Reality - Science topic

Epistemologically, scientific realism is (say, mainly) based on the idea that we generate theoretical entities to understand, describe, and discover a structure in the reality; these entities are unobservable, yet they are real, they exist independently from our research and our mind. In other words, these entities are not merely instruments to discover reality; they are real (see Alexander Wendt, for example among others). However, for critical realism (e.g., Roy Bhaskar) this point is not clear for me: Do theoretical entities we generate to understand the "structured reality" have their ontological-real existence independently from our mind? are they real, not merely instruments to understand reality?

thanks in advance

Smolin's ideas that physics deals too much with geometrical terms in its answers to questions and that even time is seen as a space dimension and not real have important repercussions.

It means that dynamics, in all its utility& successful description of the world, distorts in this description the view of the world to something that may even lead to unrealist perceptions & these like time being a mere label and its reality undermined

The prevailing view of physical reality is influenced by the mechanistic view (compatible with Newtonian physics). How new developments in quantum mechanics (experimental confirmation of quantum entanglement) are changing our description of physical reality?

Scientist never doubts there are reasons the world behave as it does- the search for such reasons is the essence of scientific Discovery.

Realists believe that scientific statements, serving that purpose, are the truth statements about reality, a kind of orthodox stance. They deny experimental measumenrs are theory-ladden.

But others take scientific claims in a lighter light. They see inherent beliefs as weaknesses in the scientific Discovery process that intrrfere in our true realist aspirations. They see experiment al validation as a singly available persuation method for scientific claims and not as the unshaken reality test it is perceive or they keep the benefit of the doubt for such unconsciously twisted attitudutinal reasons as that

because we are material things that are criteria for reality are on its capacity to bring material changed (anthropocentric bias).

In my current work on the theory of hyperbolic functions, I, as a completely extraneous observer of the turbulent debates relating to the subtlest intricacies of the Special Theory of Relativity (SRT), have drawn attention to the fact that hyperbolic functions are most used not in constructing bridges, aqueduct arches or describing complex cases of X-ray diffraction, but in those sections of the SRT that are related to the name of Professor Minkowski. Since my personal interest in SRT is essentially limited to the correct application of hyperbolic functions when describing moving physical realities, I would be grateful to the experts in the field of SRT for the most concise explanation of the deep essence of the theory of space-time patterns of surrounding me reality.

Naturally, my question in no way implies the translation into human language of the lecture of the Creator of the Theory, the honour of acquaintance with which in 1907 belongs to the academic/medical community of the city of Cologne and its surroundings. My level of development and my agreeableness have ensured that I not only managed to read independently the text underlying the concept of « Minkowski four-dimensional continuum », but also to formulate my question as follows:

Which of the options I propose is the most concise (i.e. non-emotional-linguistic) explanation of the essence of Minkowski’s theory:

1. The consequence of any relative movement of massive physical objects is that we are all bound to suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs and mammoths, i.e. extinction.

2. Understanding/describing the spatial movements of physical objects described by a^2-b^2=const type mathematical expression implies acquiring practical skills of constructing second-order curves called «hyperbolas».

3. All of us, including those who are in a state of careless ignorance, are compelled to exist in curved space.

4. Everything in our lives is relative, and only the interval between physical events is constant.

5. The products of the form ct (or zct), where c is the speed of light and z is some dimensionless mathematical quantity/number symbolizes not a segment of three-dimensional space, but a time interval (or time?) t between uniquely defined events.

6. The electromagnetic radiation generated by a moving massive object always propagates in a direction orthogonal to the velocity vector of the moving object.

Of course, I will be grateful for any adjustments to my options, or expert’s own formulations that have either eluded my attention or whose substance is far beyond my level of mathematical or general development.

Most respectfully

Sergey Sheludko

How is it that we can have two realities? in the Relativity of Simultaneity ; one in which an event E is already enveloped by a light ray, and one in which the same event is distant from the emission of the light ray, at the time the event E occurs.

What is at fault in the attached animations and spacetime diagrams ?

Do you agree with me that academics and researchers should make their research real data from the reality of the situation and work, and bear the concern of humanity and the suffering of people in order to meet acceptance and the possibility of change for the better, God willing?

I just read an interesting article entitled "Botanists are disappearing – just when the world needs them most" https://theconversation.com/botanists-are-disappearing-just-when-the-world-needs-them-most-186849

Looking for opinions/suggestions from botanists/expert researchers:

1. What's the status of botanists in your country?

2. What efforts are being taken to overcome the declining trend?

When I teach analysis of interviews or observations, I guide the students to formulate categories separated from each other. Reality is always more vague and overlapping, so the construction is sometimes artificial. My question is whether in qualitative research one should strive for the categories to be disconnected from each other?

