Future Definition and 769 Threads

Hey! I'm a Grade 11 (entering Grade 12) high school student living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and I was wondering if I could come here and ask a question on if anyone could give me any advice on what I should do with my life? More specifically, which one of these careers do you think would be...

Hello there, I am looking for possible advice from people more versed than I about my current situation. A bit of overview of where I am currently standing: I am 18 and recently started serving in the army - that is, mandatory army. I got accepted to a good computing & security unit after...

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2012/aug/03/can-the-future-affect-the-past Is this article credible? If it is credible can somebody simplify it a little?

Which branches of the Biological sciences are likely to undergo intense development in the next 10 to 20 years? Which branches of Biological sciences currently face important questions which biologists find very hard to answer? Could you please list some of these questions?

I google searched finite math after reading the course description in my community college course catalog. I am a math major and is fine math work learning or should I use my time wisely and learn other branches of math. Ie ode, pde, proof writing etc. Will my future classes cover some of the...

I recently heard from my professor that the carburettors are getting obsolete in terms of their use in modern days auto-mobiles. Auto-mobile manufacturers are moving towards alternatives like direct fuel injection into the intake manifold or intake ports even if the fuel is gasoline. Is it...

Hello all! I was wondering if any of you Physics educators could help me realistically size up my future options as a Physics teacher. Back story: After receiving my bachelor's degree in business management and simultaneously working in the business world for around 6 years, I became unhappy...

So I am only a sophomore but I feel that i have my mind set on going to college and embarking on a phd in physics. As of now I seem to go by school quite easily with a 4.0 and I don't even study (I go to a pretty nice private school) . Not like that's something I should really be bragging about...

I was watching a video on youtube with a theory of time, the video explains 'Time' as a physical process supported by mathematics) I want to know what you think about this? Pseudoscience, or have any validity? "Could the future be an emergent interactive property with 'time' formed by the...

What do you intend to do when you retire?

Ok this is my first time posting but my questions about my future are tearing me apart. I am only a sophomore in high school but I am very interested/study physics and intend on perusing my phd. I find nano technology very Interesting and one of the most influential studies that interests me...

Currently I am a sophomore physics undergrad, and I want to do some type of engineering/applied physics work after college. I'm OK with going to grad school for engineering. The reason I'm not just majoring in electrical or aerospace engineering in college is because I go to UChicago where we...

Hello everyone, just a quick question: I have heard that it is impossible to do research in physics by yourself anymore. I heard that "The days of Einstein are gone" and that nowadays in physics, especially string and quantum relativity research, everyone publishes in groups. I feel like this is...

Hi! The other day, I read about Moore's Law. To me it seems a miracle how one could predict in 1965 that the number of transistors would double every two years. However, there has to be an end to this exponential growth due to limits of nano technology, fabrication of semiconductors...

I have pondered this question since i was 16yrs old and studying physics at high school. As we move to the future, is there some part of the future that is moving towards us, and so some people sense that their path that day was destiny? (Jung's serendipity?) Also some will speak about deja vu...

It is said that when an observer look up the sky and observe the cosmos, the further out he looks, the further back in time he sees, allowing him to peer into the past. However, there is a catch, namely, the observation must take place at present time. In other words, a distant object 100 light...

Hello I'm currently in high school but I am teaching myself ALOT of math and physics. I'm planning to go to Princeton, MIT, or Stanford. I am curious, since I will already know all of it, if I will be able to acquire a Bachelors degree in physics in one or two years by testing out. If I do...

I watched an episode of Vsauce just now and something in the video got me thinking, our organs are vulnerable to diseases and malfunction and with the advancement of technology and biology I wondered if in the near future we might be able to make lungs, kidneys, hearts etc that can do a better...

I learned friedmann eq and there I learned that k is equal zero in our universe it means that universe will grown infinite. I am asking to you am I correct.Universe is infinite and every second Hubble constant is changing isn't it according to 2/3t.

In the far future(10^85 years) an “element” called positronium will develop with a diameter of the current observable universe of 93 billion light years. (Remember that light travels at 3 × 10^8 m/s). This element consists of an electron and a positron, both of which have a mass 9.11 × 10^−31...

What is your reason for studying physics and what do you want to do with it. I actually got thrown into my schools physics program by accident. I began at a community college studying nanotechnology and when i transferred schools it was supposed to be a two-plus two program meaning I would get...

A WISE MAN... UNTIL HE RETURNS HOME 4 men have fishing trips often and one weekend Ron's wife said he couldn't go. The 3 others were going to miss him but when they got to camp, Ron had his tent pitched and a fire going so naturally they wanted to know. Ron said when he got home from work his...

The National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists That's the full title of the organization, does anyone know if it is a legitimate organization? I got really excited when I saw, but then when I looked it up on the internet I found a lot of people asking if it was legitimate and there...

I'm new to all these concepts so sorry if i make any mistake in advance ! I watched a video on Nat Geo a few months ago it was about time travel into the future which is quite possible. They talked of building a track that goes around the earth. A train would go around the Earth at a very high...

Hi everybody! I'm an Italian high-schooler (but I'm living in California for an exchange year) and I love Physics. I decided kinda 6 years ago that I was going to study Physics at the University, and only now I started deciding the field of physics (but I'm still not sure if Cosmology...

