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I've read on intelligence and it was fascinating for me given that I'm new to the subject. The author is negative about AI or what have become of it, but regarding his theory of prediction I can't really judge since my knoweldge of brains is little (I'm planning to take a course in the upcoming...

Seems the right place for this thread would be in the biology forum, will the admin kindly do that

hi guys, I want to learn about the theory of evolution and its mechanism at the micro and maco levels, punctuated equilibrium, gradualism, game theory, natural selection, modern synthesis, evidence for evolution, open questions about evolution, etc. I would be glad to read your suggestions...

anyone else has an idea

it still happens when connected to the mains, i just checked, so it's not the batteries the screen doesn't turn on at all, nor do i hear any particular bleeps

simply put it, when trying to switch on my brother's laptop it would go on/off/on/off/on and then stays on but nothing appears on the screen (though we can hear the laptop humming :smile: ), I am wondering if the batteries are simply to be replaced but probably there are other causes, one of...

ha ha, but that depends on what you were doing in your life or what was that your were mainly concerned with at the time (the day, the week, or the month) you registred in PF, :rolleyes: For me, Christi's novels were the first things I turned to after 4 years in university of engineering...

I was reading a series of crime novels by agatha christi at the time when I registred in PF probably that was a hasty impulse for I am not quite the smart detective as my PF name suggests but for me I think that I share this trait with the main character in that we don't jump into "obvious"...

LOL, you reminded me of my job as a "computer lab advisor" in my fourth year, I literally didn't do anything except for filling papers in the printers, and closing the lab at the end of the shift :smile:

thanx all, it's been a long time since i didn't surf on the physicsforums

And where the threads contained in this subforum are now?? Hercule Poirot

Martial artists or people who are interested in martial arts probably heard of "dim mak", where a person can paralyze or kill an opponent by applying a force into some "pressure points" in his body. It's like what some of us saw in Kill Bill 2 when Beatrix finishes off Bill using this art. I...

I would like to thank all of those who contributed to this thread, the information above gave me some prespective into the world of science fiction what I meant by scientific basis is the use of theories/hypothesis proposed by physicits or cosmologists (especially in the recent decades) in...

science fiction books that you think are worthwhile for a reading list? What of these books are based on a firm/possible "scientific" basis (kind of visionary science if you would like)

have you thought of Canada? It's cheaper and has about the same quality