate to the frustration it causes, and most importantly, think of a way on how to effectively resolve it?

>>9559107
Beautifully well said anon. And yeah, astronauts report the overview effect when they see the Earth from space, a profound feeling

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You're a samefag aren't you?

Fuck off

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

I'm assuming at least one of you has been or is in my current position.
I've just got my GED at 19 years old after dropping out of high school due to severe depression, which is an immense life progression based on the last few years of my life as NEET.

I want to ask for advice on /sci/, a board I frequent often rather than asking for advice on /adv/ because my question is pertinent to the field in which I wish to pursue in college and it may be pertinent or relative to one who would be giving me advice, assuming I get any at all.
Now assume I want to attend medical school, most medical schools require a knowledge of calculus, a subject which I'm almost completely unkowledgeable about and a subject which I've noticed a lot of you (/sci/) are quite proficient at.

Now that I've uselessly vented, how can one who's had an insatiable interest in science since early childhood pursue a degree in science with such little mathematics knowledge while also overcoming depression and lack of motivation due to said psych issue? Can one "become" good or at least interested in math or has my early repulsion of math grown hard and irreversible? My main concern is that I'll never become good in math and thus never achieve any kind of higher education based on this single deficit.

Someday, once more...