Type F ADR are due to failure of therapy like lack of efficacy of lithium, then, why there are called adverse when in reality there is no adversity related to it ?

Can a state create a metauniverse state? Today, the metaverse is a product of a corporation. It is designed to solve specific business tasks. Is a metauniverse country without physical borders but with most of the attributes of an analog state a reality?

What do you consider lowest aspect of consciousness that is not significantly shared by other things?

What is its nature? Why do you think so?

Are there a few alternatives you consider quite plausible, or not? Many?

(This corresponds to Layer 1 in my own 4-Layer view of consciousness).

What do you consider lowest aspects of consciousness that are significantly shared by other things?

How much and where must you refer to the nature of (any actual) reality?

Hi, I'm going to apply a 360° Camera Ricoh THETA V model for fast survey and 3D photogrammetry in a research project of documentation of Built Heritage sites at the territorial scale.

Does anyone have some suggestions to improve results and quality of models? I have made till now a few tests on archaeological sites, processing the data with Agisoft Metashape software, but I'm not fully satisfied of the quality of the results (bad allignments, scarse dense clouds, rough meshes).

My questions regard:

- Which processing software can be the most suitable (in terms of semi-automatic presettings) for 3D photogrammetry from 360° photos (e.g., Metashape, Reality Capture, others)? Are there any particular settings to provide manually in this case? (above the setting of spherical cameras as source format)

- If someone has experience with Richo THETA cameras, which camera model can be the most suitable for 3D photogrammetry? Actually I'm testing a THETA V model, but I need to buy a new one, and I'm in doubt between Z1 and X models. Can someone suggest a review of these models for goals of digital documentation?

- For my research, also the geo-referencing of processed models, with GPS coordinates, is relevant. Considering the point above, which model can be suggested?

Thank you to all!

Best,

There seem to be two different concepts: one is the recombinant frequency and then there's crossover frequency. These two seem to be used interchangeably whenever someone asks but I think these are two distinct concepts.

So for recombinant frequency, it is defined as the number of

(recombinant genotypes/total number of genotypes) * 100

and this frequency can never be higher than 50% because, at any one time, only 2 out of 4 chromatids are involved in crossing over, and if this happens in every meiosis, only up to 50% of gametes will contain the recombinant alleles.

But often, when people ask what about the crossing over frequency, people tend to also answer that this can never be higher than 50% and use the same explanation for the recombinant frequency to explain. But I think this is wrong. Imagine if we have 2 alleles at two ends of 1 chromosome, and a crossing over event always happens between these two alleles, then the crossing over frequency can be 100% of the time. Obviously, in reality, this could never happen because if two alleles are at the opposite ends of a chromosome, there bout to be cases where multiple crossing over events happen in between these two alleles, and some will result in these two alleles being brought back together, thus reducing the crossing over frequency. But in theory, it can be higher than 50%.

What do you think of this explanation? I'm trying to understand these concepts better.

Thank you

Hello. I have a question regarding the unconfined compression test for soil and my question is "what does this test actually represent in reality?". We notice during the test that the soil sample is not subjected to lateral pressure (Unconfined) and this does not exist in reality as the soil sample is surrounded by soil, which generates lateral pressure. So, what does unconfined pressure test represent and when do we need to perform it

Hegel holds self-consciousness and self-knowledge to be identical.

"Solving adaptive frequency ..., process hf3d: Port 1 supports an additional mode that is part of degenerate group with mode 3. Randomly bad results can occur when not including all modes in a degenerate group".

It's a rectangular waveguide with "a = b", which has a square section, fed by wave port excitation. Commonly, the first two modes should be TE10 and TE01. However, the plot of E field excited by 1:1 is similar to TE11, when the wave port excitation is set with 2 modes. Besides, warning as mentioned is shown. When the wave port excitation is set with 3 modes, the first two modes' E field results are correct, but the warning is still existing. When the wave port excitation is set with 4 modes, warning disappears, but again, E field results are (maybe) wrong as mentioned. So I wonder why this happened, is there anything wrong with my simulation process or anything I missed. I'm new in this field, thank you for giving suggestion.

P.S. My goal is to show TE10 and TE01 individually in this square-section rectangular waveguide with no warning as mentioned, thank you.

Besides, it would be lovely if anyone can introduce what type(s) of mode(s) is/are excited in this case in reality, TE10 or TE01 individually? Or both at the same time? Or others?

