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Technology / Re: Car fuel economy
« Last post by paul cotter on Yesterday at 18:04:27 »That's an interesting observation, Alan. Here in Ireland we have had an alarming increase in road deaths over the last two years. There appears to be no shortage of idiots here, maybe we could export some if you feel your country is running short?!!. Driving on an idiot free road/motorway could be actually enjoyable instead of apoplexy inducing. On the mileage question, the boss' car(Renault clio hybrid) will do ~50 to the gallon - I can testify to this as I have been driving it recently as my 20year old Honda civic has gone to the great service station in the sky. The clutch hydraulics failed and I could not source a replacement master cylinder. Now I will have to choose the least worst of the current range of overly complex motors.
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New Theories / Re: Universal Utopia? What's The Universal Terminal Goal?
« Last post by alancalverd on Yesterday at 15:24:35 »Just let them use alternative energy sourcessources, or simply move elsewhere.Circular argument - we were discussing the use of solar panels as construction materials.
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New Theories / Re: Could quantum mechanics be wrong?
« Last post by alancalverd on Yesterday at 15:21:05 »Schroedinger, with a dash of Pauli.
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Technology / Re: Car fuel economy
« Last post by alancalverd on Yesterday at 15:17:43 »Oddly, I concur with PC!
For no reason I can think of, Britain's motorways have suddenly become congestion-free and the cities seem devoid of idiots.
For no reason I can think of, Britain's motorways have suddenly become congestion-free and the cities seem devoid of idiots.
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New Theories / Re: Universal Utopia? What's The Universal Terminal Goal?
« Last post by hamdani yusuf on Yesterday at 13:31:40 »Why do things exist? Setting the stage for evolution.
More conscious entities depend on more non-random changes, and depend on less random changes.
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This video kicks off the evolution series by going broad and thinking about why things - including non-living things - exist at all. The first in a series on evolution.Evolution requires at least 3 ingredients: random change, replication (i.e. non-random change), and natural selection. It directs the path to the existence of particular structures of matter in the future.
More conscious entities depend on more non-random changes, and depend on less random changes.
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New Theories / Re: Universal Utopia? What's The Universal Terminal Goal?
« Last post by hamdani yusuf on Yesterday at 12:49:06 »How Intelligence Evolved | A 600 Million Year Story
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This video follows the evolution of intelligence, from the simple nerve nets to the complex neural networks in humans that enable consciousness, learning, and imagination.
00:00 - Introduction
01:13 - nerve nets
01:29 - steering
02:20 - reinforcement learning
06:23 - mental simulation
08:50 - 3rd person simulation
11:50 - language
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New Theories / Re: Universal Utopia? What's The Universal Terminal Goal?
« Last post by hamdani yusuf on Yesterday at 12:42:40 »Just let them use alternative energy sourcessources, or simply move elsewhere.Let's not forget about Pareto principle. 80% of output is determined by 20% of input. How many people lives in polar regions, compared to elsewhere?But the further you live from the equator, the greater your annual energy consumption. It's a pretty continuous function.
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Just Chat! / Re: Is there a universal moral standard?
« Last post by hamdani yusuf on Yesterday at 11:34:05 »Communist dictators and the heads of theocracies do not need to be popular as long as they pay the army, secret police, or whoever they use to suppress dissent. And since the said enforcers also collect the taxes, there is no theoretical limit to their reign.At least they are popular among the army and secret police.
There is a technical/biological limit though.
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New Theories / Re: Could quantum mechanics be wrong?
« Last post by hamdani yusuf on Yesterday at 11:30:26 »So far, the only relevant AI output you have quoted in this thread was wrong.Is this statement by Gemini wrong?
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No, there isn't a single equation in classical chemistry that predicts exactly how many atoms will bond together to form a molecule like H2.What's the correct equation?