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Are you trying to suggest that the frequency band is a beneficial evolutionary adaptation? If wolves have a selective frequency range then why do mice not share the same band as their evolutionary response. Why did this take place only on the predatory side of the food chain? Are not the victims deserving of a better fate? And if this was the case, how have they survived so long in spite of adversity? The argument presented above seems to have lacunae that are difficult to fill....

Possibilities : Nanotechnology used to create more efficient solar cells that could be condensed into a "Drive" like a RAM Card on a computer motherboard and recharged periodically. Maybe thermal sensors could be integrated into the chassis of the vehicle that "trap" solar energy. You could create a "Skin" for a car that like "melanin" could trap solar energy without the need for extra solar panels (which are clumsy). That would also stimulate the car painting companies to produce more heat sensitive emulsions for cars that would also "trap" energy. Wonder whether auto companies could implement these ideas? Creating regenerative braking energy cells that trap the energy of braking and redirect it to the transmission. This already exists but needs to be made more efficient. Creation of geothermal filling stations. Better means are needed to capture the earths temperature and convert the heat energy into electricity which could be used to charge rechargeable power packs that power vehicles. These are just some ideas. They do not involve creation of toxins and pollutants or dangerous nuclides and involve energy that comes at no extra cost. So they are good for the developing and developed world alike.

My opinion : 1) I am an aspiring philosopher. 2) Imitation is the best form of flattery. From 1 and 2 : In response to I am not sure if I should feel complimented or insulted Conclusion -- I think I see being a philosopher as an evolved state of consciousness like Kafka and Chekhov. Having such an orientation energizes the psyche and makes one look away from an "only material" reality.

I don't know whether this post belongs to Politics (or Sociology) or whether it even belongs to this forum at all. I was just contemplating that suppose our default skin pigment was blue and there was a minority with green skin tone..... Would racism still exist in this society? After all our biases are essentially WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) and seem to be associated with the reflex arc rather than serious introspection. Your thoughts...(provided the moderator doesn't find this post scandalous).

I think this should be possible in seas and oceans (which are brine) and which assists electrolysis. This should not ideally occur in fresh water bodies where the concentration of sodium chloride is appreciably lower. (just my idea...can't substantiate it though).

I thank you for your analysis. I am not acquainted with formal mathematical symbolism but the gist of my argument (and other posts (2) above) is as follows : 1) If something can be true, it is not necessarily always false. 2) If something can be false, it is not necessarily always true. 3) Something that can be true, cannot be assumed to be false unless proven otherwise. By superposing 1,2,3 you arrive at an assertion. Please read my other 2 posts above and comment if you wish. The idea here is to visualize whether Murphy's Law can be deduced through logical analysis and not treated as an axiom.

Within the sub phylum vertebrata class mammalia we have response to frequencies in the range 20 Hz to 20 KHz. In dogs for instance this range is augmented...(may be we need to develop special headphones for pooches). Why this specific adaptation? Is it a "vestigial" function in canines or does it make them more aggressive by nature? Your thoughts.... Thanks in advance.

How about looking at failure from a different perspective. We all know that a perfect machine (with 100% efficiency) is impossible in our Universe. (due to increasing entropy). How then can a machine (however it is constructed) never fail. Maybe the time required to verify that may be beyond the reach of a human life span...may be exponential..but not completely impossible. Quote : Napoleon -> Impossible is a word in the dictionary of fools...

Philosophers are often regarded as iconoclastic. My own concept is that what distinguishes philosophers from their antagonists is their abhorrence to socially accepted norms and conventions. They are like a super exclusive clique with their neural networks more "fuzzy" then the average person...which causes them to think tangentially (if i could put it that way).

Depends how you see it...Time was not there initially but then nor was space....Time continues to be created as space is created by the expansion of universe...Time unfolds as space unfolds. Where did it all begin...At a singularity Where will it end...not sure. Is time infinite? Since matter of the Universe is not infinite, and since time is just another co-related aspect of space, time is still finite. Time is not absolute. It also exists but only in relation to space. No space -> No time. Condense space to an infinitesimal..Time can still record it.

I was thinking how this could be converted into an algorithm (however absurd that may sound) and arrived at the following code : string x; x = "I imitate Archimedes"; int j = 0; while (!(IsNotCertain(x))) { x = Console.Readline(x); j+=1; if (j>999) { Console.Writeline("Data sample proves inconclusive"); break; } } private bool IsNotCertain(string x) { bool a = false; if ((P(x) * RND(x)==0) //collapse of the wave function aka Schrodingers wave function { a = true; } return a; }

