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I assumed you did. I wanted to mention them for other readers.

Generally speaking, researcher positions are fairly limited, especially purely research ones (i.e. without teaching, for example). Also typically that requires a PhD in most disciplines. In experimental sciences, a Master's would be required for a research technician position. A BSc basically just indicates that you might be qualified to get more specialized (graduate) training.

Yes. It is not so. It does not make sense. IMO, it was dead on arrival.

You're right! (I intentionally avoided complex numbers. From another thread, I noticed that the OP might benefit from understanding the basics before diving into complex solutions.)

Might do better switching to to the Penrose process, which is much more efficient conversion than proton-proton chain. First, you get a properly sized black hole... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_process

Good insights, guys. (+1 to both) For @grayson,

However, if x is a complex number, there are many solutions. Not exact, though. One seems to be ~ (-0.28+0.46i), if my algebra is not mistaken.

Assuming \(x \in \mathbb{R} \) then \( \sqrt[x]{x}=100 \) has no solution

The bat signal needs a bulb replacement

Hannah Arendt nailed it with her phrase the banality of evil.

Indeed. One should add in addition to human nature, the system plays a major role. And while bad times tends to make simple populism more palatable, it is more important that folks feel threatened (regardless whether it is true or not). The migrant crisis has caused political turmoil in Europe, despite the apparently relatively modest effect (economic or otherwise) on broader society. I.e. the perceived impact was higher than the actual one. Also historically one of the great lessons of German education was that kids learned that Nazis were not just a bunch of bloodthirsty madmen. They were, by all accounts, regular people who operated in a system which normalized industrialized murder of people. As such, it is often easy to imagine that one would be one of the good guys, but the reality is likely going to be very different.

A lot of people who find the holocaust horrible today, would have participated at the time. We're all a product of our social environment. I'm 73. When I was young, it would have been unthinkable that homosexual people ( the polite expression at the time ) could marry or adopt, or even hold a public position. You could hear the words "nigger" or "coon" in sitcoms, admittedly spoken by lowlife characters. But to say "fuck" on the air was unthinkable. Now you hear fuck all the time, but the racial slurs are absolutely barred, even in jest. All good stuff, but they are just examples of fundamental culture changes that are all good. But the people haven't changed, it's the culture that's changed. Take people born today, transport them back to the Nazi era, and they would do the same. Nazi Germany grew out of desperate times. People act differently under pressure. They tend to pick on anyone who stands out as different, and blame them for their problems. It's still happening in India, Bangladesh, Burma, China, and not too long ago in Northern Ireland. Those are just examples, not the whole picture. The common factor is human nature, it hasn't gone away, and it's not just Nazis on Jews.

Seems a very unremarkable reaction. Like @Genady, I don't see what being Catholic has to do with it. Just about anyone with respect for human life would be appalled.

It had nothing to do with faith.

Ironically, Israel is now run by a very far right coalition. The Israelis are only just being held in check by having to appease the US pubic opinion, without that they would make Hitler look like a gentle soul. And up to now, the courts were a moderating influence, but that's about to change.