The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XV

Is it legal for an average person to construct a radio telescope and send an interstellar message to, say, their favorite star (or any star in the night sky)?

It would be pointless. You'll never generate a signal strong enough to be worth the effort. For legality, you have to have a license to broadcast in the radio spectrum.

I remember hearing somewhere that trying to make contact extraterrestrials is illegal in the United States, so the answer is sadly no.
 
Why exactly btw.? I looked the term economist up and either my (website)-dixionary is wrong or I just don't get it, not a native speaker btw.

The most charitable thing ever said vis-a-vis economics being a science is that it's the "dismal science". Most economists have no idea of how to carry out proper scientific experiements on their hypotheses, and consequently come out with half baked ideas not fit for use (for example the deregulation craze of the last 30 years).

Frankly most serious scientists scoff at the idea of economics being a science.
 
The most charitable thing ever said vis-a-vis economics being a science is that it's the "dismal science". Most economists have no idea of how to carry out proper scientific experiements on their hypotheses, and consequently come out with half baked ideas not fit for use (for example the deregulation craze of the last 30 years).

I don't see how you could carry out an experiment in economics, beyond the fundamentals, to be honest.
 
I don't see how you could carry out an experiment in economics, beyond the fundamentals, to be honest.

You can't. But then how do you carry out experiments in astrophysics?

Some small scale experiments are possible. Particularly concerning human behavior. But do you make an experiment to explain a galaxy, or observe as many as you can? Same with economies, it is an observational science, not an experimental one.
 
Astrophysics is based on sound math(s).
 
I remember hearing somewhere that trying to make contact extraterrestrials is illegal in the United States, so the answer is sadly no.

Why, oh why, does the universe hate me?! :cry:
 
The most charitable thing ever said vis-a-vis economics being a science is that it's the "dismal science". Most economists have no idea of how to carry out proper scientific experiements on their hypotheses, and consequently come out with half baked ideas not fit for use (for example the deregulation craze of the last 30 years).

Frankly most serious scientists scoff at the idea of economics being a science.

Well I must agree that there is way too much bad science and I guess this is the old language - continental divide we encounter here.

As I learned it and it is understood in the German speaking World, there's three different subcategories: 1) "Exact" Sciences (although they are not at all exact either, natural sciences like physics, chemistry and so on), 2) Social Sciences that cannot be exact due to the "societal" nature of their fields of study (economy is just one of those, politics, sociology and ethnology are others) and 3) Sciences of the Matter ("Geisteswissenschaft" where the field of study is entirely "made up by humans", like any language, literary, History or Law).

Each of those has different methods, but that doesn't make them any less scientific. After all, the primary method of quality control in modern natural science is how much you have been citated and peer review doesn't really scream good to me imo.

In the end, it's the English language that makes the distinction between Science and Arts and you just need to look at the differen implementation of the bachelor/Master of Arts/Science in the various European Universities to see that this differentiation doesn't really apply to Continental Europe. English being the primary language has - on sites like wikipedia - to take the cultural ideas of the world and not just the maternal English speakers into consideration, that's why Imo "economists as scientists" got on there, and it isn't technically a mistake. Imo.

Sorry, rant over. ;)
 
Can you trim your eyelashes? Is it safe to do as long as you have steady hands and don't hurt yourself? I believe mine are way too long, they stick together and its very annoying.
 
I'm going into the 11th grade and I get a bunch of course choices, but only one elective spot. I'm mainly interesting in the humanities (particularly social studies), but I'd be willing to take a science course. What have your experiences been for these courses?

AP Psychology
US Constitutional Law
International Relations
AP Micro/Macro Economics
Journalism
Advanced Logic & Composition
Latin AP/Vergil Level IV
AP Biology
AP Environmental Science
AP Chemistry
 
Load up on APs for mad college creds, silly

Course content, even in an AP, is almost irrelevant beyond a vague "I like/don't like this subject" compared to the teachers who teach it
 
RESAPEAT: I've seen this cosplay outfit several times.. problem is. I don't know who they are trying to be?! I don't recognise the character..

A little help please?

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Not only did you already ask that question two pages ago, Abaddon, but Pete and I already gave you that exact answer.
 
I know I asked it, hence me saying "repeat"
But thankyou, I had missed your answers
 
Load up on APs for mad college creds, silly

This.

Also, if you don't wanna do AP, I'd recommend International Relations. I'm having a load of fun in that class.
 
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