My idea would be a carbon credit game. it could use simple logic where activities are tracked from daybreak to nighttime and each activity is tracked with bonuses awarded for constructive behavior and penalties for potentially hazardous actions. The actors in this scenario would be the protagonist and his associates would be other actors. To give you an example : in the morning if the user forgets to switch off his room light he should be penalized say 5 points. You could assume an intelligent home where this information is relayed via SMS at least once. If the user reads the SMS and remotely switches off the lights (assuming this facility is available) then the initial penalty could be reduced by 2 points. Or else he could be further penalized another 5 points. You could have a cut off threshold for the day. If he crosses 50 penalty points he forfeits the game. Also you could track his interactions at work. If he takes out a print out of his data then that is a carbon debit. If he emails the information he could be at status quo. A cascade on this would be a paper shredder. If he uses this he should be rewarded. Also if he uses public transport (or a car pool) he could be rewarded. You could list out the actions that the person can do in a day and select those that he intends to do in the day. Then you could build a tree based on those selections. Customization would be some custom behavior like clearing old emails (which is good for the environment as each byte stored on a data center is electricity demand added) and would merit some sort of reward. Also you could have a health feature....If the person smokes then he could be penalized. Just my simple idea...You could call it Go Green

Symmetric...

On second thoughts the politics of schism seems to apply here. Not so sure whether there is as much internal strife though...

May be some of the advantages of virtual nations will be : 1) AI law bodies that act on reason not emotion or bias 2) Virtual boundaries (as there are no discrete barriers in cyberspace). 3) Membership of several "nations" concurrently with no need of a passport or visa. 4) An intelligent marketplace where currency borders do not exist. Maybe there will be some sort of purchase assist tokens that are earned by work in cyberspace that are at parity in all virtual nations and can be used as the de-facto currency across the board. There are many other things possible but i have listed just a few.

This may seem an offensive post to some but I was postulating on why in a well structured social unit like an ant colony there is no hint of rebellion? Compare this to analogous units in the human bio-sphere. Mob psychology takes over on many occasions and what follows is a fracas and traces of nihilist behavior. Why is it then that a highly evolved species like homo sapiens reacts in ways that defy normal social paradigms? What is the rationale behind this? Thanks in advance

Think of an idealized chlorophyll bio-sensor which is responsive to light and is bio-degradable. Or a nitrogen fixing bacteria culture sensor that is responsive to nitrogen in the environment. These simple bio-sensors cause no environmental damage whatsoever and simply extend nature's bounty in the lab environment. How close are we to achieving these? Thanks in advance

My conclusion should be re-defined as follows: (after some contemplation and sincere reflection) Mathematically if something can go wrong we MAY not be sure that it will go wrong but we can at least be certain that it will not be right ALL of the time which iteratively implies that the first condition although not explicit is in fact implicit by its very definition. Simply stated we cannot state the first condition has a probability of zero which means it could occur at some point of time as an event. So the wrong event occurs at the right time if you get the drift (pun intended).

Murphy's law states that "If anything will go wrong it will.". My rationale for the same is as follows : Argument 1 : For anything to go wrong it must have a finite probability. Argument 2 : (follows from argument 1) - A finite probability however small is greater than zero. Argument 3 : (corollary of argument 2) - If anything is impossible it has zero probability. Argument 4 : If anything goes wrong it is right in an inverted frame of reference . (anti universe). Argument 5 : That which can be measured and verifiable is real. Conclusion : (From 1 to 5) : Something can go wrong if it is destined to (at least once in the history of the universe since it can exist in the right and wrong states. It is like quantum superposition and the net observed state depends on which is the observed state. Both right and wrong states exist and the wrong state will be observed by some observer at some point in time.) This is not completely impossible and hence feasible.(from argument 1,2,3). My modification to the postulate would be "If something can go wrong it will go wrong at least some times (if not always)..(from all the arguments presented above).

Earlier an over simplistic assumption was that equal development of both the hemispheres of the brain was directly related to the ability to use both hands equally well. This seems specious at best because if that was true then no specific talent could be registered in ambidextrous individuals. What is the current insight into this subject? Thanks in advance.

What is the smallest sample size that we need for a statistical study to be representative of a real population? eg. if there is a population of 100 and my sample size is 10 then even if 8 out of 10 responses are positive what is the possibility that 80 out of 100 people would adhere to the same norms? Are percentages inaccurate in this case? Please advise.

Is the heart as efficient in patients with dextrocardia? What are the bio-physical implications of having a heart that has it's apex tilted towards the left?

What I was thinking is that the time shear (if we could call it that) would be so appreciable near a black hole that every "passing second" would be more difficult to reach than the previous one. Which implies that one would never really reach the event horizon in toto. It would be a near miss or something similar. I guess.

Maybe the key to understanding this is to take the Universal Set as the known Universe itself. Dissipation of energy takes place during ideation and work done produces output. So we can produce a tangible object (like a car). The entropy of the Universe is always increasing, and we can plug this sub-system into the larger whole to arrive at the conclusion that entropy overall has increased.

As per the relativistic equation when v approaches c time dilation approaches infinity. But theoretically how far could this go? If time is dilated close to infinity it will cross the age of the universe. (relative to the big bang). Then what would happen at the event horizon of a black hole where the gravitational shear forces are sufficient to produce such an event? Please advise.