Technology becomes fundamental for the modernization of productive systems, the area of ​​services, medicine, among many other important areas for society. For the professional to be prepared for modernizations, innovations, among other things, schools and education systems that are also capable of preparing him are needed. In a reality such as that of Brazil, where there are still schools without an adequate structure for what is considered conventional teaching, how can access to technological resources be made available? There is a lack of adequate classrooms, adequate teaching material, laboratories that, when they exist, do not include updated resources, not to mention libraries with little or no collection. How to implement a teaching plan that prepares the student for the job market based on the proposal of industry 4.0? What skills and competencies will be considered essential for this new market? Will schools be prepared for this? And the teachers, were they trained? Are you interested in this proposal for IoT, Machine Learning, among others? Will we have areas of society where automation and technological intelligence will not be paramount?

There are certainly several issues that somehow need a more critical look, as the future of some regions may depend on that.

Those of you who are reading my concern, how is the reality in your region?

What should researchers and scholars on researchgate platform do to improve the quality and the orginalty of researchgate's content.

In my view with so many enthusiam and support for this platform we can make our ambitions goal of narrowing the digital divide through knowledge sharing a reality.

Hello,

I am simulating response of the inflated airbag to the impacting body. I used CV attitude, but results was not satisfying although close to our laboratory test.

I decided to run it with CPM approach, but results are now far from reality. I need to precisely postprocess all the data regarding ventilation, pressure development inside the bag.

Nevertheless even though I set ASCII option and saving of ABSTAT an ABSTAT_CPM in the same way as in CV approach there are no saved data during simulation so I am not able to postprocess it.

Can anybody help me with this issue?

Thank you in advance

Dear All,

I’m planning to conduct a traffic count in the coming days for selected route near my university in Budapest. Currently, I'm attempting to identify the rush hour time along the route. Accordingly, I'm trying to use an approach based on real time information other than the traditional method. Underneath, please see the steps I took so far and kindly share your helpful thoughts:-

Thanks in advance!

Gender representation in numerous school textbooks across diverse societies has been studied and discussed since the 1970s. A substantial number of these studies stated that gender bias in textbooks (GBIT) is quite stubborn and practically a barrier in the way of gender inequality (Ullah & Haque, 2016). In particular, in textbooks of Social Studies, the construction of gender is solely stereotypical (Jabeen, Choudry, Omar, 2014). Hameed (2012) in his study on gendered based English textbooks found that in shaping up ideas of the children and for encouraging optimist gender roles in children, textbooks play a decisive role and can be a valuable tool. Further, Jabeen and Illyas (2012) emphasize that characters in (learning resources (textbooks) play a significant part in children. Characters influence children's choices concerning to what type of being they want to become (Jabeen & Illyas, 2012).

Unterhalter and North (2010) therefore argue that to achieve gender equality through education, the concerns of men and women would be considered as integral parts monitoring, designing, evaluating policies programs in all social, political, and socio-economical domains to provide equal benefit for men and women and to not perpetuate inequality. Emphasizing on efficiency approach of Gender and Development (GAD), Cornwall (2000) also mentioned that men as oppressors and women as a victim of gender inequalities is a simplification of reality. So, there is a need to view gender, not as a unilateral issue of women but it should also be considered in terms of power relations and powerlessness where men and women may be dis-empowered and vulnerable (as cited in Gender analysis framework of Leach, 2003, pp.10-11).

Dear colleagues,

We want to study the effect of water forces on a wall of a water tank.

I would like to know what is needed for the transition from a real structure to a model in the laboratory regarding dimensions and type of materials

How to transform the results back into reality ?

Cordially

Is Time a reality or just an element of our toolkit to help us tackle e.g., causality?

Hello, I am working on a Doctoral dissertation about the “Lessons learned from the implementation of extended reality in education and training”. Iam hoping to publish in the next 4 months - if you have any recommended articles/papers that you believe would be relevant, please let me know.

I wonder how realistic and practical are the routing attacks in RPL such as Blackhole, Sinkhole, Greyhole, Sybil etc. These attacks have been studied and solutions have been offered. But is there any known case where these attacks have actually been carried out in reality? Internet of Things devices are not like traditional computers where there are manned by a person, how can someone takes possession of such IoT devices and implement the RPL routing attacks?

Dear Colleagues,

Please help us find a good fit for this study.

Title: Socio-economic performance of the Renewable Energy and Banking sectors during COVID-19 - empirical evidence.

