/sci/ - Science & Math

tbqh this whole Chinese virus arc is kind of snooze mode. Nobody is impressed with the masks either. The boys and I are always clowning on dudes wearing masks in their cars and shit like that. I bet they tell themselves they are heroes in the mirror before leaving the house hahaha. The CDC said at the beginning of this bullshit that they were ineffective but I guess they had to revise their opinion when it became a partisan issue.

>>10375600
OP here, I've barely studied more than 2-3 hours a week, I'm part timing.

How do I suck it up and just do my shit after work?

>>10363164
I made this mistake. It was driven purely by avarice and it left me extremely disappointed.
Don't forget, you will struggle (not more than an undergrad but still struggle nonetheless) unless you went to a Top 12 law school.

I disagree with the other posters, at least as it relates to undergrad STEM. Law is indeed more mentally stimulating as you'll have much more responsibility than some undergraduate butt boy making $17.00 with zero respect, doing tedious work that your superiors hired you to be some fresh out of undergrad bitch to do for them. You're stuck doing tedious, boring work. People don't care about your knowledge, your intelligence or skill—in fact, bragging about these things during an interview is going to be seen as arrogance; you need like 5-7 years experience arbitrary experience to move on from that hell, only to be in marginally better. To actually be in a position where you have control over what it is you're doing in the sciences (still in the undergrad career track unless you get lucky), you need to climb the ladder, know people, and be a good boy for a decade. And by then, you have a family, kids, and don't have any other choice and you hate what you do.


Undergrad STEM is the worst possible career path. Continue your education for a PhD. Go to med school. Pharmacy school is another option. Even a JD is superior to STEM undergrad. I wouldn't suggest it, and it will leave you miserable, which is why I list it last but you're fucking screwed if you have a undergrad STEM degree. If you don't have postgraduate ambitions, don't go to college at all, you're better off going for a trade. A BS degree is like a GED, it isn't a fucking accomplishment, everyone with a IQ over 100 has one and that isn't a good thing.

>>10344522
Write them yourself or admit that you don't know anyone and are alone in this world on the application.

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1881/20180956
>Parasite-infected sticklebacks increase the risk-taking behaviour of uninfected group members

>To the best of our knowledge, the present study showed for the first time that a parasite with a complex life cycle indirectly manipulates the shoaling behaviour of uninfected individuals of its host species. Thereby the infection rate within a shoal was a major determinant for the occurrence of a manipulation of the behaviour of uninfected hosts. By manipulation of the uninfected individuals, a population as a whole might become more attractive to predators, thereby increasing the predation risk for all individuals in the shoal and potentially increasing the life cycle completion rates of the parasite. This result highlights the importance for increasing our knowledge on how extensive the influence of infected individuals is on the behaviours of uninfected individuals, engaged in social networks.

Is there an actual limit to how much you can learn? How much terabyte of the average dick's brain is made up of porn, dumb youtube videos and memes? Is there any way to clear your brain of prior garbage? Meditation? Religion?
Goddamnit every time i pick up a book all i can think about it fucking this and fucking that and some other dumb shit

is that just destiny for >140 IQ?

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/06/how-to-tame-a-zombie-fungus/562544/
>Cordyceps fungi excel at infecting and killing insects. One particular species, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, has become famous for its ability to turn ants into zombies. It grows through an ant’s body, creating a network of filaments that commandeers the insect’s muscles. Then it compels the ant to climb a plant stem, and clamp its jaws on the underside of a leaf. Once the ant is in position, the fungus sends a long stalk through its head, culminating in a ball full of spores that rain downward and hit the ant’s colony-mates as they go about their foraging trips. In this way, the zombie fungus can claim an entire colony. It excels at infiltrating popular culture, too: It’s the organism behind the monsters of The Last of Us and the zombies of The Girl With All the Gifts.

>The fungi that Matsuura discovered in the cicadas are all close relatives of this ant-killing species—all part of the same Ophiocordyceps genus. And that, to put it bluntly, is extraordinary. Even when these fungi aren’t acting as sinister puppet-masters, they’re still acting as killer parasites. Their hosts almost always end up dead, with spore-tipped stalks erupting from their corpses.

>And yet Matsuura showed that cicadas have domesticated Ophiocordyceps, turning it into an essential part of their own bodies.