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I'm not talking about paradigm shifts like quantum computing, but rather just a new CPU architecture that isn't based on the x86 or other existing systems, or at least not one of the commonly used...
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In an article Dr. Blaire suggested that until there was contact with western societies, many societies had a more fluid notion of gender roles...
22 January 2019 7,264 13 View
I tend to consider mathematics the body of axioms, definitions, systems of logic, and their results. If you're not adding to this body, you're not doing mathematics. Arithmetic, calculating,...
01 January 1970 8,890 10 View
I recently did a basic cost analysis for the COVID-19 response. I assumed extreme effectiveness and high loss without a response, and even still the cost per QALY is absurdly high. Article:...
01 January 1970 9,731 1 View
It seems to me that a lot of time writing a paper is wasted on formatting the paper to a specific journal’s format. LaTeX and BibTeX allow an author to easily change the format the paper and...
01 January 1970 8,234 2 View
The most usual way in which we measure educational attainment/knowledge is by seeing what degree(s) a person has. However, it seems that a number of people are in a similar situation to myself. I...
01 January 1970 6,500 7 View
I am working on updating my draft paper on a general concept of means. Theory of Means One of the core failures of the drafts to date has been a lack of examples. There are plenty of examples...
01 January 1970 310 2 View
Rejection of organs and other tissue is common. It's hard to find a good match, and usually people who receive tissue donations have to take immune suppressants. And yet, there seem to be a lot...
01 January 1970 8,678 3 View
Recent outbreaks of diseases, including measles, have been blamed largely on changes in vaccine coverage due to the antivax movement. In many ways, this claim seems reasonable. But "seems...
01 January 1970 3,618 3 View
Climate change is a hotly debated topic, and there is a lot of political fervor that finds its way into discussions about the topic. A discussion of climate change science, with someone who...
01 January 1970 9,721 5 View
It is often said that humans have a responsibility to protect the environment. In many ways, I agree, but I cannot provide a rational argument as to why this is the case. I have a vague idea, but...
01 January 1970 801 6 View
I think most businesses have changed their menus around, relocated products in the store, and in other ways changed aspects of the experience, specifically to see how customers would respond so...
01 January 1970 6,122 5 View
To self-identify as a polymath would be an utter nonsense disproving the claim. This claim was made in a discussion on RG. According to the OED, a polymath is "a person of wide knowledge or...
01 January 1970 6,755 3 View
It may seem bizarre to consider a reality that can only be modeled using theories constructed in paraconsisent logic. But are there reasons to believe that this is the case? Well, we haven't found...
01 January 1970 7,243 15 View
I'm working on constructing a field based on finite undirected and unlabeled graphs. I've selected graph join and graph Cartesian product. But I'm trying to figure out if the latter distributes...
01 January 1970 9,488 2 View
I consider all journals to be predatory, to an extent: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Are_all_journals_predatory_and_can_we_make_it_so_that_we_benefit_from_our_own_work That being said, there...
01 January 1970 8,553 3 View
I either haven't been paying attention at all, or "research interest" is a new metric that RG just added. What are your thoughts on the metric? The more data the better, in my view, but it can get...
01 January 1970 1,128 56 View
I came across an interesting question today: We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us." you agree or not? While the question is interesting in and of itself, one of the responses brought...
01 January 1970 303 4 View
I came across a rather non-scholarly question on RG, about the existence of destiny. A lot of great philosophical discussions could be had about destiny, and I think RG is a fine place to have...
01 January 1970 7,439 10 View
Odd question, I know. I seem to remember it calculating to roughly one pound of soil a day. I use the information as a response to vegans who, while meaning well, ignore the science of how B12 is...
01 January 1970 6,381 4 View
I think the questions are fairly straightforward, so I won't add too much, but a social network is only useful if a lot of people use it, and while there's certainly activity on RG, it seems to be...
01 January 1970 471 6 View
Obviously Twitter/X has had a lot of issues lately, and a lot of academics are looking for a place to go. T2 is a platform that was started by a couple of early Twitter employees, and it's got a...
01 January 1970 3,432 0 View
Mirror neurons seem to be involved in empathy and social skills, but they also seem to be fairly plastic, with much of their activity modulated by environmental factors. This result seems...
01 January 1970 9,860 0 View
There are a number of common methods to measure religiosity. These include measuring church attendance and self identification of religiosity. However, are these methods valid? In order for self...
01 January 1970 2,065 18 View
