I love how at the bottom, after being insulted repeatedly about what I and my generation like, and are like (generalizations all of them), then I'm called entitled! Apparently, the one thing I am entitled to is brash generalizations about who I am and what I want.
The articles doesn't give us a single temperature estimate, which I find bizarre. Their models are quantitative. What exactly is the upper temperature bound on human survivability?
With a sample of one, I'm sure the FDA and his fellow Neuroscientists will be thrilled by his data. His research lacks any statistical power at all! I think it's cool that people are willing to risk brain damage to contribute to science (not sarcasm), but they should consider what it is they are actually contributing. How do we know that those particular neurons he singled out aren't unique to him? That is, their functional role in him could differ in some ways from those neurons in others. That's just one problem. There's plenty of others.
Damn it, I thought I was logged in when I posted that. If you reply to the "does anti-tracknig [sic] software protect against this?" topic, please reply to this so I get a notification.
I mean, name a country where a group of people, indigenous or otherwise, have not been expelled, mass murdered, or otherwise displaced, discriminated against, or marginalized.
I should at that, once again, this is a great example of humans avoiding addressing the ACTUAL problem, and instead devising a solution that will in time only become an additional problem. Are they have a serious conversation about the amount of water being used for farming ni CA, especially things like almonds? That seems to be one of the underlying causes (that and trying to squeeze millions of people into what amounts to an arid desert).
I wonder what we'll do with 96 million plastic balls when we're finished with them...bury them in some landfill, or ship them to China? Also, won't they break down from sunlight and UV exposure and then affect the water quality? My point here is that, sure it's great that we're possibly mitigating a drought, but at what future environmental cost?
I never thought I'd see the day Microsoft mentioned "Windows" and "open source" in the same sentence, and that sentence isn't, "we're going to crush open source into submission". This has to be a belated April Fools' joke, right?
Ron Paul doesn't have a history of siding with anything other than the constitution, ever.
Do you know that as a fact? Do you know his entire voting history (it's quite extensive)? For example, what about HR 5851? He voted Nay on that. That sounds like siding with corporations to me, whether that was his intention or not.
That's why I said "seems to be". I'm not an expert on her voting record, and I figured, like all politicians, she would have a history of siding with corps at some point. Thanks for the info.
The chance of anything passing that doesn't 1) benefit corporations, or 2) benefit defense contractors and the military are very slim. I have to agree with other posters that the Republicans aren't the only ones to blame. Most politicians seem to be in bed with corporate America (Elizabeth Warren and some others seem to be rare exceptions).
In my comment below I said "get with the times or get out". I just want to clarify that I was referring to Watson, not to you. Not looking to start a fight here. I don't like conflict.
"Get with the times or get out" I was not referring to you, but to Watson. I just wanted to clear that up. Not looking to start a fight here. (Why can't we edit our posts?)
I'm sorry, being old is not an excuse. A racist, sexist old person is still racist and sexist. Sorry, get with the times or get out. I don't care how great of a scientist he was (and let's face is, he would not have made those discoveries without the hard work of many of scientists, some of whom never received the credit they were due). He's still a crummy person.
Rape is rampant in India. WTF? It's possible that the media is distorting how prevalent it is due to a few of the high profile gang rape cases that have been reported, but still. You don't hear about gang rape of women here in the U.S.. Get your shit together, India.
Infrequently, but I did try to get out and walk 2-3 miles at least 3-4 times a week. I would go out at midnight and walk around if I needed to (no wonder the neighbors don't talk to me). There's a small park 2 miles from me, so walking to that and back was a nice break from reading, gave me time to stretch, and collect my thoughts. Depending on my workload, I sometimes made time for exercise, but other times I did not. So, I would call it irregular exercise.
We have a saying here, "grad school is 99% drudgery, 1% fun" and I think it's very true. This is an example of the drudgery
I will echo someone else's sentiment that reading on paper might actually help. I've now grown accustomed to reading everything in Mendeley, but for the first year and a half, I printed everything out (anyone want a 50lb box of Action and Perception readings?), and I think the physicality helped.
I am a PhD student, 4 years into a very difficult program (ecological/dynamical systems psychology... basically mathematical/physical psychology). My attention span has increased significantly from when I was an undergrad. Why? Discipline and hard work. I'm not implying you don't work hard. What I mean is that you need to re-train your brain, though. The first two years of my program involved courses where I has to read on average 500-800 pages per week (in addition to research and teaching obligations) in order to prepare for a weekly oral exam that was administered in front of my peers (it was very embarrassing to be unprepared for that!). This is what forced me to concentrate better. It wasn't fun, it sucked real bad, but I'm much. much better off for it.
Now, it does take me about an hour to get focused enough to do work, but once I get there, I'm good. So, my only suggestion is that you have to keep trying, keep reading, for many hours, even if you think you're not getting anything out of it, You are, it just takes time to see the results (kind of like working out). There might bet better way to go about this, this is just how it happened for me.
Slashdot Mirror
Computer model saya the Earth shouldn't exist
The Earth does exist
Therefore, the computer model is wrong
QED
I love how at the bottom, after being insulted repeatedly about what I and my generation like, and are like (generalizations all of them), then I'm called entitled! Apparently, the one thing I am entitled to is brash generalizations about who I am and what I want.
