/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3114023
Fractional reserve banking I believe

>>3081250
How much volunteering did you do?

>>3083431
in English "the moon" latin "luna" (and most other languages.

Luna

>>3077522
Well since I don't believe in free will I believe people are just complex computers simulating actual experience but actually just a complex system of cause and effect. Because the human perception is just chemical reaction to the world around it, we have just as much right to exists as the car does, our perception has no right to judge the validity of other things. Also the question asks what is the colour of the yellow car. even if the car has left the yellow car is yellow by definition unless this is some play on words. In which case /lit/.

>>3077490
Well it depends on how this scenario is being played out. Can i touch the car to validate its existence? Can i sense the gravitational pull it is exerting on me (impractical in a real life sense but if we're talking purely hypothetical, is the car existing in a different closed system from me that only allows light to pass?

>>3077482
Well I personally find it interesting whether or not you can prove a cars existence whether if you are looking at it.

>>3077470
Well if you're standing in front of cars with your eyes closed soon enough one of them is going to prove it's existence to you. You'll get about 40 miles per hours worth of existence.

Even better, prove the car exists with your eyes open.

>>3077331
Well if you want to contribute then it's going to be a bit hard to be a doctor. If you learn other disciplines on your own well enough you would be able to cross over. Doctors working with m.engineers on prosthetics, maybe applying physics to humans like radiation therapy except cooler. One of the big things is that after being someone's bitch for 8-12 years as a doctor you might now want to be someone's bitch again in a PhD program.
Physics isn't really a secret, you pretty much have access to all the important material out there. By spreading yourself too thin you won't accomplish too much. But if you specialize in one field and try to bring in other things you might succeed.
I actually had an idea and a little dream of mine to try to bring the field of physics and medicine together. I mean quantum mechanics are at use in things from microscopes, gps, to some theoretical touchscreens. It seems reasonable that medicine might be the next step. Or for human/machine stuff. Work to integrate human nerve system with electronics. People will welcome you with open arms if you have physics knowledge and an MD even if you don't have a PhD but have a great idea on somehow bringing two disciplines together.

>>3077266
It's very doable but it will take forever. You might as well become a MD and then learn the other ones on your own. You don't need a PhD to validate your own knowledge, only to prove it to others.

>>3076873
WHat college?

>>3077016
I know what I'm getting myself into. I just chose economics because it was quick and I wouldn't mind being an economist as my plan b.
I'm actually about to dive into my pre-med stuff, straight through summer fall winter and spring.
I haven't taken any high level courses but I've always planned to be a doctor, economics was just a side note.

UCSD

>>3076706
Probably not.

>>3076602
Your pre-med classes should have you covered for the MCAT. MCAT is bio/ chem+phys / English. You should also either find some course to help you with the MCAT or just buy one of the manuals with a bunch of practice tests you don't need to be a bio major to do well on the MCAT the pre-med classes are enough
Also med school doesn't really care about major, I've actually heard they are look for the "Reinessance man" someone who majors in something non-traditional that is a humanities or people skill.
Also I read your post as if you were yelling the whole time.

>>3076389
Sorry, this is the first thing that comes to mind when i hear dermatologist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgupJ2WN0Zw
Scrubs

>>3076334
Just curious.

>>3076288
However, a lot of neurosurgery today is done with robots and computers and laser and magnets. So I'm not 100 percent sure if dexterity is a huge factor.
Sorry for contradicting my own point. But I'm not sure anything is possiblt.

>>3076249
When are you applying? To med school. When are you taking the MCAT?

>>3076126
I don't know really but I think cutting up people's brain is first of all more prone to mistakes and problems and also neurosurgery doesn't seem like a show you could take on the road. But this is me speaking before getting into med school. When we get in we'll see whether or not we end up what we plan to be. Most people I've met tell me you shouldn't bet on ending up as what you planned to be you might find out you are pre-disposed to something else. I may end up doing neurosurgery for all I know.

>>3076174
Med schools individually have about 5 percent admissions but because medical students apply en masse the total average is higher. Also the pre-med process is pretty good at weeding out the week.

>>3076125
>>3076137
About 20 - 30 percent of applicants get in from what I've seen but that may be skewed because some schools have counselors that say "everyone should try" but others, more competitive schools try to discourage those who they think will fail.

Well, in America you have to realize that only the hardworking and enterprising asians got in, not the ones who refuse to move out of their farms and get an education but ones who are willing to fight tooth and nail to be the best. Also asians have a culture of "Tiger Mother" and working very intensively at tasks like working themselves to death. By being more determined and hardworking they appear smarter by being more educated but whether or not genetically they are "smarter" I don't know. However I have to say I'm seeing more and more dumb Asians as we get further away from the original hardworking immigrants.

Take a bit of string and make it into a circle. Take another bit of string and put it across the diameter. One of those two has to be irrational.
Now whether or not stuff like atom division or quantum stuff would prevent it from actually being irrational is a valid observation. But if you're wondering in the sense that I'm thinking of, purely hypothetical, then yes you can get irrational lengths. Also Irrational length. I can call anything irrational length if I make up my own measuring system.