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Public figures. If that is the case perhaps they have too much access to all the misinformation that abounds these days. Also I wasn't aware that LLms did any reasoning at all. But thanks for the report all the same.

There's a double whammy involved here. Mars is colder so more oxygen will be needed just to keep warm as a true martian. In my opinion that film is one of the best films ever.; it offers scientific insights into the question here. [aside] This is the sort of reasoning I don't think any AI can perform. [/aside]

I agree that such spaceships would be desireable. But I also remember that depends on two things. Firstly 'settlers' implies they do not intend to come back. This was the case with many migrations and settling in the past, to the Americas, Australia and Africa. Further these settlers endured voyages of sometimes several years. I would also suspect that the payloads of those early ships were comparable to what we could send to Mars, before trying to settle. Incidnetally have you seen the film The Martian ?

The mediaeval period di not extend into the 17 cent as far as I am aware. Did you look at the analysis I posted describing how many mediaeval villages were abandonded following the plague ?

I would be interested in looking at those. Any links please ? Why only free versions ?

To be brutally honest I don't anticipate any significant change to the presentation or quality- or lack of it - of the BBC weather service, from the user point of view. There is too much politcal overlay and arse covering from those who don't actually experience the weather.

Can we get back to the original question about the middle ages please. Here is a well balanced and summary of the influence on the Plague at that time. Apologies, the Philips Atlas of World History is large and cumbersome and difficult to load onto the scanner.

That is not reasoning, just efficient (from M$ ??) programming. I agree. I am talking about what distinguishes a human, for all their frailties and faults, form one of these constructs. One of these differences is the ability to look at something and discern something else that is not directly there or supplied. In the maths case in my day at that age range we had the GCE exam. In that exam we were given say a geometrical diagram with some information on it. And asked to calculate or derive something that was not directly obtainable from that information. We had to realise that a certain intermediate result was required, whcih would lead to the desired answer. Some decades later when I was attending the pre GCSE exam meeting for parents I asked "when wouold they start teaching the maths that was mnecessary to do this?" And was gobsmacked to be told "We no longer do that" So this developmental skill was left out and pupils today demand "Whats the formula for that?" Another example I have quoted several times here is the analysis of a photmicrograph of granite and Professor Swinburn's analysis and deductions from it. A beautiful example of non mathematical scientific reasoning. Humans have the ability to see what is not there, what might be there , what else is needed and so on.

You know and I know that isn't what I was talking about.

I didn't. But since you ask It's a process that is no sadly longer required or taught in middle school maths (13 - 16 years).

Did I not already acknowledge that in my reply to exchemist ? edit Actually I hate the inane input editor even more than I hate AI.

When incorrectly answering 'no' to a question with a yes/no answer; that is not as good an answer as the question by a country mile.

The reasons are complicated. Here are a couple of links showing how these figures are compiled and digging into some of the reasons and identifying the major ones is carried out. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2868286/ https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/articles/howhaslifeexpectancychangedovertime/2015-09-09 I note your link and discussion was about Wales. General polulations in medieaval Wales were significantly less mobile than today so there was more local inbreeding, leading to an increase in any condition that lead to an early demise.

There is no such thing as a thinking or intelligent computer program. iNow is right in that other models, such as the symbolic algebra section of Wolfram alpha is more suited to technical stuff. Equally as he says, that model require well phrased questions within its capability and the symbolic algebra conventions. But it does not 'reason', just checks agains the rules, rather better and more quickly than a human does.

Agreed. +1

I disagree Sometimes their answer is just plain wrong for whatever reason (just as I was with the PI thing the other day). Several members have already posted clear numerical or algebraic etc examples of such 'answers', despite very simple clear questions.

Gosh that was a silly mistake, a very silly mistake. It's obviously the season for it. Thank you for putting it right. +1

Don't know that one. But Rhyes mean something quite different in my neck of the woods. The saying is 'Beware the Rhyne', which accurately predicted the outcome of the last pitched battle fought on English soil.

I think you need to know a little bit more about numbers before you can appreciate the answers Some nmembers, including myself, tried to steer you towards this in earlier threads. Firstly Pi is indeed an irrational number, but that does not mean what you claim at all. 1/3 is an irrational number that repeats forever in the decimal expansion. Pi is more than that it is trancendental, which means it does not repeat. That is in simple terms the difference between irrational numbers and trancendental numbers like Pi. But there is more to it than that. I assume you know what integer numbers are and what their properties are. But what do you know about the rational numbers and their properties ? How much do you know about irrational number is and how they differs from integers and rational numbers ?

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I think it worth posting at least the final paragraph, which is entirely human generated. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance --- Jefferson

I understand that relevant scientists are satisfied that gravity waves ( ripples) have been detected. Not really my field, you should look up LIGO gravity wave experiments. But these detections are af weak variations in the steady state gravity force experienced at measuring points. Further I understand it takes cataclysmic activity to generate them. Also I suggest you post your hypothesis in full here before the moderators instruct you to do so, as per the rules of this forum. As it is now the witching hour I wish you a good night.

Nevertheless sound waves (or any other waves) do not exert a constant force. That is a definition od a wave. Equally ripples are a form od wave. Yes but you can be still relative to something else, in this case themass or source of the ripples. And Cavendish did not detect any ripples with just such an experimeny.

Surely ripples move ? If you stand still in the water on the shore and let some ripple move past you is the force constant or does it vary as the ripples pass ? Your experience suggests neither of these are true, yet experience tells us that both happen.

No offence meant about your exam, I am genuinely sorry to hear this. However silly mistakes huh ? I wonder if just perhaps you were up too late recently and that slowed you down. Even at you age, too many late nights will reduce your 'operational efficiency. And you seem to be logged in here at times that are late for me in England, let alone 80o east.