Things you can't quite grasp

TB · June 12, 2015, 11:11:51 PM

Quote from: AstroNaru on June 12, 2015, 11:10:57 PM

Quantum Physics

No one has grasped that yet...

More Than Mortal · June 12, 2015, 11:12:10 PM

OT: Physical sciences stump me.

I like to think I make up for it with an understanding in politics, philosophy and economics though.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · June 12, 2015, 11:12:35 PM

Quote from: ahimsa on June 12, 2015, 11:07:17 PM

Quote from: Prime Example on June 12, 2015, 11:03:00 PM
Anti-matter as well.

+1 that's a good one

Then why didn't you like my post

cUNT

More Than Mortal · June 12, 2015, 11:12:37 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on June 12, 2015, 11:11:31 PM

Meta's sense of humor.

Lewis Black tinged with Lee Evans.

And some Frankie Boyle for good measure.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · June 12, 2015, 11:15:06 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on June 12, 2015, 11:12:10 PM

OT: Physical sciences stump me.

I like to think I make up for it with an understanding in politics, philosophy and economics though.

Alternatively, I understand physical sciences but think they're boring. Well, except chemistry. Chemistry is fun.

Ingy · June 12, 2015, 11:17:49 PM

People

There's this one group I'm in that had this depressed girl and a bunch of thirsty guys and it's literally in my top five most cringiest things on the Internet

Verbatim · June 12, 2015, 11:18:28 PM

Bars of soap.

More Than Mortal · June 12, 2015, 11:20:08 PM

Slugs.

What the fuck are they planning?

Pendulate · June 12, 2015, 11:20:46 PM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem

Verbatim · June 12, 2015, 11:21:57 PM

One of my friends told me that scientists haven't quite shown why sleep, of all things, rejuvenates the body.

We know it WHY it rejuvenates the body, but we don't know how. Apparently.

More Than Mortal · June 12, 2015, 11:22:58 PM

Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:20:46 PM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem

Holy shit, what?

Verbatim · June 12, 2015, 11:25:01 PM

Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:20:46 PM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem

what is the purpose of this thought experiment

because it sounds intriguing, but then again, it sounds like bullshit

Korra · June 12, 2015, 11:25:42 PM

Pessimism
Nihilism
Anti-natalism
Dark Energy
Lincoln's hat
Jews
Slavs
Activision
Maths
The Middle East
Cheat
Pennies
Cheat

TB · June 12, 2015, 11:26:04 PM

Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:20:46 PM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem

I don't even get what it's proposing.

Pendulate · June 12, 2015, 11:26:45 PM

Verbatim · June 12, 2015, 11:28:21 PM

Quote from: Korra Valentine on June 12, 2015, 11:25:42 PM

Maths

you're english?

Pendulate · June 12, 2015, 11:28:34 PM

Quote from: TBlocks on June 12, 2015, 11:26:04 PM

Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:20:46 PM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem
I don't even get what it's proposing.

The point of it, or the details of the problem?

TB · June 12, 2015, 11:29:39 PM

Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:28:34 PM

Quote from: TBlocks on June 12, 2015, 11:26:04 PM
Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:20:46 PM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem
I don't even get what it's proposing.
The point of it, or the details of the problem?

Both really =/

More Than Mortal · June 12, 2015, 11:29:44 PM

Quote from: Korra Valentine on June 12, 2015, 11:25:42 PM

Pessimism

If it can go wrong, it will.

Just a fact.

Korra · June 12, 2015, 11:30:20 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on June 12, 2015, 11:28:21 PM

Quote from: Korra Valentine on June 12, 2015, 11:25:42 PM
Maths
you're english?

My dad's grandparents were Brits.

Korra · June 12, 2015, 11:30:51 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on June 12, 2015, 11:29:44 PM

Quote from: Korra Valentine on June 12, 2015, 11:25:42 PM
Pessimism
If it can go wrong, it will.

Just a fact.

That's not pessimism, that's just being prepared for the worst.

More Than Mortal · June 12, 2015, 11:32:19 PM

Quote from: Korra Valentine on June 12, 2015, 11:30:51 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on June 12, 2015, 11:29:44 PM
Quote from: Korra Valentine on June 12, 2015, 11:25:42 PM
Pessimism
If it can go wrong, it will.

Just a fact.
That's not pessimism, that's just being prepared for the worst.

Well what the fuck is pessimism, then?

Korra · June 12, 2015, 11:32:48 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on June 12, 2015, 11:32:19 PM

Quote from: Korra Valentine on June 12, 2015, 11:30:51 PM
Quote from: Meta Cognition on June 12, 2015, 11:29:44 PM
Quote from: Korra Valentine on June 12, 2015, 11:25:42 PM
Pessimism
If it can go wrong, it will.

Just a fact.
That's not pessimism, that's just being prepared for the worst.
Well what the fuck is pessimism, then?

Verbatim.

Kiwicake · June 12, 2015, 11:32:50 PM

Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:20:46 PM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem

My friend showed a vid explaining this to me not too long ago

i still dont fully understand

Verbatim · June 12, 2015, 11:33:22 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on June 12, 2015, 11:32:19 PM

Well what the fuck is pessimism, then?

most people associate pessimism with not only expecting the worst, but also being a whiny asshole about it

even though it really is just expecting the worst

Pendulate · June 12, 2015, 11:42:46 PM

Quote from: TBlocks on June 12, 2015, 11:29:39 PM

Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:28:34 PM
Quote from: TBlocks on June 12, 2015, 11:26:04 PM
Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:20:46 PM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem
I don't even get what it's proposing.
The point of it, or the details of the problem?
Both really =/

It's a problem of how a 50/50 coin toss can produce 3 different possibilities.

If the coin is heads, she's woken up on Monday. If it's tails, she's woken up on Monday and Tuesday.

Heads/Monday
Tails/Monday
Tails/Tuesday

There's a 2/3 chance it was tails, not 50/50. Even though a coin toss is always 50/50.

More Than Mortal · June 12, 2015, 11:43:59 PM

Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:42:46 PM

There's a 2/3 chance it was tails, not 50/50. Even though a coin toss is always 50/50.

Shut the fuck up before you break me.

TB · June 12, 2015, 11:46:48 PM

Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:42:46 PM

Quote from: TBlocks on June 12, 2015, 11:29:39 PM
Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:28:34 PM
Quote from: TBlocks on June 12, 2015, 11:26:04 PM
Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:20:46 PM
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem
I don't even get what it's proposing.
The point of it, or the details of the problem?
Both really =/
It's a problem of how a 50/50 coin toss can produce 3 different possibilities.

If the coin is heads, she's woken up on Monday. If it's tails, she's woken up on Monday and Tuesday.

Heads/Monday
Tails/Monday
Tails/Tuesday

There's a 2/3 chance it was tails, not 50/50. Even though a coin toss is always 50/50.

ohhh...
ohhh no..
that's gonna keep me up at night.

Pendulate · June 12, 2015, 11:48:26 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on June 12, 2015, 11:43:59 PM

Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:42:46 PM
There's a 2/3 chance it was tails, not 50/50. Even though a coin toss is always 50/50.
Shut the fuck up before you break me.

Read the 'phenomenalist' solution at the bottom of the page and take a deep breath.

More Than Mortal · June 12, 2015, 11:50:07 PM

Quote from: Pendulate on June 12, 2015, 11:48:26 PM

Read the 'phenomenalist' solution at the bottom of the page and take a deep breath.

Nope.

Not fucking doing this at six in the morning.