🧵 Probabilistic arguments
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 23:52:05 UTC No. 16168176
You guys know the probabilistic argument for simulation theory right? That if there are many simulations the chance to be in base reality is small. You can make som similar arguments for other things which I thought was interesting. Here are some I thought of.
If there are multiple universes and some expand while others don't, an observer is near guaranteed to find themselves in an expanding one since those would make up largest fraction of multiverse volume.
Alien life is likely to have a procreation mechanism because life that increases its total biomass would be more numerous and thus more likely to be encountered.
Alien life is likely intelligent seeing as how intelligence increases a species' biomass relative to other life immensely over time (as evidenced by humans being the species with the most biomass on Earth).
🧵 /sci/ Books on Race & Human Biodiversity?
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 23:35:39 UTC No. 16168157
I’m interested in academic books that explains group differences, IQ differences, the science behind racial tribalism, etc.
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Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 22:15:09 UTC No. 16168063
If scientists are supposedly so concerned about preventing disease epidemics, why don't they ever say anything about illegal immigration from 3rd world nations?
🧵 Is China Responsible for the Recent Heatwaves?
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 22:09:16 UTC No. 16168053
Apparently, lower factory emissions is contributing heavily to heatwaves/global warming.
🧵 /sfg/ - Spaceflight General
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 22:02:58 UTC No. 16168037
Twum edition
previous >>16165415
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Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 21:24:13 UTC No. 16167977
Do paper straws really contain gluten?
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Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 21:23:39 UTC No. 16167975
What exactly is the benefit to the idea that photons exist? Is there something missing if we just purely consider light a wave and never a particle? We don't seem to have any problem considering radio waves purely waves; there's no apparent need to invent a "radion" to call radio signals particles the way we do with photons and light. So what's the reason? Why is light so special that it can't just be a wave?
🧵 Vaccine incentive program payout booklet
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 19:32:51 UTC No. 16167823
Greed doctors getting paid $400 a throw to poison babies
🗑️ 🧵 What could have been...
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 19:23:00 UTC No. 16167809
Why did God not allow this, bros? It's fucking over...
🧵 The Physiology of Female Ejaculation
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 18:27:55 UTC No. 16167725
Scientifically speaking, how accurate is Aristotle's account of human reproductive and sexual behavior? Is it true that non-whites and femcels are less effective at producing lubrication and squirting??
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Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 18:20:01 UTC No. 16167712
I want to get nuclearenergypilled. What are some good books about nuclear energy? Im mostly interested in the logistics behind it and how feasible it would be to carry out a nuclear trnsition instead of a wind/solar one. Im also fascinated by the prospect of nuclear powered cargo ships and other new developments in nuclear power.
🗑️ 🧵 Was the universe created? Discuss
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 17:41:03 UTC No. 16167662
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Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 17:18:37 UTC No. 16167628
This is what happens when you do math with "complex numbers" ...
🧵 Operations as numbers
Max at Thu, 9 May 2024 16:59:05 UTC No. 16167602
Assume:
-3 = ROOT, -2 = DIV, -1 = SUB, 1 = ADD, 2 = MUL, 3 = POWER
What other ones do you think are appropriate? What is the name of the big Pi symbol? Sigma is sum, right? Where do they fit in?
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Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 15:50:58 UTC No. 16167498
>NOOO YOU CANT SCREENSHOT ALL THE PAGES ON AN EBOOK YOU RENTED
🧵 Cows are carbon neutral
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 14:59:40 UTC No. 16167426
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Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 14:38:12 UTC No. 16167400
Why has science not fully cured GERD yet?
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Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 14:25:11 UTC No. 16167376
Where can I find a complete, free/open-source, searchable database for
mathematical formulas?
>inb4 Wolfram Math World
Neither complete, nor searchable or any of the other things.
Foreign language variants of Wikipedias have some very nice "cheat sheet" style articles but they tend to be all over the place.
Does something like I'm describing even exist?
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Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 14:22:23 UTC No. 16167373
Which math classes did you enjoy the most
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Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 14:18:36 UTC No. 16167368
>Homo neanderthalensis
>Homo sapiens
>Different species
>Yet could have fertile offspring
Mighty curious :)
🧵 WOKE ASTRONOMICAL NAMES
TRUE at Thu, 9 May 2024 13:54:48 UTC No. 16167350
It sounds like /pol/ paranoia, but they've actually been bringing woke and virtue signaling garbage into their naming policy, as they avoid the names related to western culture as much as possible.
One clear example is the naming of a Kuiper belt object (pic rel), which became the furthest object ever visited by a spacecraft. It was initially nicknamed "Ultima Thule"
>Before the flyby on 1 January 2019, NASA invited suggestions from the public on a nickname to be used for the object. One of the choices, Ultima Thule,[c] was selected on 13 March 2018. Thule (Ancient Greek: Θούλη, Thoúlē) is the northernmost location mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography, while in classical and medieval literature ultima Thule (Latin for 'farthermost Thule') acquired a metaphorical meaning of any distant place located beyond the "borders of the known world". Once it was determined that the body was a bilobate contact binary, the New Horizons team nicknamed the larger lobus "Ultima" and the smaller lobus "Thule". They are now formally named "Wenu" and "Weeyo", respectively.
>The nickname was criticized by a Newsweek columnist because of the use of "Thule" by 19th-century racists as the mythical homeland of the Aryan race. In November 2019, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced the object's permanent official name, Arrokoth.
>Arrokoth was named for a word in the Powhatan language of the Tidewater region of Virginia and Maryland in the eastern United States. The Powhatan language became extinct in the late 18th century and little was recorded of it.
Wikipedia even deleted the naming controversy, as it obviously highlights the woke stupidity. Here's an old version of the article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.
🧵 Sound Symbolism
Anonymous at Thu, 9 May 2024 13:13:42 UTC No. 16167294
I need scientific articles on the subject of Sound Symbolism that have been published in the field the past 10 years. Specially cross-linguistic investigations.