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Building on the simulation theory – I was pondering the question of 'why' a higher order being (HoB) would simulate a universe like ours (or multiple).My theory is that this being is in the same predicament as us: they would like to understand the nature of their own universe and where they came from. From
Move over parrots, there’s a new animal on the dance floor. Her name is Ronan, and she’s a California sea lion at Long Marine Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Scientists at the lab trained Ronan to bob her head in time with rhythmic sounds, then showed that she could transfer this skill
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The alchemist and physician J. J. Becher proposed the phlogiston theory. The phlogiston theory is a superseded scientific theory that postulated the existence of a fire-like element called phlogiston ()[1][2] contained within combustible bodies and released during combustion. The name comes from the Ancient Greek φλογιστόν phlogistón (burning up), from
Our Universe, to the best of our knowledge, doesn’t make sense in an extremely fundamental way. On the one hand, we have quantum physics, which does an exquisite job of describing the fundamental particles and the electromagnetic and nuclear forces and interactions that take place between them. On the other hand, we have General Relativity
University of Michigan ecologists John Vandermeer, left, and Ivette Perfecto at a coffee farm in Mexico. Vandermeer and Perfecto have spent more than 30 years investigating the interrelationships between biodiversity conservation, biological pest control, and food sovereignty at coffee farms in Mexico and Puerto Rico. Their new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy
That we live in strange times is clear. That we ourselves are becoming stranger and stranger is also clear. Our reality is buzzing and bursting at the seams. We respond to this in two ways that are more closely related than they appear: with a massive derealization of reality and with an intense “realization,” a
You’re doing it! You’re lowering your calorie intake. You’re exercising. And yet, your scale doesn’t seem to want to recognize your hard work. Or maybe it did for a while. But now your weight has stayed steady despite your best efforts. Or even more frustrating — it’s creeping back up. Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit
This image made from a composite of September 2003–January 2004 photos captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows nearly 10,000 galaxies in the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos, cutting across billions of light-years. Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), HUDF Team Scientists who study the cosmos have a favorite philosophy known as the…
Topos Theory in a Nutshell John Baez October 10, 2021 Okay, you wanna know what a topos is? First I’ll give you a hand-wavy vague explanation, then an actual definition, then a few consequences of this definition, and then some examples. Finally I’ll tell you some more things to read. I’ll warn you: it takes…