eSagan 🇮🇳 @crackurbones@qoto.org
Joined Nov 2019
This morning, the Moon is stepping in front of Mars. This occlusion, Mars-and-the-Moon, occurs twice a year. It’s kind of like an eclipse, but an eclipse is a specific kind of occlusion where a shadow is cast.
https://massivesci.com/notes/mars-moon-occultation-eclipse-february-2020/
Neuroscientists discover 'engine of consciousness' hiding in monkeys' brains
https://www.livescience.com/monkey-brains-have-engine-of-consciousness.html
Shock horror: experts say AI sex robots are a moral threat to society
https://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/47994/1/shock-horror-experts-say-ai-sex-robots-are-a-moral-threat-to-society
Research shows age is just a number so here's how you can stay forever young - SCIENCE News
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/age-ageing-young-old-biological-chronological-dna-epigenetic-1647053-2020-02-16
Candy, cheese soar to space station to satisfy crew cravings
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/candy-cheese-soar-space-station-satisfy-crew-cravings-1647225-2020-02-17
A cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday, carrying candy and cheese to satisfy the astronauts' cravings.
How did #dinosaur parents know when their kids had a fever? - HeritageDaily - #Archaeology News
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/02/how-did-dinosaur-parents-know-when-their-kids-had-a-fever/125717
This 7,000-year-old well is the oldest wooden structure ever discovered, #archeologists say | CTV News
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/this-7-000-year-old-well-is-the-oldest-wooden-structure-ever-discovered-archeologists-say-1.4815023
Archeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old #Neolithic well in eastern Europe, which they believe is the oldest wooden structure in the world. The well was built by farmers around 5256 B.C., researchers said.
#archeology
A Rare Species of Dormant Black Holes May be Behind Strange Gas Movements in Our Galaxy
https://www.news18.com/news/tech/a-rare-species-of-dormant-black-holes-may-be-behind-strange-gas-movements-in-our-galaxy-2504379.html
Quantum effects seen in collisions of ultracold ions and atoms – Physics World
https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-effects-seen-in-collisions-of-ultracold-ions-and-atoms/
A quantum technique highlights math’s mysterious link to physics | Science News
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-quantum-technique-highlights-math-mysterious-link-physics
Neural Network Says These 11 Asteroids Could Smash Into Earth
https://futurism.com/neural-network-11-asteroids-smash-earth
Unifying Classical Physics and Quantum Physics Measurement
https://thequantumdaily.com/2020/02/16/unifying-classical-physics-and-quantum-physics/
Astronomers Detect Strange Gas Movements Near The Centre of Our Galaxy
https://www.sciencealert.com/gas-moving-strangely-in-the-galactic-centre-could-be-orbiting-a-missing-link-black-hole
@realcaseyrollins Not *only when AIs get better*.
AIs still are dumber than toddlers. It would take us probably a hundred more years before AIs take over our jobs. By that time, owing to industrialization, modernization and automation, we will need huge amounts of electrical energy to run our machines and power our homes.
@realcaseyrollins The more we advance technologically, the greater our energy needs.
When AIs reach the stage that they are are able to program themselves, we will be needing much more energy to sustain our civilization than our current energy consumption.
@realcaseyrollins Well, let's first develop AI to the extent that they have the intelligence of a toddler. ;)
We might never reach that era of autoprogrammed AIs unless we are able to harness all the energy from sun that the earth receives. (Type-1 on Kardashev scale: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale )
When we are a civilization that much technologically advanced, maybe humans can work on space exploration and voyages to interstellar space? The demand for people in STEM would never be ceased. Work will always be available, just different from the work we do now.
@realcaseyrollins > "can't learn to code".
That's not an excuse, really. Anybody from anywhere can learn anything. Programming is not so difficult. I know it looks intimidating seeing the code, but all the symbols have a meaning. Anyone can learn programming with a little guidance.
We must evolve as a society to be able to work with computers and program them to our needs.
The Drake equation is one of astronomy’s most famous attempts to answer the question: Are we alone?
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-drake-equation-what-are-the-odds-that-aliens-exist
@realcaseyrollins When automation will take over, we will generate more jobs in programming, computer science, electrical engineering.
Actually, the problem with automation is not only with dissolution of the jobs; the real problem, which people are not talking about, is rise in consumption of energy. Artificial intelligence and automation dramatically raise our energy consumption, and we are still reliant on non-renewables for most of our energy needs. We need to solve our energy problem first, fulfill the energy demand through renewable energy-resources, before our civilization witnesses a revolution in automation.
🔶 Notre sang connaît trois pics de changements biologiques au cours de notre vie
https://t.co/8daLoKBKfc
https://twitter.com/Sciences_Avenir/status/1229273405335142401?s=09
Joined Nov 2019
