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Who's your favorite scientist, /sci/?

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>> No.5597536
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>> No.5597545

>inb4 retards think he actually said that

>> No.5597568

>>5597527
>Neil DeGrasse Tyson
>scientist
lul

>> No.5597573

>>5597527
Niel DeCarl Dawkins

>> No.5597574

mendel
fermi

>> No.5597615

Albert Goldbergstein

>> No.5598248
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Dr. James Van Allen

>> No.5599882

1. That quote was from some faggot on Red.dit trying to be clever
2. Isaac Newton, cunt.
3. Anyone actually commenting on OP's choice of scientist has been trolled.

>> No.5599887

Dr. Mengele have always been my idol.

Bless his noble soul!

>> No.5599908

>>5597527
Von Neumann, if he isn't yours you're at best an undergrad.

>> No.5599919

Tesla

>> No.5599938

Euler niggas

>> No.5599947
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>>5597536
if you condensing manchildren

I am what you call a hands on scientist

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>> No.5599957

One of the tenets of science is the crucial principle of objectivity.

When you begin worshiping scientists, you defeat half the purpose of science.

The whole idea of having a "favorite" scientist is retarded. How do you choose? Who's prettiest? Who's got the fastest wheelchair? Who you learned about first in school?

Truth is you're all a bunch of pop-sci gobbling autists who can't actually understand real science, so worship scientists instead.

>> No.5599963
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"A lot of people say, we're going to build these robots and they won't like you, they may decide we're useless and turn against us... that hasn't stopped us having kids."
- Rodney Brooks


that's him on the left.

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>>5599947
>if you condensing manchildren
lol that's an engineer alright

>I am what you call a hands on scientist
Well, hate to break it to you but you are not a scientist

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>>5599957
There is a plasma beam headed your way....

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>>5599957
>engineer detected

>> No.5599991

>>5599968
Geophysics masters student. Try again.

I look up to myself and the work that I do, I don't waste time masturbating over the achievements of others.

If anything, that leads to bias, where you're more likely to believe in one paper of another because of the author.

>> No.5600016

>>5599991
>geophysics
>a hard science

>> No.5600020
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Arthur C. Guyton.

>> No.5600218

Not too sure, either Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku or Alex Philipenko.

>> No.5600236

typical anthropocentric fallacy

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>>5597545
>mfw people think that's somehow a case against atheism
>some scientific discovery could have really caused this reaction in someone even in the 19th century (or 20th if murika)

>> No.5600301

>>5600218
killyourself/10.

Godel is my favorite.

>> No.5600310

>>5597568
Astronomers count themselves as scientists.

>> No.5600314

>>5599957
It's okay to have a favorite scientist. It isn't SCIENCE to have one, but it is human nature. Maybe you like Einstein cause he was a major player and was always dipping his wick. Maybe you like Carl Sagan because when you were a kid, he was the guy narating a NOVA series. Whatever dude. Favorites just mean you are more likely to read up on their works and their life instead of jacking off to /d/ for an extra two hours of your life.

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>> No.5600316
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Dr. Michio Kaku favorite dead one is Einstein of course.

>> No.5600317

>>5600316
why can't kaku be dead and einstein be alive

>> No.5600323

>>5600020
Where you from? I'm a medical student at UMMC where he used to teach. Guyton was brilliant. My uncle was taught by hum. I just finished up physiology classes under his protege, Dr. Hall. Mississippi is known for its musicians, artists, and authors, but we don't get many scientists. Guyton more than makes up for it, though.

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Seriously.
Look at this handsome mother fucker.

HE COULD HAVE HAD ANY WOMAN HE WANTED BUT REFUSED BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE KEPT HIM FROM DOING SCIENCE.

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>>5600315
>G not equal to 1

>> No.5600350

>>5600342
> G to 1, not 8πG

>> No.5600352

leibniz

>> No.5600356

>>5600326
Damn, lookin' good for 36.