If it's a Dyson Sphere, would radio waves pass through it? If not, then this tells us nothing.
Ah, heat index of 165F. Yeah that's pretty damn hot.
The articles doesn't give us a single temperature estimate, which I find bizarre. Their models are quantitative. What exactly is the upper temperature bound on human survivability?
With a sample of one, I'm sure the FDA and his fellow Neuroscientists will be thrilled by his data. His research lacks any statistical power at all! I think it's cool that people are willing to risk brain damage to contribute to science (not sarcasm), but they should consider what it is they are actually contributing. How do we know that those particular neurons he singled out aren't unique to him? That is, their functional role in him could differ in some ways from those neurons in others. That's just one problem. There's plenty of others.
Damn it, I thought I was logged in when I posted that. If you reply to the "does anti-tracknig [sic] software protect against this?" topic, please reply to this so I get a notification.
Antarctica is not a country, it's a continent, you clod!
I mean, name a country where a group of people, indigenous or otherwise, have not been expelled, mass murdered, or otherwise displaced, discriminated against, or marginalized.
Name a country where that hasn't happened at some point.
I should at that, once again, this is a great example of humans avoiding addressing the ACTUAL problem, and instead devising a solution that will in time only become an additional problem. Are they have a serious conversation about the amount of water being used for farming ni CA, especially things like almonds? That seems to be one of the underlying causes (that and trying to squeeze millions of people into what amounts to an arid desert).
I wonder what we'll do with 96 million plastic balls when we're finished with them...bury them in some landfill, or ship them to China? Also, won't they break down from sunlight and UV exposure and then affect the water quality? My point here is that, sure it's great that we're possibly mitigating a drought, but at what future environmental cost?
I never thought I'd see the day Microsoft mentioned "Windows" and "open source" in the same sentence, and that sentence isn't, "we're going to crush open source into submission". This has to be a belated April Fools' joke, right?
Ron Paul doesn't have a history of siding with anything other than the constitution, ever.
Do you know that as a fact? Do you know his entire voting history (it's quite extensive)? For example, what about HR 5851? He voted Nay on that. That sounds like siding with corporations to me, whether that was his intention or not.
That's why I said "seems to be". I'm not an expert on her voting record, and I figured, like all politicians, she would have a history of siding with corps at some point. Thanks for the info.
The chance of anything passing that doesn't 1) benefit corporations, or 2) benefit defense contractors and the military are very slim. I have to agree with other posters that the Republicans aren't the only ones to blame. Most politicians seem to be in bed with corporate America (Elizabeth Warren and some others seem to be rare exceptions).
How do you know it's not a placebo effect, though?
I'm not clear on what you mean. Elaborate?
In my comment below I said "get with the times or get out". I just want to clarify that I was referring to Watson, not to you. Not looking to start a fight here. I don't like conflict.
"Get with the times or get out" I was not referring to you, but to Watson. I just wanted to clear that up. Not looking to start a fight here. (Why can't we edit our posts?)
I'm sorry, being old is not an excuse. A racist, sexist old person is still racist and sexist. Sorry, get with the times or get out. I don't care how great of a scientist he was (and let's face is, he would not have made those discoveries without the hard work of many of scientists, some of whom never received the credit they were due). He's still a crummy person.
Rape is rampant in India. WTF? It's possible that the media is distorting how prevalent it is due to a few of the high profile gang rape cases that have been reported, but still. You don't hear about gang rape of women here in the U.S.. Get your shit together, India.
Infrequently, but I did try to get out and walk 2-3 miles at least 3-4 times a week. I would go out at midnight and walk around if I needed to (no wonder the neighbors don't talk to me). There's a small park 2 miles from me, so walking to that and back was a nice break from reading, gave me time to stretch, and collect my thoughts. Depending on my workload, I sometimes made time for exercise, but other times I did not. So, I would call it irregular exercise.
We have a saying here, "grad school is 99% drudgery, 1% fun" and I think it's very true. This is an example of the drudgery
I will echo someone else's sentiment that reading on paper might actually help. I've now grown accustomed to reading everything in Mendeley, but for the first year and a half, I printed everything out (anyone want a 50lb box of Action and Perception readings?), and I think the physicality helped.
I am a PhD student, 4 years into a very difficult program (ecological/dynamical systems psychology... basically mathematical/physical psychology). My attention span has increased significantly from when I was an undergrad. Why? Discipline and hard work. I'm not implying you don't work hard. What I mean is that you need to re-train your brain, though. The first two years of my program involved courses where I has to read on average 500-800 pages per week (in addition to research and teaching obligations) in order to prepare for a weekly oral exam that was administered in front of my peers (it was very embarrassing to be unprepared for that!). This is what forced me to concentrate better. It wasn't fun, it sucked real bad, but I'm much. much better off for it.
Now, it does take me about an hour to get focused enough to do work, but once I get there, I'm good. So, my only suggestion is that you have to keep trying, keep reading, for many hours, even if you think you're not getting anything out of it, You are, it just takes time to see the results (kind of like working out). There might bet better way to go about this, this is just how it happened for me.