Have universities really become so irrelevant? When I went, there was zero politics and zero religion. It was math, science, logic.
When I went there was plenty of politics - liberal politics mostly, but people WANTED to learn for the most part. Even the beer drinking party crowd. The few that didn’t, didn’t even bother to go to class, got F’s and disappeared the next semester. We had religious and non religious, but that didn’t even seem to matter. I had devout Christian friends who studies their physics, and got A’s.
"This result enables the further exploration of time-varying physics and applications such as ... neuromorphic computation."
Neuromorphic computation models the way the brain works, conveying information that's both temporal and spatial.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-...works,so produce more than one of two outputs.
Neuromorphic systems are likely to lead to better forms of AI! 😱
It's unfortunate that any thread which seeks to discuss matters scientific always gets hijacked by persons who have some kind of personal agenda.
By that definition, I am autistic. I find I get much less confused if I just tune out the droning. All I hear is "WA WA WA." Then when the sound stops, I jump right back into the conversation. It doesn't seem to affect the flow of the discussion much.
I have a seven second rule. If they babble for more than seven seconds, saying nothing basically, I zone out until they're done. I think it goes both ways because I have to tell them stuff over and over and over WOOSH. It makes me feel like I'm wasting my effort trying to help them.
Fast Eddie wrote,
“And Feynman isn't a scientist, he's a sorcerer; a high priest of bunkum.”
You can’t debunk something that’s not bunk. Excellent name dropping, however. 👍🏻
Fast Eddie wrote,
“It’s because scientific facts destroy superstitious beliefs.
People generally choose what they want to believe. It’s not necessarily based on anything other than personal preference. You don’t want to get thrown out of the Skeptics Society, do you? 😲
People would generally be better off if they believed in too much rather than too little. - PT Barnum
“And Feynman isn't a scientist, he's a sorcerer; a high priest of bunkum.”
You can’t debunk something that’s not bunk. Excellent name dropping, however. 👍🏻
Fast Eddie wrote,
“It’s because scientific facts destroy superstitious beliefs.
People generally choose what they want to believe. It’s not necessarily based on anything other than personal preference. You don’t want to get thrown out of the Skeptics Society, do you? 😲
People would generally be better off if they believed in too much rather than too little. - PT Barnum
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People can be easy prey for the pedlars of belief.
Or should I say, the pebbles of belief? 😉
I appreciate the mention, Galu, without proper advertising something terrible happens. Nothing. 😬
We all live in reality tunnels to some degree. Some more so than others. 😦
”You can’t prove it!“ - 12 Angry Men 😡
We all live in reality tunnels to some degree. Some more so than others. 😦
”You can’t prove it!“ - 12 Angry Men 😡
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I'm sorry if I got cross here folks. But the fact is half of us would be dead right now without Science.
I spent 5 years at London University doing Science, 4 at Bedford College doing Physics and a year at ICL doing Telecoms with this extremely bright man.
Without Science there would be no vaccinations against horrible illnesses like Polio, Smallpox, Tetanus and stuff we are not allowed to mention under forum rules.
Food would have run out years back without Agricultural Science.
I do what the Doctors tell me for the most part. I trust other Scientists even outside my speciality.
My own Knowledge includes Atomic Physics. TBH, all good people wish Nuclear Weapons didn't exist. But they do!
Lying Individuals say they don't exist as in the February 2023 edition of this Lying Rag called "The Light" which does the rounds in Southsea, UK:
https://thelightpaper.co.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_(newspaper)
I read that article and have a hard copy too. It is JUNK Science. I know.
And dangerous Junk Too.
They also say Covid-19 doesn't exist. No need for vaccinations.
It is caused by the 5G phone network according to these people. And vaccinations are full of heavy metals and microchips according to these people.
I meet people in the street who don't believe in Covid-19.... I am usually speechless with them.
Well tell that to the Doctors and Nurses in Portsmouth Hospitals.
Welcome to the Real World. Vicious and nasty as it is. Or as famous Wartime Journalist Ed Murrow always said "Good Night, and Good Luck"!
I spent 5 years at London University doing Science, 4 at Bedford College doing Physics and a year at ICL doing Telecoms with this extremely bright man.
Without Science there would be no vaccinations against horrible illnesses like Polio, Smallpox, Tetanus and stuff we are not allowed to mention under forum rules.
Food would have run out years back without Agricultural Science.
I do what the Doctors tell me for the most part. I trust other Scientists even outside my speciality.
My own Knowledge includes Atomic Physics. TBH, all good people wish Nuclear Weapons didn't exist. But they do!
Lying Individuals say they don't exist as in the February 2023 edition of this Lying Rag called "The Light" which does the rounds in Southsea, UK:
https://thelightpaper.co.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_(newspaper)
I read that article and have a hard copy too. It is JUNK Science. I know.
And dangerous Junk Too.
They also say Covid-19 doesn't exist. No need for vaccinations.
It is caused by the 5G phone network according to these people. And vaccinations are full of heavy metals and microchips according to these people.
I meet people in the street who don't believe in Covid-19.... I am usually speechless with them.
Well tell that to the Doctors and Nurses in Portsmouth Hospitals.
Welcome to the Real World. Vicious and nasty as it is. Or as famous Wartime Journalist Ed Murrow always said "Good Night, and Good Luck"!
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That truly is a nasty rag, Steve.
And I thought David Icke had the monopoly on conspiracy theories!
P.S. Please let us go no further down that line.
I have no problem with your statements, but depending how far back one considers science to begin (I don't know much history but I believe Francis Bacon is regarded to be one of the first scientists), I might quibble with that "half" figure - it could be 90% to 99%.