StringJunky

The genesis of nature is part deterministic as well as stochastic. Fundamental particles that make up nature behave in predictable ways when they collide with each other... the potential outcomes are known. The random part is when it happens and what collides with what in a reaction.

It's because of cultural and religious dogma.

All mushrooms are edible. Some only once.

I like the idea too, and, to me, it is self-evident that it is sentient because we are here. Because evolution is a continuum, we have to encompass all of it in the Evolution and operation of sentience.

Ah gotcha! I remember reading about that. Thanks.

I don't get that.

Thanks Janus. It would be a highly kinetic environment; catastrophic weather patterns? What would we experience gravitationally in the short term and long term from the present status of things?

Have you tried 'fit to page' or 'stretch to page' (or similar) in Print Options in landscape mode?

What effects on Earth would we see if its orbital velocity was balanced with Jupiter's gravity at Moon distance to maintain a stable orbit? Assume everything is as it is now and we suddenly found Earth in that situation.

Lovely, Zap.

It would be highly gratifying to see the RW majority of the Court ultimately hamstrung and judicially checkmated by their own edicts. Fingers crossed.

Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas?

Going to need a wheelbarrow full of popcorn this time. Do you American members think this will more messy and contested than 2020? The GOP seem to be focussed on altering the rules of the game, rather than just playing it.

Not a good idea to talk about all the world's problems in one thread.

This whole sorry Palestine saga is based on government-approved lies and the political mental gymnastics that go with ignoring the historical facts. Money talks.

No surprise there. He's a MAGA.

Yep.

I agree, the practice of repetition, in terms of physical tasks, promotes muscle memory, rather like a musician practices scales. They start off thinking about it, then eventually embed the knowledge neuroplastically until it becomes intuitive. They don't need to see the keys/strings/buttons because they've mapped it mentally through repetition. If you don't get something into the intuitive level, you can't move on in terms of creativity etc. This process applies to education generally as well, I think. I think diversity of input sources, rather than just consulting Google, as an example, promotes neuroplasticity. When we were at school, pre-Windows, finding sources, getting information from our sources was relatively labour intensive, but it promoted neuroplastic development because more senses were directed at a task. When we oldies (50+) hit on a problem, we can draw on a wider range of skills within ourselves and through media compared to the younger generations. Getting your information on tap just through computers is boring for our brains and I don't think it's good for students in terms of promoting neuroplasticity in the long run because there isn't enough variation in effort to maintain stimulation.. If something's boring you just want to go the least laborious route to get it out of the way. The effect of that is much less information 'sticks' at the intuitive level, with the resulting reduction in creative potential.

I'm ok with that. I still think you are a good bloke... even though you are misguided. 😛

But you are biased. You are firmly flying the Israeli flag in your posts. I'm biased because what I see leads me against Israel and US/UK governments actions. Those three are basically pissing in somebody elses pond.

It's way outside what I know.

What I was getting at is that equality of opportunity is not the same as equality of ability. Inequality of ability will always be there. The selection process for the genuinely able has been hobbled to include more people at the lower ability range.

Acceleration is change in velocity, and that means up or down and which way