I never quite resolved in my mind last night the apparent conflict between the fact that elementary particles are said to have a (very) fleeting existence, but...
... From: Dave Thompson Date: 02/09/05 13:56:08 To: Knutsford SciBAr Subject: Fundamental particles Hi John You didn't specify where your apparent conflict was...
... From: Peter Rose Date: 03/08/05 13:04:15 Subject: Altruistic behaviour in Animals Although we somehow don't expect dumb animals to behave as though they...
Welcome to Knutsford SciBAr This is just a note to introduce you to Knutsford SciBAr Discussion Group. As you now know the SciBAr is a group of people who...
Date: 03/08/05 16:20:16 Subject: Brain Intelligence etc . I was interested in Prof Igor as I am quoting him in my talk on Are
Computers Intelligent? I think my...
From: Matthew Simmons Date: 03/09/05 15:52:46 Subject: Re: [kscibar] Brain computers and intelligence - from Peter Lynton Hello, no expert but his is an...
Hi Peter Interesting point about use of brain to communicate with and relate to others -- My son did zoology at Oxford with Dawkins Krebs and co . Shortly...
From: Lynton Peter Date: 03/09/05 18:26:53 Subject: Re: [kscibar] Re Brain computers and intelligence - from Matthew
Simmons Matthew's discussion of neurones...
... mind" it is called "The pre-History of the Mind by Stephen Mithen. Cathedrals is his metaphor It is a very plausible explanation of the evolutionary...
Hi Sci BAr Guys Keep coming to the SciBAr or you might end up thinking like this. Is this
how conscious robots might think ?? Not really!! but It is really...
From: Matthew Simmons Date: 03/12/05 13:34:33 Dave Thanks for taking time to respond. By abstract I meant the ability to understand a summary of an argument...
Reading what Dave has said about get a very advanced computer and let it learn over 50 years is reminiscent of what Flores and Winograd say in their book which...
The subject of dark energy has cropped up on a few occasions recently. As well as at Kscibar, I also heard a talk about dark matter at Daresbury Labs last...
From: Peter Rose Date: 03/17/05 10:57:01 To: Dave Thompson Subject: Banai's Turing Test Page Dave I came across this page when looking for Intelligent...
Hi Richard , Dark energy coming from another universe's gravity? hmmm? -- it's not stupid
but its not proven to be the case at this point. Mind you what is...
Hi Richard I found this on the web - It seems to address some of the stuff we were
talking about -- I don't know his qualifications ,though Yours Dave Thompson...
Hi Richard, I've just got to the part of Michio Kaku's book "
Parallel Worlds" which deals with the stuff you were commenting on . I've
paraphrased what he...
Hi guys This was brought to my attention by Matthew a discussion group member --
Consciousness is a particular interest of mine - and it sounds like real...
Hi guys -- Can anyone , if not resolve these issues, at least move us
forward a bit - Any ideas welcome. 1) It is frequently said that additional dimensions...
A few comments on your note. I write as a layman on these matters. 1.. I hadn't heard this before, but have heard that gravity may be weaker than other forces...
Hi Peter The proposed reason why gravitons can leak into and out of our universe is
that all the rest are MERELY vibrations of the brane and thus cannot...
Dave If you assume the ant has lived in a two-dimensional world WITH gravity, the analogy makes reasonably good sense (to me!). The first time the ant...
Hi Bob & Francis, You asked me how long it would take for an electron to
travel 1metre down a wire carrying a 3 amp current I spoke to Kevin Byron and --- How...
As requested :- This is the book that Dr Robinson reccomended in his discussion at the
SciBAr last night The Great Ice Age: Climate Change and Life R.C.L....
Hi Peter, My original thought was around but less than the speed of light due to
quantum interactions with the molecules in its way.. The answer according to...
I agree, but if we mean electron -not "electricity " 1 hour is still a
long time. I would be very interested in the prof's view. I had some e-mail issues with...
From: Knutsford SciBAr Date: 07/07/05 00:13:58 To: hugo Subject: Re: AMPS as in LAMPS Your figure equates to 2.75 m/hr ie 1/3m per hour Kevin and yourself...
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