I think cold fusion, at least the original incantation was likely just bad science followed by a bad release process, ie, going to the papers first which assuming the original science was not bad would be understandable more than trying sell magic. Probably the same with the em drive. How long did it take to solve the voyager anomaly?
As an aside, one of my physics professors had a spool of platinum wire left over from an experiment and access to the nuclear engineering department's big low background radiation lead room and I spent a few nights recording Geiger counter ticks.:)
Socrates' interlocutor asserts a thesis, for example "Courage is endurance of the soul", which Socrates considers false and targets for refutation.
Socrates secures his interlocutor's agreement to further premises, for example "Courage is a fine thing" and "Ignorant endurance is not a fine thing".
Socrates then argues, and the interlocutor agrees, that these further premises imply the contrary of the original thesis; in this case, it leads to: "courage is not endurance of the soul".
Socrates then claims that he has shown that his interlocutor's thesis is false and that its negation is true.
This sounds a lot like observe, hypothesize, test, update.
If I own a shovel and I'm shoveling wet rocks, I'll drill holes in it so that I'm not scooping up water with the rocks (saving me a lot of work).. If I don't own the shovel, I'm not free to do that. Perhaps the shovel owner uses the shovel to scoop up water and would be very unhappy with the modifications
What about patent theft? Most innovations come from startups. That is where almost all r&d comes from. What is to stop some giant corporation from simply keeping a lookout for new ideas and mass marketing a product using their substantial manufacturing capabilities when something new comes along before a startup can gain any market traction? It would be like Columbia Pictures watching independent film makers, finding a movie that they think could eb a block buster, duplicating the film reel and mass distributing it over Thanksgiving.
What about wheels on a suitcase? That is patented.
For people younger than 20...for the previous 1,000 years of travel, suitcases had handles and you had to carry them. This became rather inconvenient and a little painful carrying 20kg for 500m between terminals.
The world is much more than software. I've worked at startups with easy to copy products that took years to prove out. Everything is easy once you know the trick of how to do it,
Given identical inputs, two cars act identically. What they would do is known a priori and they are simply following a set of instructions the same as a player piano.
The piano doesn't decide on when to play certain notes, it follows a set of pre-planed instructions.
I used to have fun gaming reddit. It's fairly easy as you say. I've been #1 front page submission and #1 comment, been both the highest and lowest comment in a thread for the exact same comment, but submitted at different times using slightly different wording and have done this by copying other people's posts, but having mine ranked the highest while theirs is the lowest and visa versa). Timing is critical as is exact wording.
Given how far astray critical thinking has often taken us, maybe it’s time to embrace the Millennial Generation’s approach and see if it leads to even better results than the preferred methods of older generations
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I think cold fusion, at least the original incantation was likely just bad science followed by a bad release process, ie, going to the papers first which assuming the original science was not bad would be understandable more than trying sell magic. Probably the same with the em drive. How long did it take to solve the voyager anomaly?
As an aside, one of my physics professors had a spool of platinum wire left over from an experiment and access to the nuclear engineering department's big low background radiation lead room and I spent a few nights recording Geiger counter ticks. :)
Socrates' interlocutor asserts a thesis, for example "Courage is endurance of the soul", which Socrates considers false and targets for refutation.
Socrates secures his interlocutor's agreement to further premises, for example "Courage is a fine thing" and "Ignorant endurance is not a fine thing".
Socrates then argues, and the interlocutor agrees, that these further premises imply the contrary of the original thesis; in this case, it leads to: "courage is not endurance of the soul".
Socrates then claims that he has shown that his interlocutor's thesis is false and that its negation is true.
This sounds a lot like observe, hypothesize, test, update.
Newton's laws can be derived from Snell's law. Which is correct in terms of how the universe works?
Pseudo random number generator. Unless you plug it into a Uranium atom.
And a CA simulation with no pre -programmed rules but complex emergent behaviors?
Principle of computational equivalence
Wolfram gave a good presentation on this last year. The good stuff is in the last twenty minutes.
Kinda like quantum mechanics?
justify a whole bunch of metaphysical claptrap
This has been going on in Physics since at least the 70's. Tao of Physics anyone?
If people would stop buying tractors from them, John Deere would lose. There are at least a dozen other manufacturers to chose from.
Copyrights are not patents.
Patents are very easy to get around by someone knowledgeable in the field.
Patents only delay this for 20 years.
If I own a shovel and I'm shoveling wet rocks, I'll drill holes in it so that I'm not scooping up water with the rocks (saving me a lot of work).. If I don't own the shovel, I'm not free to do that. Perhaps the shovel owner uses the shovel to scoop up water and would be very unhappy with the modifications
Patent abuse...
What about patent theft? Most innovations come from startups. That is where almost all r&d comes from. What is to stop some giant corporation from simply keeping a lookout for new ideas and mass marketing a product using their substantial manufacturing capabilities when something new comes along before a startup can gain any market traction? It would be like Columbia Pictures watching independent film makers, finding a movie that they think could eb a block buster, duplicating the film reel and mass distributing it over Thanksgiving.
For people younger than 20...for the previous 1,000 years of travel, suitcases had handles and you had to carry them. This became rather inconvenient and a little painful carrying 20kg for 500m between terminals.
The world is much more than software. I've worked at startups with easy to copy products that took years to prove out. Everything is easy once you know the trick of how to do it,
Given identical inputs, two cars act identically. What they would do is known a priori and they are simply following a set of instructions the same as a player piano.
The piano doesn't decide on when to play certain notes, it follows a set of pre-planed instructions.
I used to have fun gaming reddit. It's fairly easy as you say. I've been #1 front page submission and #1 comment, been both the highest and lowest comment in a thread for the exact same comment, but submitted at different times using slightly different wording and have done this by copying other people's posts, but having mine ranked the highest while theirs is the lowest and visa versa). Timing is critical as is exact wording.
The Socratic Method is essentially the scientific method. ie, science.
No, this will be a glorious victory. And thinking is bad anyway.(PDF)
by NDN fellow, Morley Winograd
Given how far astray critical thinking has often taken us, maybe it’s time to embrace the Millennial Generation’s approach and see if it leads to even better results than the preferred methods of older generations
No, that would be a different situation, the difference being an input of "grocery store" vs input of "new york"
they follow an exact set of instructions and it will follow these exact instructions every time it comes to the same situation.
Like volkswagon?
"Lack of Consideration for Human Factors Led to In-Flight Breakup of SpaceShipTwo". NTSB. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.