Abstract: The world’s current situation is extremely exceptional. The COVID-19 global pandemic has changed the reality that all sectors of society live in. There is a need to stay isolated from others, take care of hygiene and health more than we were used to, and also be aware of the threat of being infected. This ‘new reality’ has forced the alteration in the way firms operate as well. In fact, the private sector, especially micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs have struggled with the situation caused by the pandemic in a relatively visible way. Undoubtedly, the pandemic changed the way firms operate, primarily by implementing remote working models as well as modifying their business models. These changes had a significant influence on the financial, economic as well as employees’ performance of the companies. In this study, we conduct comparative research on the companies representing renewable energy and banking industries by implementing qualitative semi-structured interviews. This cross-case analysis reveals insightful knowledge on the socio-economic performance of the investigated companies during the COVID-19 pandemic, by indicating major similarities and differences between cases from Finland and Poland. The analysis reveals that, on a general level, the influence of COVID-19 on the renewable energy industry has been noticeable, although not so strongly negative as was the case in the banking sector. The study also concludes that the pandemic has positively pushed the countries to implement more RET into their energy mixes, which has resulted in record-breaking statistics. The study provides numerous theoretical and managerial implications for the interest groups coming from the sectors taken into its scope.

Keywords:COVID-19; coronavirus, pandemic; renewable energy; energy economics; banking; organizational change; operations management; remote working; personnel well-being.

The rest of the paper can be confidentially shared with the interested fellow researchers.

Thank U very much in advance! OJ

Our belief system construct the absolute reality or relative reality in respect of culture.

Do cultural boundaries affect our thinking limitations? if yes then how ?

We introduce the concept of Proton-Seconds and see it lends itself to a method of solving problems across a large range of disciplines in the Natural Sciences. The underpinnings seem to be in 6-fold symmetry. This lends itself to a Universal Form. We find this presents the Periodic Table of the Elements as a squaring of the circle. It is rather abstract thinking, but just as the moment we define truth and as a result it reverses, I think we can treat problem solving this way: As Patterns…The idea is there is nothing we can say is the truth, but we can solve problems through pattern recognition. I would think this manner of problem solving through pattern recognition could be employed in developing deep learning machine intelligence and AI for its method of imitating human learning to gain knowledge.

Inertia, by definition, is a concept of measuring the “change”, the resistance, in the “natural state” of a body in motion. Is it thus correct to suggest that the idea of a “natural state” is exactly what a theory of everything would entail, and thus would not include the idea of “inertia”, would not include the deliberate man-made “changing” of bodies in motion, bodies in motion that would ideally primarily yield to fundamental field forces? Is not “inertia” a man-made theoretical concept to highlight how we are able to “resist” bodies in motion, to change the natural course of mass, as a “disruptor” within an otherwise ideal “theory of everything” manifest as the natural state of reality? The big question is then, “can using the idea of inertia provide for a link between the most fundamental field forces of gravity and electromagnetism” in achieving a grand unified field force theory of time and space?

For example: How is the Full-Scale XRF sorter mechanism? Is it possible to use it to sort low-grade copper minerals?

Think about it, science is supposed to be an open environment, one where if ideas are shown to be lacking or inappropriate or wrong, they are either improved or discarded. A system where if assumptions about reality turned out to be wrong, it will shift to catch up with the actual, now new reality leaving the previous reality/previous knowledge behind. That would be consistent with the thinking of Popper and Kuhn.

That was the expectation after the 1987 Brundtland commission said business as usual model has not worked as the assumptions on which it has been based were wrong, and that was the expectation after 2012 RIO + 20 when the UNCSD commission said to go green market, green growth and green economy was the shift to go….to internalize the wrong environmental externality assumption found in the business as usual model...

If that science expectation does not happen and invalid ideas and/or previous paradigm ideas are used to address the new reality, which by now everyone knows or should know is a reality not consistent with those previous ideas, is that still science or is this now an ideology?.

What do you think? Please express your view through answering this question.

What are the differences between Mixed Reality and Extended Reality. I am trying to understand through some examples. Please help me on that.

With metaverses, virtual worlds have become extended realities with “infinite possibilities” of creating virtual identities as our extended selves.

But what are these virtual identities, how are they generated, are they indeed limitless in their options and performances or do they rather exist within certain prescribed operational modes?

We organise a virtual roundtable on the topic. Please let me know if you would like to participate.

After creating assignments and quizzes for one of my undergrad courses, I found several of my course materials (e.g., assignments solutions, and midterm exams) on websites like Chegg and Course Hero. Although I have seen some instructors opening an investigation to know which student downloaded the materials, I'd prefer not to take that route. I wonder how other instructors are dealing with issues like this. Thanks!

It has been said that if the truth can destroy something, then that thing should be destroyed. Barring whether that's true or not, it brings up an interesting question. Can reality be destroyed by the truth? If so, then reality should be destroyed.

Mixed-method is an useful one to explore complex social phenomenon. However, contextual realities effect on its application and success. Let's share experiences and learn from each other.

