/sci/ - Science & Math

>>5878449
Humans are a remarkably resourceful species.

Even in the event that something like an Alcubierre Drive, traversable wormholes, or Infinite Improbability Drive doesn't turn out to be physically viable - if humans have the ambition and the motivation to travel beyond our solar system I am confident we will figure out a way to do it.

Maybe it'll be cryogenics, maybe generational ships, maybe something no one's ever thought of before - who knows. We'll certainly have to change our image of what it means to be an 'interstellar civilization', but I think we'll figure out a way to make it work.

>>5776864
This is really what it all comes down to - forget the scientific discovery, forget the curiosity and thrill of exploration, that's all just icing on the cake. At the end of the day going to Mars or some other planet or moon is about one thing - the long term survival of human (and other) organic life.

So long as the species of this planet exist only on this planet, there is an absurd number of ways that it can all be completely and permanently extinguished. From natural disasters like an asteroid impact or a massive increase in volcanic activity, to man-made threats like global warming or the aftermath of a nuclear war, and even the inevitable 'death' of our Sun.

While it is highly probable that life exists elsewhere in our galaxy, so far as we know Earth is the only planet in the galaxy that supports complex life, and certainly so far as we know the only planet to have given rise to intelligent life.

And that's something worth preserving.

One failure is not the end of life. Learn from your errors and strive to do better in the future.

It's a big universe out there filled with limitless possibilities and potential - go explore yours.

The typical human field of view is a little under 180 degrees, of course that's including your peripheral zone so let's go with an angle of about 120. The Milky Way is believed to be about 120,000 light years across.

d = D*(206265" / θ)
Where D is the linear diameter of some object, θ is its angular diameter, and d is the distance from the observer.

For the Milky Way to subtend just 120 degrees an observer would need to be about 57,000 light years away.

To put that into perspective, one our nearest neighbors, the Large Magellanic Cloud, is about three times that distance from us.

>>5045948
This pretty much sums it up - the BBT doesn't tell us where the Universe came from, how it came to be, or what if anything was before - it's a model which describes the how the Universe evolved over time, from an extremely dense, extremely hot, extremely small space to the vast, growing expanse it is today.

A lot of experiments like those being run at the LHC aim to replicate conditions which get us closer and closer to that beginning point and tell us more and more about how physics worked under those conditions. And what we've learned so far is pretty remarkable.

>>4956380
The future of space exploration and exploitation lies in cooperation between the public and private sector, not going 'all-in' with one other the other

Private companies like SpaceX and Sierra Nevada can produce cheap, efficient launch systems, and help build real infrastructure in space. But they lack the resources and the motivation to fund costly research projects, technology development programs, or pure science and exploration missions - which is where an agency like NASA, with a much larger budget and utilizing some of the the brightest and best minds in the nation towards completing these goals.

NASA blazes the trail and the private sector paves the road behind.

>That feel when you learn to focus on the feel

feels good bro

>yfw you have discovered the world of knowledge and love to learn as much as new cool shit as possible
>yfw big % of the population missing out on the fun
>yfw every time you wake up you're glad you're alive
>yfw you hope you don't get hit by a bus and die
>yfw WE SPACE MINERS soon
>yfw Singularity is near
>yfw endless possibilities

horrey shit bros

find out what type of learner you are and optimize your studying to that, then you may find that you have an advantage in certain fields. Schools do a terrible job of teaching people because they only teach one way to everyone.

VISUAL LEARNERS
Visual learners learn primarily through the written word.
They tend to be readers who diligently take down every word.

AUDITORY LEARNERS
Auditory learners learn primarily through listening.
They focus their ears and attention on your words, listening carefully to everything you say.
They like to talk rather than write and relish the opportunity to discuss what they've heard.

KINESTHETIC LEARNERS
Kinesthetic learners learn better by doing.
This group learns best when they can practice what they're learning.
They want to have their hands on the keyboard, the hammer, or the test tube because they think in terms of physical action

>>3270589
also this guy is right, weed does open up your imagination and allow you to see things in new perspectives as well as help you find your passion, just don't be a habitual smoker and u'll be fine.

http://www.synchtube.com/r/animu

Streaming the cosmos, come join us.

We were hunters and foragers.

>>2398506
>Must be an Amerifat thing.

Not really, you're just ignorant.

Sagan is my Jesus.

>>2389367

I understand where you're coming for, it's the most intuitive position. However, as there is no evidence even pointing in it's direction, I'm bound to agree with the more reasonable explanation that we are our structure.

Atoms don't have identity or memory. The Universe doesn't care if you're made of the same atoms you were yesterday, as long as they're all in the right place.

Episode 6 has begun, enjoy the stream.

Carl Sagan thread? Fuck yeah.

oh nothing, just being billions and billions of times better than horkheimer.