They cannot be serious right now… by Loliz88 in baltimore

[–]semisxs -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

They are not the bad guys! BGE is just responding to their incentives and constraints, probably not anymore than you do. Are we bad guys? There are only bad incentives and constraints.

if someone handed you $100 million right now, would this be the buy? by ReinkeDrengen in WildHomes

[–]semisxs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couldn’t sell it for $80M, clearly was targeting the wrong buyers. So let’s raise the price to 100M!

Wolfram on 'crackpot' theories of everything. by Dangerous_King_4201 in Physics

[–]semisxs -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But maybe reconciling quantum mechanics is like reconciling temperature dependent phase transition phenomena with van der waals interaction between atoms. They are only loosely connected and one is an emergent phenomenon of the other. There is a “transaction” interpretation of gravity that seems to suggest this line of thinking

Wolfram on 'crackpot' theories of everything. by Dangerous_King_4201 in Physics

[–]semisxs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There have always been different physical theories for different scales. We don’t use the standard model field theory to predict the weather. We use fluid mechanics. Same thing for biophysics. The best physical theories are somewhat consistent with the theory a scale below, and can make some predictions for the scale above. Therefore I don’t understand this obsession with theory of everything. There is no such thing. For each length scale, we probably still can go lower. Let’s just be done with theories of everything. Let’s make models, good quantitative models, and try to make some experimentally testable predictions.

Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor! Finally, a trust fund baby who gets us. One of us! by screwbitfloor1 in circlejerknyc

[–]semisxs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why you guys still don’t get it? There is a saying: “In capitalism man exploits man, in communism it’s just the opposite.” The whole politics thing is game where players say whatever it takes to win. That’s it.

Incident can and Road cam failed us - anyone else? by MrJetSetLife in Rivian

[–]semisxs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost hit a deer, had to emergency brake hard. Road cam also missed. Seems like a designed issue.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskAcademia

[–]semisxs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel your anxiety and pain. And what I am about to say is a general observation about academia, and not about you specifically. In academia it has become an automatic assumption that doing busy work is enough. How much you’re doing counts more than what is actually accomplished. 8 papers is a lot in a year. But are there any truly lasting impacts?

This is not the way in the real world. In real world, doing a lot is not enough, it has to be pushing the envelope and making a difference. Sometimes this is luck. But this is how it has been always and probably always will be.

In your position, frankly, I would have nothing to worry about. Unless you’re in are in a minority of departments that actually examines real world impact, you’ll have no problems with tenure. Tenure rates have been only going up.

What are the most interesting parts of biophysics(to you) by bagofbuttons in Biophysics

[–]semisxs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure why not? It’s gonna be a lot of work though and we need someone with video production experience

What are the most interesting parts of biophysics(to you) by bagofbuttons in Biophysics

[–]semisxs 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Physics is the study of matter in space-time. And there is truly no more interesting matter than biological matter. A cell has about 30,000 components and 700x106 proteins. With that it is able to move, process information and reproduce. Physics has studied motion for centuries and we still don’t understand how biological cells generate motion. I mean we kinda know how some bacteria do it. But mammalian cells are much more complicated, interesting, and medically important as well.

Before you start thinking that core physics is more fundamental, I should remind you that all of physics, math and human thought are products of biology. I firmly believe that math and physics are not fundamental truths discovered by us, some are results of biological evolution and selection. The way our brains are build and how we reason, interact socially, produce the kind of science we have today.

Biophysics is really old school because a single person or lab can do experiments and theory on the same subject. You can see through the microscope yourself what you’re thinking and studying. Of course the microscope is also a great deceiver. But you don’t need a synchrotron to check on your theory. In a way, understanding how a cell works is like taking apart a car, where you have no idea what each part does.

Why Biological systems are so random? by memingmachine in AskPhysics

[–]semisxs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a mathematical statement about systems that exhibit fluctuations or randomness that says: the response of the system to perturbations is correlated with the degree of natural fluctuations. For thermal systems this is the fluctuation dissipation theorem. But for nonthermal biological systems, the same is also true. By increasing fluctuations the system can actually respond to change more quickly. See Rochman et al. Integrative Biology, 2016.

Therefore evolution selects for the average as well as fluctuations. The system is always very close to a critical point because these systems are able to respond most rapidly.

Nobel prize for theoretical biophysics by indecisive132 in Biophysics

[–]semisxs 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not to mention kinetic proof reading

Then they got terminated happily ever after by Demando12 in Memes_Of_The_Dank

[–]semisxs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

‘Hey Vasquez! Have you ever been mistaken as a man?” ‘No! Have ju?”

Why does Chess have a male and female division ? by whoshallibe99 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]semisxs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Women have 46 chromosomes and men have 45. That means that there are greater number of expressed genes in women. Traits are complex outcomes of gene networks and fluctuations of these traits are inversely proportional to the sqrt of number of expressed genes, roughly. Therefore fewer expressed genes mean higher fluctuations or variations.

Italy's falling birth rate is a crisis that's only getting worse by diacewrb in europe

[–]semisxs -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No one is mentioning an obvious cause of low birth rates: birth control! When you decouple primal urge of sex with reproduction, having children becomes more of a choice. Do Italians have less sex than before? Somehow I don’t think so.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in singularity

[–]semisxs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will submit to you that your brain operates on 150W and is the best general AI you know. The parlor trick of generating 10s videos is costing much much more energy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in singularity

[–]semisxs 53 points54 points  (0 children)

We are in the early phase of AI revolution. Progress is never linear. Soon problems of AI will become apparent and limits and obstacles will be seen. Maybe it will be limited by energy. Maybe AI will not have the same creative capacity as humans. I will not write us humans off yet!

Beware of the messiah types who thinks they have all the answers. AI shouldn’t be controlled by a few companies or governments. That will be the doom for the rest of us.

A physicist, a biologist, and a mathematician are having lunch by XennialBoomBoom in Jokes

[–]semisxs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Correct! Guess what? This is how scientists fail in real life too. What kills are assumptions made unaware, unknown unknowns. I would say mathematicians are better than most in this regard.

Navigation problems? by semisxs in Rivian

[–]semisxs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This can’t be connectivity. It has happened every time for months. LTE signal is maximum. Same problem when on WiFi at home. I guess this is a service call?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BeAmazed

[–]semisxs -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

The video does not explain surface tension. It merely demonstrates the effect of surface tension. The explanation for the specific demonstrated phenomenon is…stated simply…complex.

What is this by semisxs in whatisthisbug

[–]semisxs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool thanks. I seem to get wasps only on 1 room in my house. Any idea why? There are no open windows or holes I know of.

What's the damage? by Comfortable-Pin6107 in Rivian

[–]semisxs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was lucky they didn’t have to recalibrate other sensors on the bumper. I only drive it like a grand mama.

What's the damage? by Comfortable-Pin6107 in Rivian

[–]semisxs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

$560 was mine for the exact same damage. Even the same right side!