We are planning to start a project on extended reality technology in an EFL environment. We are curious about other researchers' experiences/opinions about the issue.

Have you ever tried extended reality technology in an EFL environment?

By analyzing discourse, we consider both texts and contexts but we also take reality into consideration. Reality functions as a reference point and a product at the same time, interesting. In this sense, is discourse analysis 2 or 3 dimensional or more? If it has dimensions, what are they? Text, Context, (& Reality)?

Lambert Academic Publishing is a scam. LAP is a company based in Mauritius and Eastern Europe that spams scholars who have published theses offering to republish them as books.

The naive and gullible agree, and after zero editing or reviewing (changes are even charged for!) LAP create a front cover using stock art and place the "book" online (on their own site and sister sites, and on Amazon) for sale at high prices with no indication that this work is an unedited thesis. The only sales will be to unwary libraries or hobbyists, but the author never sees a penny of those sales.

Then begins the next stage of the scam - the hard sell. Scholars are drawn in by the promise of royalties but these are a mirage. In reality, LAP presses authors to buy expensive copies of their own book! Not only do these authors risk being out-of-pocket, but they also risk damaging their reputation by publishing with LAP.

Matt Hodgkinson, Head of Research Integrity at Hindawi Publishing Corporation (2016-present)

It is well known the theoretical applications of generalized open sets in topological spaces, for example we can by them define various forms of continuous maps, compact spaces, separation axioms, etc. My question is: what the practical (reality) applications of generalized open sets such as semi-open and pre-open sets?. 

Are these sets used to modeling some phenomena or problems?

I recently added a poster "P67 A Particular Case of MINOCA" to my profile. I can't enter the DOI because it is already present. In reality it is a poster of another author of the same 52nd ANMCO Congress. This is the https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab064 in common that I can't add at my poster. How can I solve the problem ?

Sometimes it seems that adaptability or innovativeness is a merely psychological phenomena, but in reality the socio-economical environment also matters to develop or follow these features.

What is Your opinion about adaptability or innovativeness as a subject? In addition - how is it related to such social sciences as political science or public administration?

Was Heisenberg a Third-Rate Natural Philosopher because he denied the reality of micro-objects that cannot be tracked by humans? Has this misled physics for 100+ years?

Surely, because we have created a whole civilization from the manipulations of electrons, especially digital electronics, then "LOOKING" at an object is NOT a requirement for existence.? Electrons interact with everything; so surely quite sufficient, eh?

Heisesenberg was educated in the Classical Philosophy of Aristotelian Classicism in the archaic German Education system. He failed to think for himself, substituting a Platonic idealist view of mathematics, as being superior to our imaginative/operational view of reality.

We usually notice a number of research works and tens of thousands of proxy research works for achieving a degree or something else like ornamental purpose around our developing society. Those are published and we congratulated them. Though we read or often not. If some of the findings and suggestion would materialize, we certainly get new looks of our surroundings. Are the findings of research weak enough or the system is blind?

I want to model two volumes as shown in the graph(see file). One is a solid cylinder and the other is a solid block. In reality, the cylinder is inside the solid block, and the solid block had been rigged a hole first.

The aim is to model the pullout of the cylinder.

However, in ANSYS APDL there are two options to build the geometry

One method is just to create two solid volumes at the same time. Ignore the hole.

Another option is to create the block first, then dig a hole and then recreate the inside cylinder.

Please what is the difference between these two volume creating methods?

In 19th century Physics, the notion of an all-pervading medium called aether was considered a necessity for distinguishing the concept of physical space from that of the coordinate space. However, some self-contradicting properties had to be ascribed to this aether. It was supposed to be an extremely thin medium to enable resistance free motion of solid bodies through it. At the same time it was required to be an elastic solid to enable the transverse EM wave propagation through it. This was essentially due to the fact that matter and aether medium were regarded as two separate, independent entities.

Now, there is a growing realization in scientific circles that matter and electromagnetic field, both appear to have a common origin in free space or vacuum. There is also a notion of vacuum energy and the phenomenon of creation, annihilation and transmutation of unstable elementary particles occurring in vacuum. As per the current viewpoint, free space or vacuum no longer represents 'nothingness' but is supposed to be the seat of, or supporter of, all ultra-microscopic phenomenon of nature. This entity representing the old free space or vacuum has now been assigned a modern name of 'quantum vacuum'. This reincarnation of poor old aether certainly looks much more sophisticated and acceptable.

In reality however, all these notions of physical space, empty space, free space, vacuum, aether and their modern reincarnation the quantum vacuum, all appear to mean the same entity – call it by any name. Hence, the physical space continuum, referred by any other name like vacuum or Quantum Vacuum or Ether will still have the same physical properties.

