TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Uber’s self-driving cars start picking up passengers in San Francisco
Will a Self-Driving Car be available for ride service by the end of 2018?
http://www.metaculus.com/questions/181/will-a-self-driving-c...
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TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Bill Gates et. al. launch massive clean-energy fund to fight climate change
Would BEV actually create an impact on this?: http://www.metaculus.com/questions/223/will-we-keep-the-glob...
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Nintendo Switch Demoed on Late-Night TV
There is also rumor about Image projection being part of the feature: http://www.metaculus.com/questions/398/image-projection-pate...
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Aging as a disease?
Is it going to happen? http://www.metaculus.com/questions/143/will-the-who-classify...
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: The Case Against Dark Matter
Xenon1T's result is much anticipated: http://www.metaculus.com/questions/199/will-the-xenon1t-expe...
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Turing Learning uses Turing test to drive unsupervised learning
Great find on the article. Perhaps one day the judges for the Loebren Prize will be replaced by these "self-learning" robots. There is a discussion about this on Metaculus-
http://www.metaculus.com/questions/73/will-the-silver-turing...
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral
Is this going to change the launch window (in 2018) for Red Dragon to Mars?? I guess it all depends on the reason for the launch failure. People on Metaculus are discussing about this- http://www.metaculus.com/questions/224/will-spacex-launch-fo...
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Just how dangerous is it to travel at 20% the speed of light?
There is actually a "Beam Propulsion Series" on Metaculus(http://www.metaculus.com/questions/#/search/series--beam-pro...) addressing relevant questions about the Starshot Project.
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Just how dangerous is it to travel at 20% the speed of light?
Another aspect of the project's challenge is funding. While technically plausible in principle to develop such system, the total funding needed is on the order of $5-10 Billion. There is a relevant discussion about this on [Metaculus](http://www.metaculus.com/questions/208/to-the-stars-1-will-t...), for those who are interested.
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Why Apple isn't talking about virtual reality just yet
Count Yours In– The Power Of Collective Prediction
http://www.metaculus.com/questions/231/apple-virtualaugmente...
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: One fast vaccine strategy could protect against Ebola, H1N1, and more
Would sure hope that this vaccine will prevent [this](http://www.metaculus.com/questions/195/will-the-next-ebola-o...) to resolve positively.
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Hyperloop One Will Be Underwater, Underground, Across the World
Since the current hyperloop concept can only travel in a straight line, perhaps having it as underwater structure will make possible for traveling at great distances. Otherwise, one can imagine having their pathways interfering with buildings, etc. when built above ground. Still, it will be very cool if a proof of concept can be [demonstrated](http://www.metaculus.com/questions/71/will-a-successful-proo...).
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Here are the proposed names for the 4 newest elements on the periodic table
The naming for particles in particle physics is much more fun.
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: HTTPS Results in 7% Google AdX Revenue Drop
This has influenced me on my prediction for (http://www.metaculus.com/questions/164/).
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Bubbles May Have Speeded Life's Origins on Earth (1993)
I didn't pay attention to the article's published date until mid way towards the article. Here's an recent article on related subject (http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/03/researchers-may-have-...)
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Medicine in Early Buddhism
As mentioned in the article, it's great to see that the teaching of Buddhism is becoming increasingly of interest in the western culture. One thing that was not mentioned is the parallel between Buddhist medicine and acupuncture. Upon researching I found some relevant information on [acupuncture being used as an art of healing and surgery in Vedic literatures](http://www.bhupendratechniques.com/Research/Theories/IndianO...).
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor? [pdf]
Yes...?
Very interesting paper. It reminded me of the discussion on the level of consciousness a system possibly/potentially has in Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist by Christof Koch.
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Autonomous Plant Watering
"I really don’t understand the physics that makes that system work, but it has a lot to do with water pressure..."
For those who are curious: In simple terms, pressure is proportional to depth. Assuming the air pump is outputting constant pressure, the pressure exerting on the top surface of the water would be constant. On the other hand, the amount of pressure experienced at a point near the bottom of the container depends on the its depth- the deeper the more pressure.
When there is more fluid, there is more pressure near the bottom due to the weight of the fluid itself, which allows greater output (water going into the soil). As the fluid's depth decreases, so will the pressure experienced by a point near the bottom.
TheMagician0 | 9 years ago | on: Boys who live with books ‘earn more as adults’
I too wonder about this. Having read from physical books most of my life and switching to ebooks/PDFs (reading from laptop or iPad) was not as fun/convenient as I thought it would be. Although saving resources, the feeling I get when holding a book and writing in it (jogging down thoughts or deriving equations) are irreplaceable by electronic files.
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