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Turing "mechanism" is a bit misleading, but I'm fascinated to learn about Turing patterns. [0] I'm not swayed by either side of the debate (and don't really car
by Zanni 3y ago
Turing "mechanism" is a bit misleading, but I'm fascinated to learn about Turing patterns. [0] I'm not swayed by either side of the debate (and don't really care), but learning about Turing patterns was worth the read.
[0] https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/turing-patterns/4991.article https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/turing-patterns/4991...
- digging 3y agoI was pretty confused here. The article should have explained the meaning of Turing patterns sooner. It's a much drier (heh) article than expected without the premise of unconscious biological systems performing computations in sand.
- brainbag 3y agoWired has a good introductory article about them from more than a decade ago. https://www.wired.com/2011/02/turing-patterns/ https://www.wired.com/2011/02/turing-patterns/
- gowld 3y agoHow is it misleading?
- alpaca128 3y agoTuring mechanism sounds a lot closer to Turing machine than a chemical process discovered by Turing which does not have the word mechanism in its name.
- guerrilla 3y agoClickbait will continue to escalate until it's outright lies and everything is a tabloid.
- omnicognate 3y agoChecking the first 30 or so results from a google search for "Turing mechanism" every single one is about Turing patterns and the mechanisms that produce them, and not one refers to Turing machines or any other aspect of Turing's computer science work. Many people don't know Turing did other things. Doesn't make it clickbait.