>> No.5600368
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Robbert T. Bakker

>> No.5600367

>>5600287
athiests are often slightly above average teenagers who think they're so fucking enlightened for coming to the conclusion that the christian conception of god does not exist, as if it takes more than two braincells to figure it out.

Most athiests have little knowledge of non-monotheistic religions and outside ideas of what god is.

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>>5600317
A man can only dream.

>> No.5600420

>>5600367
Why are you so mad?
I mean, if a god doesn't exist, and religion is causing war and oppression and division and other bad things, why not declare how bullshit it is?
It's only logical, even if it's only a phase.

>> No.5600424

>>5600420
>It's only logical

This is where you went full retard. Please learn what logic actually means.

>> No.5600443
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If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.

Richard P. Feynman

>> No.5600451

And let me also just say, there's no worship here in my eyes. I chose Feynman because I've enjoyed so much reading about his life. It's interesting shit, nuf said

>> No.5600469

>>5600443
Brilliant scientist who nevertheless had some dumb quotes. I'm not the guy you're talking to but I've also been reading about Feynman.

>> No.5600483

>>5600469
"Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds." ~ Richard Feynman

>> No.5600501

>>5600315
>Sc. D
u wot m8?

>> No.5600622

>>5600301
I hate Godel, he keeps destroying all my hopes and dreams.

>> No.5600642

Pauli invents neutrinos and spin
and Bohr does football and physics
and Planck destroyed and remade physics in one paper
and Heisenberg, Uranium Club, 'nuff said
and De Broglie studied humanities first which gives me hope (ex Anthropology guy here)
and Dirac and Schrodinger were a great double team
and Dyson had some funky ideas
actually Hilbert was a pretty chill dude
and Feynman was a magician
I like Fermi as well
Oppenheimer is one of the most interesting people to ever live
(bonus round:Gauss and Euler)
And Euclid. No Euclid, no rigor, no science

>> No.5600650

>>5597527
>>5597536
>>5599947
>>5600316
Wait a sec. ur not tryin to rusle my jimmies r u?
>>>>>>/b/

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>>5600016
Rocks are pretty hard
Therefore Geophys=hard science
QED

>> No.5601685

> Neil DeGrasse Tyson
> Mentored by Carl Sagan
> Loves Isaac newton
> Fucking loves Science and despises ignorance
> hated by /sci/

Why? That badass motherfucker sounds like he'd fit in perfectly here
Although as a Scientist he hasn't done much, he's by far one of my favourite public figures of today

>> No.5601688

>>5599957
Well maybe the one whose achievements impressed you the most, who has made the most progress in your field of interest, whatever

Anyway, Euler

>> No.5601709

>>5600424
> Some random claim about a conscious being
> Absolutely no proof whatsoever
> YOU CANT DISPROVE THAT

You should learn what logic means, you fucking idiot

>> No.5601716

>>5601709
Please take a course on formal logic and never abuse that word again. And while you're at it please learn reading comprehension. I was criticizing his incorrect choice of word, not his justified disbelief.

>> No.5601724

>>5601716
But he didn't incorrectly use the word logic and neither did I.

>> No.5601728

>>5601724
He did and so did you. Did you learn by now what logic means? Of course you didn't. Please read a book or take a course on formal logic. Your belief/disbelief can be justified, your arguments can be rational, but your shit has nothing to do with logic.

>> No.5601734

>>5601728
You haven't at any point actually explained why though.
Hilarious.

>> No.5601738

>>5601734
Why would I waste my time writing a long explanation for someone who wouldn't even bother understanding it? You obviously prefer ignorance over knowledge and you're so proud of your ignorance that you want everyone to see it. I hope you grow up and remember my advice to take a course on formal logic.

>> No.5601745

>>5601738
I am actually dead set on doing a PhD on Logic after I finish my Bachelor and get a Masters Degree

But my point was that you're trying to argue against someone in the name of logic without even backing up any of your claims.

How is that even remotely logical?
You only come off as an idiot yourself, not lending your posts any credibility and making your post entirely useless.

