Sidharta Chatterjee

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Can we call Robots "Rational Artificial Beings"?

Can we call a smart robot as Rational Artificial Being (RAB)? Can robots be considered as Rational Beings? Smart Robots are designed and programmed as intelligent artificial agents (or beings)...

10 October 2022 7,527 17 View

Can anyone refer me to some good research sources on Coral Cembranoids?

I am exploring bioactive properties of marine cembranoids and related agents to design fusion compounds using genomic DNA elements form specific oncogenes. Any help on books, sources, materials...

28 October 2018 8,821 3 View

Any good sources of ecological data on species population and biodiversity?

For my research project, I need access to primary data on ecology, ecosystem and species-level data on number and dispersion. What are the best free sources widely available? Thanks in...

18 April 2017 9,840 15 View

Besides Heparin, what other anticoagulants do not cross the placental barrier?

Warfarin crosses the placental barrier so it contraindicated in pregnancy, as well as phenindione (seldom used) which crosses placenta as well. In some books, it is mentioned that dicumarol do not...

04 January 2016 2,064 4 View

If perception is our guide, then how do we differentiate between something which is known through thought or intuition rather than sense?

In sense of science, phenomenal concepts are discernible and reducible. So, are these extraordinary events. i.e., extrasensory phenomena like intuition, explainable? Intuitions may be considered...

15 December 2015 315 30 View

Are there any documented cases of human black fungi disease (Phaeohyphomycosis) in Asia?

Phaeohyphomycosis is a disease caused by dematiaceous fungi Scedosporium prolificans which carries a high moratlity rate of about 80%, although the disease is confined to the animal knigdom, but...

26 October 2015 7,966 7 View

Why is it difficult to detect or isolate dormant VZV (shingles) from dorsal root ganglia?

Although PCR and NAH techniques proves that latent VZV exists in central ganglia, it cannot be isolated from human ganglia. What (camouflage) mechanism does the herpes VZV adopt to avoid detection...

14 October 2015 5,014 1 View

Which Vitamin acts as a cofactor or, forms a constituent of cytochrome C reductase?

Is it riboflavin or Vitamin Q?

06 October 2015 7,886 12 View

What medications can be suddenly withdrawn after prolonged treatment?

Can you specify any medications that have little, if any withdrawal syndromes? What about these drugs: Salbutamol, Acetazolamide, Thiazide diuretics? Regards, Sidharta

03 October 2015 2,526 10 View

Abstraction without Perception: The Question of Impossibility

Is abstraction possible without perception The impossibility of abstract thinking without the processes of perception is a highly debated issue in the literature of the philosophy of mind....

05 September 2012 4,342 9 View

Creative Machines, Creative Thinking: Value or Vague?

In the previous forum, http://www.researchgate.net/topic/Artificial_Intelligence/post/Co-authorship_are_machines_coming, while in discussion, Roman Maltsev raised an issue of whether we should...

15 June 2012 8,840 11 View