In the past decade there has been a blossoming of all kinds of interpretations and variations of interpretations of quantum theory. Recently an outlier has entered the picture more and more, namely the retrocausal view which aims to tackle the measurement problem and no go theorems by taking the...

Hi everyone. I am hoping to get your opinions on what my future prospects might be as I've had a really rough struggle with school and any advice you might have for me. For background, I joined the military right out of high school. After five years I got out and attended a local community...

Hello. I am about to finish high school and I am interested in one of this two careers (especially aeronautical engineering). I am wondering which of these two has a better growth or projection for the future and which one would you recommend me. I was also thinking about petroleum engineering...

hello! I recently flew from Athens to London, with regular flight. I noticed that a significant part of the whole travel time is taken by the take off and landing. Why don't we develop a system, similar to helicopters, in order to achieve the fastest take off and landing? Also, I wonder why...

Sharing this article with a beautiful graphic timeline: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140105-timeline-of-the-far-future

When we accelerates in one direction, the now plane will slice the spacetime and move up in the direction of motion and move down behind us. That is, in the direction of motion, the further end, the time will be running faster as we accelerate and vice-versa. So now if we start to deaccelerate...

I have a question about quantum entanglement. If quantum entanglement can cause particles to travel through time and space does that mean we can use them to communicate with the future or past. Say I build a device on Monday that recives and transmits such particles would I be able talk to my...

Ever since I was about 11 years old, my dream has been to pursue a career in any scientific field whatsoever (I practically enjoy learning about all of them!). I ended up being enchanted by the magic of physics at an early age as well, thanks to my childhood heroes such as Carl Sagan, Stephen...

*I just realized I posted this to the wrong topic. Oops* [Note from mentor: moved to Academic Guidance. In the future, if you think you've posted in the wrong place, simply hit the "Report" button/link and tell us.] I'm starting college in 1 month, I'm so excited! My plan is to go in...

I've been having deep thoughts that are driving me mad and making life seem unnatural. We have perceptions about the present, i mean, what i feel is what i feel at the present. Given that, how/why does the human being reason about the future and why does it seem so natural to prefer, for...

Happy Thanksgiving to you! I am a high-school student and I'm a senior. I'm very interested in engineering and programming, and also space. Could you please help me decide what profession or career to choose? I mean major in college. The first thing that comes to mind is Aerospace engineering...

Would it be acceptable to look at post-doc offers (as a pre-PhD student) and email the offerer to ask whether they would accept a PhD in X field? If a post-doc says it requires you to have a PhD in a "closely related field", would it be alright to email them and ask if you do a PhD in something...

Hello, I would like to get your opinion on moving into programming. Basically, I want job security and the ability to work just about anywhere there are jobs. I've considered taking a job as a programmer, but I would like to know what you suspect the job prospects are for such position? From...

I am a sophomore in high school taking my local physics 1 course. I love trying to wrap my head around abstract concepts like consciousness and higher dimensions .over all higher sciences. I often get frustrated with my lack of math knowledge to comprehend some of it but I figure I need to be...

Homework Statement Hello! Revising geometric series, I have understood that I have the following issue - I have read again about these series and, please, take a look at what I have gotten as a result (picture attached). If I calculate a future cash flow, that is I take, for example, a = 0,5...

Hello. I'm only twelve, so my ideas may be flawed,but I would appreciate someone who would advise me about my new invention. I will start with the equations.λ=h/p. The particle wave duality of light is necessary for the function of the solar panel atop the generator. As photons strike this, they...

Hello, I really need your help dear friends, I had this question in an interview : What is the definition of future according to quantum mechanics? And how can we create and improve our future?? they asked me to write a three-page texte. I must respond them tomorrow.

Hello, I am a Junior in High School currently taking BC Calc and AP Chem right now, with plans to take Calc 3 and AP Physics my senior year. Still, I feel very unprepared for the season of choosing colleges since I have absolutely no idea what I would want to look for in a college and no idea...

Some thing i have been wondering, this from wiki. is the universe heading towards a Big Freeze, a Big Rip, a Big Crunch, or a Big Bounce? Or is it part of an infinitely recurring cyclic model?

I was looking up space age stuff and stumbled upon some guys blog; He put up a bunch of old science magazine covers from the '50s, 60s. For one, I wonder if people at that time actually believed our century, the 21st century, would really be like what they drew and dreamt of, and why it never...

In two years, if I decide to go into software engineering, would the outcome be bad? I guess I would like to understand what the community here thinks about this, specifically factors relating to demand of the majors, outsource-ability, over-saturation and so on... What do you guys think...

Sorry for the long post, but I'm in a tricky situation and have a lot of questions. I am a community college student who wants a career in astrophysics. My end goal is to contribute to scientific knowledge doing research, but my focus is on being a popularizer of science, teaching in some way to...

I just wanted to check as I'm sure I know the answer but if someone can verify it for me. Everywhere we look out into space is the past relative to us and likewise any life on some other planet would consider us to be the past. Is this simply because it's the same thing as there is no centre of...

I am a high school senior and I am going to go to college next year. For the last year or so I thought I would be doing engineering. I am worrying that I am not intelligent enough to do engineering. Of all the engineering disciplines I was most appealed to chemical engineering. I am currently in...

Hello. Our current computers use bits, so they use the binary numeral system. But I heard that the future quantum computers will use qubits instead of simple bits. Since in the word "qubit" there is the word "bi" I first thought that this meant that quantum computers would use binary (base...