Science Thread - General - Facepunch Forum

[QUOTE=Contag;30276921]I understand and agree, hard science is always quantifiable (at least in some cases in a probabilistic sense), but why join fine arts and social sciences?[/QUOTE] So basically any form of hard science can be interpreted as a series of mathematical proofs and formulae. [editline]8th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Zillamaster55;30329640]Paleontology represent! Fuckin' love Dinosaurs.[/QUOTE] Dinosaurs are as archaic as the browser you use buddy.

[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;30330443]Dinosaurs are as archaic as the browser you use buddy.[/QUOTE] Oooh, a jab at my browser, nice one!

[QUOTE=sltlamina;30276847] Obviously things like economics and law, things which a university might consider a social science, aren't exactly linked too strongly with physics, chem, or bio.[/QUOTE] You can call the any extensive research and analysis of any objects or event (or linked events) a science. MY AUTOMERGE. [editline]8th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Zillamaster55;30330471]Oooh, a jab at my browser, nice one![/QUOTE] I do love me some Ad hominem.

[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;30330443]So basically any form of hard science can be interpreted as a series of mathematical proofs and formulae.[/QUOTE] If we knew everything, quite possibly. Though if that were the case then we could hung up our hats and cry at our deterministic and entirely mechanical universe.

We dissected fetal pigs today! My group was pretty speedy so we even got to look at the brain. It was so awesome.

I learned that I never want to become a chemist. I understand that some people love chemistry, but I'd never want to take an o chem.

AWWYEEEEEEEE biology makes me hard.

[QUOTE=Pepin;30341842]I learned that I never want to become a chemist. I understand that some people love chemistry, but I'd never want to take an o chem.[/QUOTE] Why is that? Better than p chem.

Does anyone here study biology? I'm probably going to study it when I'm done with high school + some extra classes I need. [editline]9th June 2011[/editline] Also currently working on my biology exam for tomorrow. Blood types up in this bitch.

[QUOTE=Contag;30346544]Why is that? Better than p chem.[/QUOTE] Physical chem is all numbers and statistics. Prepare to recite the entire kinetic theory with mathematical proof. Or just revive Ahrrenius, that wuld be much easier for you [editline]9th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=ken188;30342477]AWWYEEEEEEEE biology makes me hard.[/QUOTE] Yes. Yes it does. It makes everyone hard. [editline]9th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Contag;30332009]If we knew everything, quite possibly. Though if that were the case then we could hung up our hats and cry at our deterministic and entirely mechanical universe.[/QUOTE] That is the main aim of science. To analyse and study something so thoroughly we can calculate every phenomenon that the object will experience at any point in time. Which makes me shudder at neuroscience. But on the bright side we would become as gods if we master the universe and it's nuances through science.

Precisely why organic is preferable to physical chemistry! Hopefully scientific progress reaches an exponential rate within our life time.

[QUOTE=Contag;30346892]Precisely why organic is preferable to physical chemistry! Hopefully scientific progress reaches an exponential rate within our life time.[/QUOTE] It is, ever since the cold war we have been going up the hill of scientific achievement. 30 years ago you needed a mobile phone the size of your head to communicate on the go. Now devices the size of your fingernail can be controlled wirelessly and used to store and transmit information (RFID anyone?), even humble Netbooks have computational power in the order of powers of ten above what we had 20 years ago. The best thing is, technology that was previously very expensive and limited to laboratories is now available cheaply for the benefit of the public. Goddamnit I love progressive science. [editline]9th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=sp00ks;30346673]Does anyone here study biology? I'm probably going to study it when I'm done with high school + some extra classes I need. [editline]9th June 2011[/editline] Also currently working on my biology exam for tomorrow. Blood types up in this bitch.[/QUOTE] CYP2A1 pathways up in here. (I don't know shit about biology)

[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;30347042]Ihe best thing is, technology that was previously very expensive and limited to laboratories is now available cheaply for the benefit of the public.[/QUOTE] :( where can I buy a cheap gcms set up

[QUOTE=Contag;30349399]:( where can I buy a cheap gcms set up[/QUOTE] Hey, at least they are available to everyone and fit on a regular person desk.

[QUOTE=ken188;30342477]AWWYEEEEEEEE biology makes me hard.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KTDz-ZisZ0[/media] I just came

I go to school just next to those guys, pretty fucking awesome medical research.

No wonder cells decide to become cancerous. That looks so goddamn scary.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy5NY-Dqdys[/media] Demonstration of conservation of angular momentum using a bike wheel and spinning chair (also, a levitating globe). [sp]ajasldflaksdf can't fucking wait to go to nottingham and study physics and learn from these people! :O[/sp]

I will be your partner in science. [img]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=86116&dateline=1306957156[/img]:hf:[img]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=172425&dateline=1306234816[/img]

[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;30372472]I will be your partner in science. [img]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=86116&dateline=1306957156[/img]:hf:[img]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=172425&dateline=1306234816[/img][/QUOTE] The physics and chem buildings are really close too [img]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=86116&dateline=1306957156[/img]:hf:[img]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=172425&dateline=1306234816[/img]

Too bad they'd be blown up due to the massive amounts of science that will be generated. You an undergrad?

[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;30374261]Too bad they'd be blown up due to the massive amounts of science that will be generated. You an undergrad?[/QUOTE] Yeah, I am. You? Facepunch says you live in Qatar. Is this gonna be your first time living in the UK or what?

I am an undergrad and this will be the first time living in the UK. But three of my siblings already passed bachelor's over there so I have a good idea of what life is like over there.

[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;30375096]I am an undergrad and this will be the first time living in the UK. But three of my siblings already passed bachelor's over there so I have a good idea of what life is like over there.[/QUOTE] Nice. You'll almost certainly have an awesome time at uni, or at least that's what everyone tells me :v:

I would hope so. Don't want my years of freedom and unlimited science go to waste.

[img]http://i51.tinypic.com/xoe6no.png[/img] wait a minute...

That's not troll science, That's an Nuclear bomb.

[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;30561031]Qatar is a silly country, I hope I never have to return [editline]19th June 2011[/editline] Now that I have a guide for making WMDs I shall be the leader of the world! :downsgun:[/QUOTE] Making a uranium nuclear bomb is child's play. I understand now that a child that makes one is no prodigy. All it is is two hunks of U-235 that are approximately 80% critical mass with a mechanism to push them together. [editline]19th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;30561031]Qatar is a silly country, I hope I never have to return [/QUOTE] It's all I ever knew...:smith:

Nope.

Sup, so radiation happens naturally, right? And protons can turn into neutrons (ejecting a positron) which can turn into protons(emitting an electron), which means an up quark turns into a down quark after emitting a positron and a down quark turns into an up quark after emitting an electron. Soo, how does this not violate conservation of energy?