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Is: Divergent Evolutionary Systems, may have convergent features if there is a common ancestor, true?

There is the implied assumption that divergent evolutionary traditions eliminate convergent features. I am of the opinion that despite divergent traditions, some features may converge if there is...

10 November 2015 6,711 3 View

How do we measure Awareness

Given the eventual emulation of the whole brain, How will we be able to test it's awareness to prove that it is a perfect emulation? Evidence seems to suggest that the human brain kludges this...

05 June 2015 6,076 1 View

Is Neuronal Workspace Theory Correct? Or Is There Another Way The Workspace Could Work?

In Computing there is often two different ways that a process can be executed, Pre-emptive Selection, or Lazy Selection. In Pre-emptive Selection something is known about the process before...

03 April 2015 1,360 6 View

Is Will free, or does freedom exist without the presence of a Force of Will?

Since Libett's work, there are many people who have questioned the idea of free will, since the fact that much of the work done before a decision is preconscious and consciousness only seems to...

10 November 2014 6,076 16 View

Is the thalamus REALY the CPU of the Brain?

In a recent article, Yingxu Wang asserted that in a previous article he had determined that the thalamus was the CPU of the brain. I have heard in other articles and books that no CPU can be found...

10 November 2014 3,273 39 View

Is the Optical Lobe of the mollusk what later became the Optic tectum of vertebrates?

In comparative neuro-anatomy there are evolutionary links between mollusks and vertebrates. Noting the relative position in the brain of the Mollusk Optical lobes, could they have evolved into the...

08 September 2014 8,969 4 View

Given a coherent monochrome lightsource, will phase affect the number of photons detectable?

The idea that light is both a wave and a particle (duality) is interesting, As a potential theory, what about the idea that light is a phase change from field to photon that is dependent on the...

03 April 2014 5,782 5 View

Is Language Use based mostly on inner trains of thought?

The Supramarginal Gyrus, is associated with inner trains of thought, and with language formation. The superior parietal Lobule with external trains of thought, and somatosensory processing. This...

10 November 2013 5,165 3 View

Is the inferior parietal lobule really two separate workspace like hubs, the angular gyrus, and the supramarginal gyrus?

After reading a recent (2011) article on cooperation of the default mode network, and the frontal-parietal network in internal trains of thought, it became obvious to me that there were two...

09 October 2013 3,744 6 View

Is the human brain like a computer, if so, in how many ways and why is it different?

Computers were originally designed around a brain model, and at one time were called electronic brains. Since then there has been some discussion as to whether they resemble brains or not. Today...

08 September 2013 2,347 76 View

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server?

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server? What is your suggestion?

01 March 2021 3,422 3 View

How to plot the probability paper of Gumbel distribution using R programing?

In R-studio, there are many commands of Gumbel package. Arguments are also different. I`m asking about the alpha parameter of the Copula which must be greater than 1. If this is the one used to...

25 February 2021 5,229 3 View

What software programs can directly simulate Additive Manufacturing Directed Energy Deposition (DED)?

I understand there are a lot of software programs that can simulate DED by going through specific modeling, simulation, and commands. For me, that was time consuming and results were not accurate....

24 February 2021 4,428 3 View

I am looking for a simple software program to model 3D chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate high-quality graphical abstracts. Any suggestion?

Hello everyone: I am looking for a simple software program to model chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate a high-quality graphical abstract for a top leading journal in the field of...

23 February 2021 8,012 3 View

How to estimate 2SLS with different instruments for different endogenous variables?

To be specific, I want to conduct an IV regression in stata with the following three equations. EQ1: Y1 ~Y2 Y3 X EQ2: Y2 ~ Z1 EQ3: Y3 ~ Z2 Both Y2 and Y3 are endogenous. However, Z1 and Z2 are...

23 February 2021 6,266 3 View

How to constrain genetic algorithm input u?

My real system (buck converter) can only take an input of 0 to 1 (duty ratio) and I need to constrain the system so the controller action keeps within this bounds. How can I do this? The code for...

22 February 2021 2,125 3 View

Are there packages (R or Python) for simple models (bucket?) to assess soil water content?

Hi everyone. I am researching droguht effects on soil water drought. I am looking for already implemented functions in R or Python to estimate soil water content from precipitation,...

21 February 2021 2,084 1 View

Which is the best software or programming language (user friendly) for analysing data?

I have a basic knowledge on Python, R and MATLAB in analysing data. Among those, which is the best and user friendly? Which one should I learn deeply to analyse data?N:B: I want to learn data...

20 February 2021 3,950 15 View

What is/are the best ML classifier(s) for Sentinel2 images?

Hi I am trying to segment a sentinel2 image. At this stage, I want to run a binary classifier that assigns each pixel to either farm or non-farm pixel. For this purpose, I have 4 10m bands...

15 February 2021 3,596 9 View

What will happen when we assume an upper bound of OFV lower than the global minimum OFV ?

if we assume 20 is the upper bound of an objective function (OF) based on permutation a square matrix (nxn) , The minimum value of the OF=22, then we run a random operator to compute the OF by...

14 February 2021 6,056 5 View

Alexander Rutkowski

Not yet, for my work I am using Jython. It's very powerful because I can use Java libraries within my python programs. Real multithreading is supported (in CPython not).

Graeme Smith

Yes I had noticed that there are more conceptual differences because it mixes in so many other language concepts. The community is quite active however (as my E-mail attests) I have had to ignore a significant number of messages just because I don't have the time to follow them up.