>> No.5601753

>>5601745
>after I finish my Bachelor and get a Masters Degree
In other words you're a freshman at most, probably not even in university yet.

>How is that even remotely logical?
See? You did it again. If you know anything about logic, you'd realize that logic has nothing to do with the social conventions of how to debate.

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>>5598248
Really? Because I would have figured... I mean, you do always post with his pictures... and your trip... Van Allen, really?

>> No.5601761

>>5601753
But you post for a reason. Either to troll, in which case my lack of emotional response has already rendered it useless.
Or to have an actual intelligent argument with someone, in which case I wonder why you didn't pose an actual argument in the first place and just told him "You're illogical" and left it at that

So how is it logical for you to keep posting without even backing up your initial claim?

>> No.5601769

>>5601761
We're not having an argument here, I'm just calling you a retard for abusing the word "logic". Will you please stop doing it now and take a course on logic, so you can see what it actually means?

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>> No.5601774

>>5600315
>all things I learned in my high school physics class

lel

>> No.5601777

>>5601769
I already told you I would but that's besides the point.

I want you to explain why being an atheist is actually illogical, otherwise you're being a massive idiot.

>> No.5601782

boltzmann

unbelievable insight plus a nice beard

>> No.5601790

>>5601777
>I want you to explain why being an atheist is actually illogical

I never said such a thing. Please learn reading. Just because something has nothing to do with logic, it isn't "illogical". Your belief is justified within its framework. That's all there is to it.

>> No.5601786

>>5601774
You learned how to bazinga people in high school?

>> No.5601796
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Good old Sasha. I'm sad I will never get to meet him.

>> No.5601797

nikola tesla or michio kaku. not sure why everyone seems to hate kaku, i really enjoyed hyperspace

>> No.5601798

>>5601790
Sure you didn't.

Let's look at the two starting posts shall we
>>5600420
> Being an atheist is only logical

>>5600424
> Your use of the word logical is wrong

Oh wow, sure looks like you said being an atheist isn't logical

>> No.5601800

>>5601798
Yes, you cannot use the word "logical" here. Please learn what logic means.

>> No.5601804

>>5601777
isn't pure atheism (not really sure how to phrase it) a double negative?

>> No.5601805

>>5601800
Are you implying being a religiontard is logical?

>> No.5601806

>>5601800
There you have that lack of argument again

>>5601804
What the flying fuck is pure atheism?

>> No.5601807

>>5601804
>>5601800
>>5601798

guys, you are arguing semantics again.

unless that's your thing, i suggest you each list your definitions before continuing onwards, because you all agree on the concept.

>> No.5601813

>>5601806
sorry i wasn't sure how to phrase it (mabye atheism by definition sounds better)

>> No.5601815

>>5601805
No. Religion has nothing to do with logic either.

>>5601806
As I said, we're not having an argument. I'm just reminding you that your choice of word is wrong I ask you to educate yourself.

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>>5601807

I am
>>5601806


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>> No.5601818

>>5601813
It's just that Atheism is a true or false position, like Theism itself

You either are Atheist/Theist or not, there's no range for it

See
>>5601811

>> No.5601820

>>5601807
There's nothing to argue. Either you know what logic is or you don't. That poster obviously doesn't.

>>5601811
Was it really necessary to post that picture? We were talking about logic, not religion or atheism.

>> No.5601823

>>5601815
>I'm just reminding you that your choice of word is wrong I ask you to educate yourself.

But I already said I would, so there's no reason to post anymore.

> No. Religion has nothing to do with logic either.

Oh I see. You're trying to troll.
Bad boy, 2/10 for effort

>> No.5601826

>>5601820
He asked me for my definitions regarding (A)theism

Also, who's talking about religion?

>> No.5601830

wait... wasn't this a favorite scientist thread

>> No.5601833

>>5601830
I apologize, I was partly at fault for this

>> No.5601834

>>5601823
>But I already said I would, so there's no reason to post anymore.
Good. Then why do you keep replying?

