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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...

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

In his book "the universe in a nutshell", stephen hawkings is discussing the possiblity of time travel to the past (ch. 5 How to protect the past). He introducted the concept of cosmic strings to explain that. would anyone here could explain this concept and it's relation to time travel...

How many of you are members of the institute of electrical and electronic engineers (IEEE)? other than the spectrum magazines which kept coming to my mailbox every month (many of them unread inside their plastic sheaths as I didn't have the time, eventually giving up all the issues to friends...