I think it is rather sad to see Google departing from its motto of "Do no evil" to become a manufacturer of weapons.
Lance
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I think it is rather sad to see Google departing from its motto of "Do no evil" to become a manufacturer of weapons.
Lance
Do you think Petr Schreiber is in danger of being swallowed by Google and emerging a Go programmer?
Lance
I remember being quite disappointed when I read "A new kind of science" which certainly didn't overturn all of Western Science and Knowledge as Wolfram had claimed it would. So I think I will take...
see
http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science.html?fb_ref=talk
his book on this topic is a great read.
Lance
Some philosophers have argued that we create our own meaning. We are like children building sand castles on the beach. We know the tide will come in and wash them away, but we build them anyway, and...
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Where I am it is very hot and humid - but I hope the rain lets up for the rest of you.
Thanks for a great forum!
Lance
Bill Gates denies ever saying the above...
Lance
see
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19260705
The digital version of 53,000-word book, including images and a JavaScript program, was encoded into DNA through a technique developed by a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins and Harvard...
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I see Ecuador has decided to grant julian Assange asylum.
Lance
I suspect that this will have the unintended consequence that the UK will be considered to have given permission to other countries to invade UK embassies when the UK does something in them (like...
Research suggests cells communicate via biophotons
May 23rd, 2012 in Biology / Other
(Phys.org) -- Biologists have long been familiar with luminescence in
organisms, where plants and animals...
See
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/05/inequality-leads-to-economic-collapse
I haven't had chance to read your reference but I'm guessing it is version of Idealism similar to that of George Berkely.
I don't want to deny the existence of the world, just that perception...
Quote:
" but it is actually a case of self-deception, as synesthesia is not an extrasensory power, but a subjective and 'adorned' perception of reality", the researchers state."
Hmm. I think...
see
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9244090/William-Hamilton.html
I can only find one example from ThinBASIC on Rosetta Code (http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Rosetta_Code) - which of course might simply reflect my lack of ability to find things. That example was rather...
Have you had your appendix out?
Lance
Yes, I think your suggestion seems to be what the article was advocating.
I wondered whether it would be possible to show that some kinds of chess moves would be impossible to think by mere...
I think you should read Milgram's famous experiments on obedience:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
Lance
Good social science has to seem obvious. if it did not accord with our experience it would probably be very wrong. But to say that something is obvious in this sense is not to say that anyone could...
March 19, 2012
To Detect Cheating in Chess, a Professor Builds a Better Program By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN When it comes to cheating, chess might seem all but invulnerable. After all,...
March 13, 2012
Why Some Countries Go Bust
By ADAM DAVIDSON
By his own admission, Daron Acemoglu is a slightly pudgy and fairly
nerdy guy with an unpronounceable last name. But when I...
Titanium doesn't last a life-time. Most replaced titanium joints have to be replaced again within ten years. The regenerative composite material we call bone is much tougher than titanium. So the...
I think the early experiments with delayed auditory feedback used headphones and date from the 1960s. Delayed auditory feedback through headphones is extremely effective in suppressing a person's...