Genuinely though, asking for real, what value does math have BEYOND being able to expand self-time and also reduce other-people-proximity-time?
Everything mathematical I do or have done has directly contributed to my wealth of private time and sharpens the blade I use on others who I feel impose their time upon my own. I keep thinking that surely math serves more purpose than just that but every exotic or basic branch of mathematics I explore seems to always end up yielding some positive time saving thing or removing entire rows and columns of problems because I was able to more intricately map and path solution sets to problems.
There is the possibility that because it is my primary discipline I may be unconsciously making every mathematical end up doing or being that because time as a functional resource and asset is how I feel is the most respectful way to live.
>The capacity to build high speed rail is unironically like the shopping cart test except on a society wide scale. >It requires a society to invest money into something that will not be profitable in and of itself, and requires them to have the foresight to know that the benefits will be to broader society by making cities more easily and rapidly accessible. Selfish nigger societies can never build high speed railways for this reason. They get too bogged down either debating whether it will work, or demanding money for more immediate effects (and then wonder why their society decays over a longer time scale). It requires people to actually be invested in something that will benefit the common good, not just themselves. >Clearly the USA fails every single one of these criteria, so of course they, and other (mostly boomer dominated Anglo societies) countries like New Zealand and Australia also fail, and they will also fail long term. Western Europe used to be the kind of place that would build high speed rail, but nowadays they would sooner spend that money on refugee gibs. >Countries like China where the people are capable of long term planning and just getting something done, or Japan and Taiwan, where people still seem to give a shit about society as a whole, are the countries that will dominate the future.
Is he right?
So, as we all know, it's impossible to know what's inside a black hole without going in there. Due to the fact that no information can escape it, then any explorers or robots who peek inside won't be able to share the findings with scientists back home. The only way for that knowledge to be assimilated by our race is if THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE went inside the black hole together. Then, scientists would know the secrets of what's inside the black hole.
Right now that does not seem worth the risk, it seems rather extreme, but think about how we will feel in another 2000-5000 years. When physics is completely solved, gravity is unified, and we know everything, eventually we will come to a time when the only thing we don't know is what goes on inside a black hole. It will be, quite literally, the sole remaining final frontier for man's curiosity. Thus, it is practically guaranteed that we will eventually put all of humanity onto an artificial planet and fly it into a black hole.
This also explains where all the aliens are. Any species that achieves intergalactic travel, and solves physics, is bound to purposely fly itself into a black hole.
Does /sci/ understand that the best way to combat climate change (and all pollution) is to prevent urban sprawl and car-dependency?
Even besides the massive amount of energy required to move a car, the tires are constantly emitting microparticles which pollute our waterways.
Why is the universe so damn young?
The fact that we're alive right now should mean that the universe most likely only can support life in its very early stage, no?
>The epigenome of a cell decides it's identity by turning certain genes on and off >As an individual gets older, there are epigenetic alterations that result in cells losing their normal function. >This is a big reason for why older people have all kinds of dysfunctional cells >Inserting genes for yamanaka factors into an adult cell and having them be expressed results in the cell becoming a pluripotent stem cell again >If you stop the expression of yamanaka factors short, the adult cell doesn't revert all the way back to being a stem cell but becomes observably younger (you look can look at the epigenome to see this) >This has been done with mouse neurons >The cells also regained functions you'd normally only see in young cells (way better ability to regenerate in the case of the mouse nerons, nerve damages in adult mammals almost don't heal at all) >Also no cancer developed in the mice this was tested on
So essentially we have the ability to rejuvenate cells, turn them back to a young state again where they have better regenerative capabilities and lack the dysfunctions typical of cells that are older. This tech is basically the fountain of youth.
Here's a thing such technology could be used for: >Insert yamanaka factors into the tissues of the penis via viral vector that specifically targets those tissues >Stop the expression of these genes before the penis turns into a blob of stem cells >The penis is now "younger" and has regained certain functions it had during puberty >It now grows in response to certain hormones again >And voilà you have created high quality penis enlargement, you now get to be filthy rich
Why doesn't this queer try to build a space station on the moon instead? His plans to build a city on mars are completely delusional. People don't even reliable live at the south pole. It's like trying to build a submarine before you mastered the boat. A nice little base on the moon would be the perfect first steps toward occupying a portion of the solar system.
it just doesn't make sense how something like this could evolve, the parasite has no concept of reality, how does it know to attract birds in this way? the odds seem too low for random chance to result in such sophistication
