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by m-watson 4y ago
I think the argument is mostly that there are universal truths than math and physics describe not that our current level of math and physics are universal truths. So finding an example that we do not understand fully doesn't mean that
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by m-watson 4y ago
There is a conversation going on at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33231563 from a different submission.
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A new accelerator for circular economy startups and nonprofits(blog.google)
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Patients immersed in virtual reality during surgery may need less anesthetic(technologyreview.com)
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Eating Every Last Slice of Your Raspberry Pi – GPU Offload on a Pi4(iqt.org)
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Full title: Experiment on YouTube reveals potential to 'inoculate' millions of users against misinformation Paper:Psychological inoculation improves resilience against misinformation on social media https://www.science.
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Experiment on YouTube shows potential to inoculate against misinformation(phys.org)
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The paper: To image, or not to image: class-specific diffractive cameras with all-optical erasure of undesired objects https://elight.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43593-022-...
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AI-designed camera only records objects of interest while being blind to others(cnsi.ucla.edu)
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Does turning the air conditioning off when you’re not home save energy?(theconversation.com)
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Full title: Linking the nonmaterial dimensions of human-nature relations and human well-being through cultural ecosystem services WaPo article about it with a few quotes: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions&#x2F
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Human-nature relations and human well-being through cultural ecosystem services(science.org)
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There is a good book that goes into some of the history and context around the river and how we got to this point. Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America By: John M. Barry
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Full title of the press release is "Gartner Identifies Key Emerging Technologies Expanding Immersive Experiences, Accelerating AI Automation and Optimizing Technologist Delivery"
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Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2022(gartner.com)
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The paper that seemed to have prompted this Physics Viewpoint is: Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.12... And a
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Fusion Turns Up the Heat(physics.aps.org)
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How to Estimate Distance Using Just Your Thumb(lifehacker.com)
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The Founder of GeoCities on What Killed the 'Old Internet'(gizmodo.com)
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That experiment is also used to teach about selective data exclusion (potential scientific fraud) as well as a resistance to challenging an already published value (future experiments searching to verify Millikan's value rather than sh
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by m-watson 4y ago
Really not getting into anything that looks like a flame-war here, the obvious solution is a better balance between everyone not a who is better argument but rural areas often are more heavily subsidized per capita and do not have the same
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Inflation is crushing rural America and may even drive people to the cities(npr.org)
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I don't know how relevant the parent comment is but I will say it is very common and seemingly often expected for the wedding party to be in part family members.
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The paper "Generation of High-Resolution Handwritten Digits with an Ion-Trap Quantum Computer" https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevX.12.03...
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Quantum-Aided Machine Learning Shows Its Value(physics.aps.org)
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I haven't checked out the book yet but I really like his actual website [0]. This is a great example of trying to make your research/field accessible and various levels, or at the very least making it a little more engaging. [0]
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Not the article but a phys.org write up of the article: https://phys.org/news/2022-07-chromosome-loss-heart-failure-... Also the article in Science is actually titled: Hematopoietic loss of Y chromosome leads to cardia
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How to find, read and organize papers(nature.com)
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I could not agree with you more, this book was when I learned how to let things slide some times and just push forward. I would just keep reading without conscious interpretation. Once I got into the general feel of the book, the story star
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This statement is just not true, public health has been a field for a long time and includes so many actors (let alone name dropping several people who are often included in conspiracy theories): "For the first time in history medical

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