Everything posted by Genady
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Camouflage examples
Right. But repeating the same story does not make it truer. I don't say, it is not true. I just don't know of a good supporting evidence for it.
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OceanGate Submersible Goes Missing During Titanic Dive
One more bit of information regarding the search and statistics, Bayesian or not: Robert Ballard, who discovered Titanic wreck, said authorities 'immediately knew' where to look when they heard the Titan's implosion, but it took days for an ROV to get there (yahoo.com) And another: 'Titanic' director James Cameron says the search for the missing sub became a 'nightmarish charade' - ABC News (go.com)
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OceanGate Submersible Goes Missing During Titanic Dive
I see. Thank you. Such input is a significant factor. However, it is not a Bayesian update. The latter would've been an update based on intermediate results of an ongoing search, i.e., the step 6 in Bayesian search theory - Wikipedia:
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OceanGate Submersible Goes Missing During Titanic Dive
@StringJunky, the article that I've linked in the previous comment, contains an answer to your earlier question:
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Camouflage examples
Sorry, I don't remember the details of how it supposed to work. Perhaps, the white underbelly is just a lack of coloration, while the dark top / melatonin has a function... I'm not sure.
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OceanGate Submersible Goes Missing During Titanic Dive
I think that rather than Bayesian Search Theory, this information was more helpful: Titanic director James Cameron accuses OceanGate of cutting corners - BBC News
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Camouflage examples
There are several alternative hypothetical explanations for the light belly / dark top coloration, for example, thermal regulation and UV protection. I remember reading about a study that tried to test the counter-shading hypothesis "by the book": Assuming this hypothesis is correct, they made a prediction about how sharp the difference between the belly and the top should be in different environments, and they analyzed available data in this respect. The data seemed to support the hypothesis but was not yet statistically significant. They needed more data.
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OceanGate Submersible Goes Missing During Titanic Dive
Yes, 8-10 hours round trip. E.g., Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way - BBC News
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What does 'emergent' mean in a physics context (split from Information Paradox)
We understand why no state exists with definite position and definite momentum. It is shown via basic calculus.
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Language development in other Homos
I don't see anything wrong with his post. You said, "I really don't think that I use heuristics." He replied, "You certainly use them." I don't understand what attitude it is an example of or what is there against yourself.
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Camouflage examples
But I did not ask about any point of view on evolution. I ask a question related to scientific method. Given a hypothesis, "animals have counter shading because it balances their light reflection and makes them less visible," what test or tests could support or refute this hypothesis?
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What does 'emergent' mean in a physics context (split from Information Paradox)
It is not about discovery, but about possible states of a particle: If a particle state has a definite position, then its momentum is a superposition of different momentum states. If a particle state has a definite momentum, then its position is a superposition of different position states. If it is in superposition of both position states and momentum states, then these mixes have to have certain spreads. Both position and momentum are not simultaneously discoverable, because there does not exist such a state where they both are definite, i.e., not superpositions.
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Camouflage examples
I understand this explanation. What I am asking is, how can we know that this is WHY they have it. Maybe there is another reason? Maybe there are several different reasons? We know why engineers use this counter shading; we can just ask them. But how do we know, why this feature evolved in animals? BTW, the textbook explanation for sharks, for example, is somewhat different from yours. They say, that when other fish look at the shark from below, the shark is less visible because they see shark's light belly on the light surface background. When they look at the shark from above, the shark is less visible because they see shark's dark top on the dark bottom background.
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OceanGate Submersible Goes Missing During Titanic Dive
That is what I thought, too. But it turns out to be wrong: How does the missing Titan submersible work? Here's a look inside (usatoday.com)
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What does 'emergent' mean in a physics context (split from Information Paradox)
The uncertainty principle does not just say, "You can't go there." The uncertainty principle is not a first principle, not a given, but rather a theorem, a mathematical consequence derived from QM concepts of states and operators.
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Camouflage examples
The second link, I don't trust. It is too simplified, for kids. The first link, I didn't see there anything about "more than 50-60% of vertabrates species are .........Except primates & a lot of birds....they mainly can see colors......" In fact, many years ago I studied biology, and got Master Degree (M.Sc.) in biology. One of my favorite courses was Animal Behavior, which I passed with A+. I remember well from that course that most, almost all animals have color vision. Usually, it is different from us, but they do have it. Some see fewer colors than us, some see more colors than us, most see different color than us. Regarding the first question, how one can support your explanation of why some animals have white/light belly? You didn't give any answer to it.
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Camouflage examples
Test this explanation of why they have white/light belly. "cancel their darkness because their in the shadow under the animals body" etc. BTW, fish do not have "their shadow under their body." I don't think it is so. Did you do that research? Do you have a reference to such a research?
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Camouflage examples
1. How can one test this hypothesis? 2. Is it a fact? How many is "many"?
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What does 'emergent' mean in a physics context (split from Information Paradox)
Not everyone. I don't. E.g., https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/126248-what-does-emergent-mean-in-a-physics-context-split-from-information-paradox/?do=findComment&comment=1195979
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OceanGate Submersible Goes Missing During Titanic Dive
There was a bang, and it has been detected: Secret US Navy underwater microphones detected Titan sub implosion | The Independent
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OceanGate Submersible Goes Missing During Titanic Dive
"Twice the area of Connecticut" referred to where the surface search was going on, with the ships and the aircraft. On the bottom, the only place to look first was near the target, i.e., near the wreck of Titanic. Perhaps, the Titan was already there when the event happened and that's why the debris didn't move away. Thus, my opinion was wrong as I assumed that in 1 h 45 min they wouldn't be that far down yet. Maybe the contact was lost before the catastrophic event, and since the contact loss was a usual occurrence on these dives, according to the reports, they continued descend as planned.
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OceanGate Submersible Goes Missing During Titanic Dive
I understand that the Titanic wreck is spread over such a big area because of the variable currents. These same variable and unknown currents could take the submersible anywhere in such area. Why the waters around the Titanic are still treacherous - BBC Future, an interesting article about the conditions there.
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OceanGate Submersible Goes Missing During Titanic Dive
I know (have looked up) (sq. km, you mean). So, as per US news, the area is almost twice that of Wales. I don't think they search either Wales or Connecticut area on the bottom.
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OceanGate Submersible Goes Missing During Titanic Dive
US news say the search area is twice the area of Connecticut. That makes it 35 000 sq. km. I guess this area refers to the surface area, where they are looking with the ships and aircraft. How does one find a 7 m piece of plastic on the ocean bottom 4 km below?
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The instinct of reality is distorted by current physics
But by observing only a small subset of all phenomena you can understand only a small part of the "operating mechanism."