Reality may increasingly hurt – #Genomic #targetedtherapy

Changes between 2006 and 2020

-eligibility from 5.13% to 13.60% *only*

-response from 2.73% to 7.04% *only*

The authors use in their discussion different paraphrasing: “the percentage of eligibility for and response to genome-targeted drugs increased 54% and 28%, respectively”

which from the objective point of view is correct, but this implies a major improvement, although the reality of inefficiency is different

Some may state *the house of cards collapse of the breakthrough* ?

Otherwise today's basics of biotechnological power politics in created hypes of landmarks, breakthroughs, which might be seen in the accordance of the Latin epic poem, The Aeneid by Virgil:

‘parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos’ (I believe it at any rate)

https://bit.ly/39dtnZC

References

Article Haslam et al. (2021) Ann Oncol 2021, DOI 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.04.003

The Aenedid from Virgil Vergil (19 BC), Aeneis, Liber sextus, Vers 847-853.

#medicine #health #medicalsciences #breakthroughs #landmarks #hallmark #hype #criticalthinking

This study aims to show the importance of fossil energy producing countries resorting more to renewable energies, taking into account the economic reality of these countries, where fossil energies, especially gas, are still of paramount importance.

In our study, we will focus on the optimal and possible energy mix for oil economics, specifically the status of the "gas" and "renewable energies" components.

I have an experiment where I am subjecting 8 different samples to different experimental conditions, but then I need to compare the same variable (e.g. concentration) of every different sample against the standard value of the same control sample. ie If the 10 samples are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and the control sample is Z, then I need to compare A vs Z, B vs Z, C vs Z etc.

I obviously have several repeats of each sample, including Z.

Since the repeats consist of normally distributed data points with similar variances, I intend to use the student unpaired t-test (2-tailed) to do this. Since Z is a common variable in all the comparisons, do I need to carry out some sort of pairwise correction such as Tukey or Bonferroni?

Bonferroni corrects by multiplying the p-value by the number of comparisons which would technically work out at 36 for 9 sets (8 experiments and one control). But in reality, I am not interested in every single combination (e.g. I am not interested in A vs B or B vs C etc), and am only interested in the comparisons against control, ie 8 comparisons to the same control.

Can I assume that no post-hoc correction is necessary here?

Summary of an article published in Science Daily News on July 30, 2021 reads:

"An international research team has shown that using solar-panels to produce microbial protein -- which is rich not just in proteins but also in other nutrients -- is more sustainable, efficient and environmentally friendly than growing conventional crops. This method uses solar energy, land, nutrients, and carbon dioxide from the air."

Can this be a reality in good time - may before the 2050? Could this help us comfortably feed the world? Your thoughts are appreciated.

Tell us how you perceive AI and its adoption.

AI- Future is here! Blurring the lines of reality and fiction.  A good 2 minute read on basics to help one start on their “pursuit of AI” Looking forward to the series @SandeepPandey Link to article:  https://lnkd.in/er-sWQK Link to post: https://lnkd.in/e7ANuJ7

Link to our paper on ROI computation for AI investments:

#AI #Artificialintelligence #transformation #datascience #RPA #ML #Deeplearning #machinelearning#future #enthusiasts

Physical reality can be observed. At least part of the structure and behavior of physical reality is perceivable. Humans can communicate about these experiences. Curious humans want to comprehend these perceptions. Humans have designed linguistic tools to be able to communicate about the perceived structure and behavior of physical reality and with these tools, they have constructed structures and models of mechanisms that might explain the perceived structures and mechanisms that physical reality exposes. Some of these structures and models of mechanisms seem to be successful. People discuss the success of these approaches and call this activity exact science. Other humans discuss this activity and call themselves philosophers. Humans are interested in the structure and mechanisms of physical reality because this knowledge helps them survive as individuals and as communities. Part of the exact sciences is formed by mathematics. Mathematics contains structures and models of mechanisms that are not directly derived from perceptions of physical reality. These concepts are derived from abstract foundations. Examples are empty space and point-like objects. Scientists use these concepts to construct vector spaces, number systems, and coordinate systems. The scientists apply these higher-level concepts to construct a model of their living space. The philosophers will immediately indicate that it is impossible to prove that these models are correct. However, these models feature structure and behavior. If the structure and behavior of the models agree more with the perceived models and behavior, then there is a larger chance that the model fits reality. Since reality appears to be very complicated, little chance exists that good correspondence will ever end the dispute.

One of the aspects of the dispute concerns what the best inroad will be for comprehending most of the structure and the mechanisms of physical reality. That is the background of the posed question.

