/sci/ - Science & Math

B in Architecture

are we allowed on /sci/?

>>4188481

QI?

>mfw you still think IQ has any scientific validity whatsoever

sure is 1924 in here

>>3645381

>2011
>still not realizing that every IQ test ever written has severe cultural bias to it no matter what and that it's fucking impossible to objectively measure intelligence

>>3645375
the brony speaks the truth. In fact, data on genetic variability shows that there is no scientific basis for the idea of race to begin with. There is not enough genetic variability between populations to be able to consider them different races

>IQ
>science

sure is 1924 in here

>>3627059
>57 people responsible for the IPCC
>more than 57 people don't believe in ACC

so what, we're approaching science as one man one vote now?

>>3614786

...
Fucking delivered. You are a shining star in a sea of shit, /sci/. (at least now that summer is over)

>>3614767

the number of typos in your post is mind-bottling

>>3614694
>no-one has anything solid
>talking about freezing people
Expert level pun? completely unintentional? YOU DECIDE

I know it's the cliche-est cliche in Hollywood (which is, itself, a giant cliche) but are there serious scientists actually working on human cryogenic freezing?

>>3498875

fuck yeah, manking will survive. I mean, he is king, afterall

>>3498834
>modern reactor

>>3498814
Shit, I meant solar, not wind. the point still remains. We can't count on solar energy for the constant, 24/7 need for electricity

>>3498779
except solar and nuclear are fundamentally different types of energy. There is a base load for our electrical grid that must be constantly met, which is what coal and nuclear are useful for, as they can run constantly and adjust their rate of production. With wind energy, if there's no wind, you're fucked. Battery technology is getting better, but is still not good enough.

>>3498730
>>3498739

The problem is that the US has spent 60 years building itself into dependence on cheap energy, and that cannot be undone quickly. Suburbs are, at the core, unsustainable, and once taxing/whatever brings up the price of energy, suburbs will start to be abandoned. Cities, at the same time, are not currently capable of accepting all these people coming back, which would have to happen. Having studied urban design and environmental social science, I just don't think it's likely that this country can make these changes fast enough.

mfw this shit was settled in 19fucking90 by the UN IPCC

also derailed thread is derailed

>>3498498

the entire american economy (post WWII) is built around the fact that energy is cheap as shit and around the hope that it will remain cheap as shit.

I honestly don't believe we can rebuild our entire country's infrastructure away from fossil fuels and car-culture, which we will have to do. And especially not when there are faggots like Rick Scott in Florida actively suppressing attempts to create new, more sustainable infrastructure purely for political points

My bet is that no president will want to be the one to force our economy to fuck itself to death in order to save the planet (er, the current state of the planet). Think about how long Cap and Trade lasted after the 2008 election. And that was BEFORE the tea party started cornholing the federal government

that feel when it's hotter in St. Louis than almost anywhere else in the country

anyway, I think we're probably fucked, having read the IPCC report, and seeing how we're likely going to get nowhere near the necessary benchmarks for not being fucked. Also, the issue of the effect of methane released from under melting tundras is a big deal. It's not understood very well whether this will have a huge effect, causing a positive feedback loop till the poles are melted. If that does happen, we are most certainly fucked.

>>3489811
voting for someone who is like you because they are like you != racism

if those 90% of black people said they refused to vote for a white person, only because they were white, that would be racism. Are Jews racist for voting for Lieberman?

During the primaries some news stations found some real people who said they wouldn't vote for Obama because he was black. That, my friend is actual racism.

The best American university no one has ever heard of

our motto is "It's in St. Louis, dammit"

>>3404722
sup, stlbro?

>>3318939

It's more complicated than that. Of the two kids from my school who got it, one was white and the other Jewish, with similar achievements to you and your made up girlfriend

two people from my class went to MIT, both had nearly 1600s on the SATs and nearly 4.0 GPAs

also perfect SATs scores ain't that difficult

because there's more to life than money?