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256bits reacted to BillTre's post in the thread Clues to Homing Pigeon Navigation Mechanism with
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Animal navigation, long mysterious, may about to become better understood. An unexpected mechanism in homing pigeons appears to sense... -
256bits replied to the thread Clues to Homing Pigeon Navigation Mechanism.I can't read the SA article without a subscription - seems I went over my free limit reading articles in seismographs.
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256bits replied to the thread Clues to Homing Pigeon Navigation Mechanism.A more recent idea is that proteins in the retina, called cryptochromes, react to magnetic fields; this would allow migrating songbirds...
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256bits reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread AI vs. Humans as Processors in an Environment with Like.
For any system where it's computationally intractable to predict its behavior using physical laws, yes, if it can be modeled as an...
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256bits replied to the thread AI vs. Humans as Processors in an Environment.Someone may appreciate this, even if not directly applicable to the opening OP, Dune by Brian Hebert was a series of books, the first...
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256bits replied to the thread AI vs. Humans as Processors in an Environment.An agent cohort myself, if I must commit. Just wondering if the agency concept and classifications can explain anything more easily...
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256bits replied to the thread AI vs. Humans as Processors in an Environment.Intelligent agents can be organized hierarchically into multiple "sub-agents." These sub-agents handle lower-level functions, and...
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256bits replied to the thread AI vs. Humans as Processors in an Environment.It actually is. Even so or has quite a few followers as it now extends more into common everyday life vocabulary with the overwhelming...
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256bits replied to the thread AI vs. Humans as Processors in an Environment.Interesting discussion, all over the place connecting ideas. Can one believe at the same time in evolution and its processes of...
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Here are some great pictures and an open access article from Quanta magazine of Cambrian fossils (like Burgess Shale) from Southern...
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256bits replied to the thread Housecat Reproduction.So 109 if starting with 1 female ( and an adjacent male ) for 9 years of births ( ie 7 years after 100 cats ) with each birth producing...
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Coincidence? I started getting the best seats and amazing food in Italian restaurants when I almost lost my voice.
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256bits replied to the thread Housecat Reproduction.I guestimated the population growth as if the cats procreated by mitosis, leaving the parents unable to contribute to the population...
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At an average of 18" in length (not including tail) and 4" width, that's exactly 2 cats per square foot, assuming a face-centred cube...
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By the time there is 0.001% of that number, they won't be housecats any longer. They'll be yardcats and streetcats.