To develop the reality of educating children in kindergarten, we need appropriate educational foundations and infrastructures, what are these ingredients?

I am new to use these three methods in my thesis. My assignment is based on how i can use the three-dimensional model (material realities, subjective-experiential realities, and social-constructional realities). I am finding this hard if anyone can help me and give me some examples that how i can use this three model in my thesis topic to analyze it. I will be looking for replies. I also attached the pdf file of the three-dimensional methods of ontology.

Refugee crisis was a reality worldwide just a while before the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the current and upcoming effects of the pandemic in refugee crisis and human rights?

Coming up with great business ideas may seem easy, but only a true entrepreneur capitalizes

on them to turn them into reality. Why are entrepreneurs considered an important agent of

change in this global economy?

Dear Friends,

I can bet that no one in the world today (particularly in the software industry) knows or has the right answers to two simple questions: (i) What a component is, and (ii) What is meant by CBE (Component-Based Engineering), in the reality and context of all other engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electronics, and aerospace engineering.

Learning the right answers to these two simple questions would have two huge benefits: (i) Inventing effective solutions for the notorious software crisis by eliminating infamous spaghetti code, and (ii) Proving Computer Science is a fake science (i.e. paradox), that opens the door to transforming Computer Science into a real science that can address not only problems that have stood unsolved for decades (e.g. human-like computer intelligence that can be achieved by gaining valid scientific knowledge about the functioning and anatomy of bio-neurons in bio-neural networks) but also problems of the future such as bio-cellular computing, which cannot be solved by fake scientists or practitioners of fake science.

If a problem requires acquiring valid scientific knowledge, it is impossible for fake scientists practicing fake science to acquire such valid scientific knowledge essential to solving the problem. To provide tangible proof, I invented effective solutions for the infamous software crisis by gaining and using valid scientific knowledge that can provide the right answers to these simple questions about components, where scientific knowledge implies knowledge that clearly falls under the realm of science and is acquired without violating the core principles and proven rules of the scientific method.

I have been requesting software researchers to find right answers to the simple questions for over a decade, and my request has been seen as heresy. Please see attached PDF.

Why does the software research community find it repugnant or heretical when requested to recognize the reality and truth objectively? I feel, any Scientist must be ashamed of himself if he feels such a request is repugnant or heretical and resort to snubbing and personal attacks.

Best Regards,

Raju Chiluvuri

Reality is a social construction. A symbolic universe can be constructed by any individual but it is the effect of social influences that brings that universe to its full potential. A mutually acceptable construction is possible only because of the common foundation upon which the structure is based: DNA. DNA provides virtually identical symbolic objects for each subject and provides shared archetypes giving these objects fundamental meanings (Hunt, 1995, p.213). From there, the shared ability to manipulate symbols and use them for tools within a cooperative setting generates the reality, or realities, we all experience. As adults, we all forget we were not born with the reality we inhabit intact. We eventually reify that reality and use it as if it was absolute. Our success at the reification project, that takes much of our lives, is recognized socially as our competence.

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It is obvious that economic publications are becoming more and more quantitative that they seem detached from reality and lost economic sense. The advanced econometric models we use are sometimes difficult for other economists to comprehend. Is it not time to prioritize qualitative researches so we have a larger audience and our publications become more relevant?

This question and other puzzling thoughts are summarized in a recently posted assay “Inconvenient issues in sciences”.

I attempt to answer some of the questions in recent papers but realize that I have barely touched on a much deeper problem. I am wondering if there is an appetite for this kind of thinking.

Alek Zubelewicz

After the elections and the first days, the hard tasks of the government begin to face reality. What are the key features needed to be successful?

Hello everyone!

If you take the output current equation of a solar cell in open circuit condition, you get:

where

R_sh is the shunt-resistor

V_oc is the open-circuit voltage

I_ph is the photo-current

I_0 is the saturation current

V_T is the thermal voltage

Given that V_T and I_0 depend on the ambient temperature, does that mean that the shunt resistance is also temperature-dependent?

And what is the physical significance of the series and shunt resistors?

I am working on paper title Covid 19 Myths vs Realities I request you to please help in filling up the google form

I argue that both aid and conditionality are IPGs primarily based on Morrissey et al. (n.d., 4-5), because the benefits of these IPGs are available in all countries. Moreover, in principle, every state of the world can get benefit from these IPGs, if it desires and finally, both provide utility to every recipient, whether it is a Benthamic pain or pleasure. Critics may argue that aid and conditionality are not always available and provide a similar benefit to all who desire them. Although in reality, it is the shared nature of all IPGs, including the purer IPGs, the disease protection, not in principle. Also, the donors' willingness to provide these IPGs is to make the utility of the benefits of these IPGs, available to all recipients, which reflects Easterly's "cartel of good intentions" (Easterly 2002). Similarly, considering the Susturt Network report (2002) and Bodnsky’s (2012) idea, aid and conditionality are non-rival and non-excludable IPGs, where the benefit of these products are available to everybody whether someone produces it or not.