>Oh I see. You're trying to troll.
No.

>>5601826
You are talking about religion. Please stop it. This is a science board.

>> No.5601837

>>5601811

some might disagree with your definition of "agnostic"

agnostic means unable to know, in some instances, meaning: if a god happens to present him or herself, the agnostic believes that the god cannot prove that he is a god, and as such the agnostic will not recognize him as such, and, logically, never find a god, because even if they exist, they are not gods.

basically it comes down to whether you believe in aliens or not. so gnostic atheists say aliens can't exist.

>> No.5601838

>>5601826
here's everybody's favorite astrophysist on the subject: http://www.drip.de/?p=2218

>> No.5601841

>>5601834
>Then why do you keep replying?
Because questions keep being asked and I feel like I should answer.

>>5601837
I don't care if people disagree with my definition of "agnostic", that doesn't change the fact that the literal translation of the greek roots of the word means "without knowledge" and says nothing about Gods or anything like it

>> No.5601844

>>5600420
Most people become atheists for retarded reasons and only ever view god in a monotheistic sense.

Most aren't "free thinkers" as they claim to be, and that claim is usually just a buzzword used for appeal within that group, as they feel a need to subscribe to this sort of objective "intellectualism." This sort of culture that has sprouted due to their human need to fill the void, because otherwise they would probably just fucking kill themselves.

Must culture puts you in a box mentally, and the one that has recently sprouted from internet athiesm does that.

>> No.5601846

>>5601838
> "I'm not an atheist because people think badly of them"

He is by definition an atheist, he's just a big pussy about it

>> No.5601845

>>5597527
implying that you dont realize just how dumb you are the more you learn. i paraphrase. by expanding the shores of our knowledge we are simply increasing our ocean of ignorance.

I used to be cool and edgy thinking ohh god is for dumb people lols i are so smart. Who are you to take away something that makes people happy. If you believe in god is he not real to you. I mean we take everything on believe we do not actually see with our eyes but our neurons firing in specific patterns in response to light. if we get a specific pattern of activation in response to believing in a god does that not make him just as real as everything we see?

>> No.5601864

>>5601841

the point is that some translate it as "being without knowledge" and others translate it as "unable to know"

how can you not tell the difference

>> No.5601867

>>5601864
That still has nothing to do with theism in and of itself, just about positions on knowledge

>> No.5601880

>>5601867

fuck it you're stupid i'm out.

>> No.5602325

>>5599961
>comic-con
babbys first "geekdom"
gtfo

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>>5597527
dennet>tyson muthafucka

>> No.5602331

>>5600315
>3 sig figs

>> No.5602345

Sports
Music
Cooking
Guns
Ethnicity
Women
Fashion
Car
Photography
Animals
Vidya
Movies
Travel
Fitness
Cartoons
Technology

>> No.5602352

>>5599961
>star of david

>> No.5602392

>>5597527
He didn't say that fucking quote, don't spread that picture. I actually remember when the one fucktard came around claiming he made it, what an idiot.

>> No.5602435

>>5599908
This is the Superman of science.

>> No.5602463

>>5600483
Fucking lol'd

>> No.5602701

>>5601811
>>5601807
>>5601806
>>5601805
>>5601804
>>5601800
>>5601798
>>5601826
Shut your adolescent mouths about God, Atheism, Logic; read what that fucking thread is about, contribute or fuck of back to /b/

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>>5599908
Didn't know who this was.
>No way will I let a random /sci/entist think I'm stupid!
>Do a quick google
>Seems like very clever man
>Then I solve the fly problem, (trick way).
>Feel like a bad-dude
>look at some of his work on quantum logic.
Blrainsplosion.jpg
>feel like infant again
>balanced restored

>> No.5602711

>>5602329
0/10

>> No.5603724

>>5601685
>liking black people

>> No.5603748

my favorite scientist would have to be my PI, since he pays me and trusts me not to break expensive equipment