tag > Complexity
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Samim's Conjecture of Scientific Controversy: "The more profound and groundbreaking a scientific theory, the more likely it'll be met with ridicule."
Samim's Observation of Scientific Innovation: Many of the most fascinating scientific discoveries briefly surface just to tease us, then vanish like a magician's trick.
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Fundamental Frequency, Harmonics & Resonance
"It is a natural property of objects in the world that they generally vibrate at several different frequencies at once." - Daniel J. Levitin, in his book "This Your Brain On Music"
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Plasma - the state of matter - is all around us and holds the key to understanding the universe's most enigmatic phenomena.
Shift your perspective from mechanisms to organisms and everything starts to make sense. Or in other words, what does our sun want?
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The belief that intelligence is exclusive to a specific level of complexity (animals/humans) is absurd. Consider the possibility of unconventional computation occurring on the scale of planets & galaxies. What other forms of collective, super-intelligent life are we overlooking?
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We are so much more than brains
While the human brain with its 86 billion neurons is fascinating, the human body with its 30 trillion cells is even more amazing. It's estimated to contain 39 trillion bacteria, which means we're only about 43% "Human". Our understanding of such complex ecosystems is very limited
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Over the last hundred years, statisticians have uncovered a whole universe of statistical distributions and relationships between them.
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The "Influence Maximization Problem" (IMP) is considered to be NP-Hard. Yet given a large enough training data set, heuristics perform surprisingly well. "Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win." - Robert A. Heinlein
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Eating viruses can power growth, reproduction of microorganism: Researchers have discovered the first known "virovore," an organism that feeds on viruses. Probably there are many others like it -- an entire, previously unknown food chain.
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Kombucha electrical spiking paper. Moving towards deciphering language of kombucha zoogleal mats. #Comment: In the near future people will start to appreciate that we are surrounded by highly complex communities of alien beings that together are super intelligent... and taste excellent.
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The effect of stress on biophotons
"Popp also examined the effects of stress. In a stressed state, the rate of biophoton emissions goes up — a defense mechanism designed to restore the patient’s equilibrium."
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From Artefacts to Experiences and Transformations
#Comment: If you want to know what A.I will automate first, follow this spectrum from left to right.
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Parasite gives wolves what it takes to be pack leaders (Nature) - Study is one of the few to show the behavioural effects of Toxoplasma gondii in wild animals.
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Fungal Intelligence (FI): "This gooey, brainless blob can store memories"
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The Complexity Bias - Why we prefer complex solutions over simple ones
My Hobby: Embedding NP-Compete problems in restaurant orders
"No, i like it. I just don't see the point."
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"We build our computer systems the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins." - Ellen Ullman.
