Was reading about microchips that are designed to allow a few mistakes (known as '
Sloppy Chips'), and pondering equivalent kinds of 'coding' errors and entropy in biological systems. Can a fair comparison be made between the two?
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posted by 0bvious
on Jun 5, 2012 -
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How is the
meaning of art and artefacts being altered by the methods we use to:
Experience,
Define and
Preserve them... In other words, in what ways have technologies been used to experience, re-define and/or preserve art and artifacts?
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posted by 0bvious
on Feb 5, 2008 -
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I read somewhere that, in theory, two solids coming into repeated contact should at some point (assume we're dealing with infinity) pass through each other. Nearest I can come is molecular harmonic resonance, or
this slightly dubious writeup. Is this a observed phenomenon? Or is there a formal theory for this?
posted by ikebowen
on Jul 24, 2007 -
14 answers
How do I come up with a scientific theory to explain complex phenomena? My area of research is medicine, but I'm interested in the opinions of all flavors of scientists.
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posted by lunchbox
on Aug 3, 2006 -
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So has anyone tried to explain sexual kinks and fetishes? I don't mean in a cataloguing sense, but in the same sense that an evolutionary biologist explains a fish's tail shape. Where it came from, what purposes it serves, that sort of thing.
posted by kavasa
on Mar 5, 2005 -
29 answers
In science, what is the difference between a theory and a law? Why is something called a law rather than a theory?
posted by furiousxgeorge
on Jan 15, 2005 -
18 answers
Is there any scientific data supporting the theory "If you dream your death in your sleep, you'll die"?
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posted by jmd82
on Apr 6, 2004 -
21 answers