Moreover, considering Stiglitz’s explanation of Global Public Goods (GPGs) and the instances he presented, like economic coordination, environment, knowledge, international security and humanitarian assistance (Stiglitz 1999, F579), I think both the aid and conditionality are the GPGs.

This is a draft explanation. I welcome all of you to comment on my explanation and give guidelines to improve the idea.

References

Bodansky, Daniel. 2012. "What's in a concept? Global Public Goods, International Law, and Legitimacy." The European Journal of International Law, 23 (3) 651-668.

Easterly, William. 2002. "The cartel of good intentions: The problem of bureaucracy in foreign aid." The Journal of Policy Reform, 5(4) 223-250.

Morrissey Oliver, Dirk Willem te Velde and Adrian Hewitt. n.d. "Defining International Public Goods: Conceptual Issues." Overseas Development Institute.

Stiglitz, Joseph E. 1999. "The World bank at the Millennium." The Economic Journal, 109 (459)577-597

Trade, Societies, and Sustainable Development, Susturt Network. 2002. " Global Public Goods: Policy Brief paper." Montpellier (France): SUSTRA seminar on "Global Public Goods and Trade", May 13-14.

"both interviewing (Meretoja, 2014) and sensemaking (Laroche 1995; Lant 2002; Weick 1993) are theorised as enactment of actions to exchange symbols, giving the possibility to explore human experience also as a symbolic interaction. Here “the world cannot be known as such but is brought about by acting upon it. It does not lie there ready to be interpreted, but has to be made sense of” (Hernes & Maitlis, 2010, p. 31). In this way, knowledge is understood to be originated from subjective interpretations of reality, which in the literature is referred as the social construction of reality (Berger & Luckmann, 1967). Nevertheless, those subjective interpretations are mediated through the use of shared symbolic schemas of knowledge, such as the language. Those interpretations are better understood as intersubjective, because underlining its shared nature will overcomes the limit of a mere subjective reality. Symbolic interactionism is the most suitable paradigm for the present research, because its “emphasis is on individual sense making, expressed through its detailed development of the role of the self in the construction of reality” (Prasad, 2018, p. 19). Indeed, in our case the focus of the research is both on how political communicators made sense of their professional role, as well as how this could have influenced the interpretation of the Covid-19 context. It was Mead (1977), one of the most influential philosopher of the phenomenological pragmatism, who contributed to the diffusion and development of symbolic interactionism, conceiving that people in order to make sense of a situation decide which role to enact, thus projecting already some of the possible circumstances. According to Mead (1977), people interpret a situation by staging different roles which correspond to the expectations of the context. So roles and identity are an adaptation to the context, because “humans have the capacity to resolve blocks to ongoing activity by internally manipulating symbols to review and choose among potential solutions” (Stryker, 2008, p. 17). Therefore, the role that one takes, is due by the context and vice versa, where the roles are enabled by communication, and communication depends on the interactive and exchange of meanings, which is “constantly being modified through a series of individual interpretations” (Prasad, 2018, p. 21) among the engaged parts. To this extent, the perceived and the enacted roles are behavioural and cognitive symbols exchanged inside and outside individuals, which generate new knowledge to people. Therefore, using the Symbolic Interactionism as a Paradigm, as also PR and Sensemaking theorized, means to focus on those multiple identities, roles, meanings and contexts as phenomena of negotiation. Indeed, multiple realities exist, and through interviews the researcher has the function of let them emerge and observe how interviewees self-identify and perceive their role in the narrated events. I argue that the use of interviews can provide a window over those meanings generated in those contexts, because it allows to reproduce and to grasp a situated knowledge by a person as well as the contextual believes in relation to other social actors."

Do you think those words are accurate and correct about Mead works on roles enactment?

Thank you in advance :D

Is it possible to compare the transformation of the traditional teachers to the digital reality with immigration? Is this transformation a real immigration? What do you think?

Ho feasible is it to provide feedback on voice emotion in real-time and are there systems that can do it?

It has been said that the IS-LM has limitations that makes it difficult to relate to reality.

For more than 50 years practitioners have been asking this question; probably the most common.

It is believed that there is an answer, not from the technical point of view, since it is assumed that all methods are mathematically correct, (although I doubt about this.....), and thus, there is no method better than another.