/sci/ - Science & Math

Not sure if I get this, but it would exist in the same state until subject to an interaction? It's very much the same as in relativity.

>>4564240
Mathematics is not a human concept, being the abstractions appreciated by all life and the principles inherent in nature.

Infinity is a mathematical concept.

Entropy is the number of combinations or permutations; also known as information content. It's pretty much the same in thermodynamics. When you see bits/bytes (or less commonly nat) it's a measure of information.

The term information entropy is largely redundant if not to separate it from the colloquial notion of information and the doctrine tied to thermodynamic entropy.

>>4542543
>>4542555
I suspect they're danish. Not all danish plugs are grounded (most aren't). And the whole thing looks familiar. Maybe the beer could help narrow it down. I don't know crap about beer.

>>4542459
Perhaps this
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/296/5572/1436.abstract

Received the concept from some pop-sci publication.

The idea as I understand it is the the end state of heat death, of absolute entropy, is mathematically near- identical to the initial state of big bang.

As such the heat death sets the stage for a new big bang, no crunch needed.

>>4494804
Cardiovascular health is best health.

It's probably more about the erection though.

Mathematics is the universal model of relations. What is x, to y. Knowing quantities within the real world allows us to mathematically project relations between them.

You can set anything to be 1. 1 meter, 1 electron. But if you don't have the same distance from 1-2 as you have from 0-1 the internal consistency breaks down and no inferrances can be made.

>>4494590
>In that case it seems we're back to the classic examples of organisms with simple neural networks that verify the system status (integrating sensory input to weigh and execute future action). Is the spider-buddy eating a fly next to my empty coffee cup conscious?

Absolutely. A little bit conscious. Life is on a continuum from simple contingencies to complex learned behaviour. The spider has no idea that it's a spider. It just knows that it needs to eat and has all the tools for doing so but cannot conceive of anything past that. When faced with a threat a spider will go "I don't recall of any of my ancestors that lived to procreate after meeting one of these, so I should get away from here with all possible haste". Antelopes don't do that either. A flock of antelope could certainly beat a lion into pulp, but they won't. A human can size up a threat or problem and evaluate it against his own physical size, strength, endurance, ingenuity, knowledge.

Asses, dicks and boobs advertise health. Healthy mate is good mate.

>>4494485
Simulations don't need to refer to oneself or even need any general, intuitive, principles of the world at large.

Consciousness does that. It's pretty much just checking if the model is up to snuff.

>>4494401
Not the same Anon, but selfmodeling is including oneself in mental simulations (Never heard the word before, but the meaning is familiar to me).

Simulation is a prerequisite. With selfmodeling then comes the need to examine the validity of said model.

>>4482294
I think animals absolutely can see patterns and pictures, but on the other hand rarely take an interest. So I take from that that they don't generally take any meaning from it.

Suppose some images will be more meaningful than others, depending on the animal and its experiences.

For instance, a gorilla might see a gorilla skull and think "holy shit, someone died here! GGTFO!". This is probably not the case, but it's not too far removed that we cannot consider it. Here it's a sign of potential danger that is (hypothetically) meaningful to a gorilla.

Pattern recognition and mathematics is a defining trait of all creatures. It's just a matter of how much meaning a being could deduct from the available information, but in nature this is probably not so relevant. It is far more important to humans living as we do in a world of highly abstract images and pseudovirtual images.

Grey goo.

Our descendants, our children, shall populate all the universe and rule supreme in our stead.

>>4469484
The pattern must not only be repetitive, but also selfreinforcing.

Life can't be defined.

It's all down to degrees of complexity.

The most common definitions are more accurately summed up as the common descent of terrestrial carbon-based cellular life of which viruses share.

>>4461910
In the image it looks superficially as though the only distinction is of scale.

Also having a bit of trouble telling apart critical and super-critical conceptually.

>>4453692

Generally for sugar I believe the fluctuation of blood pressure to be the important factor, so that chicken may help there.

Postprandial vasodilation and then the rapid rise in blood sugar messes up the system.

>>4453692
I think it's more likely to fuck you up because it's processed in the liver.

>>4453543
>sugar, like all macros are absorbed past the duodenum. Even though fully digested, if other food is not digested in the duodenum, the glucose will remain there unabsorbed until other food is broken down fully.

Useful knowledge ahoy! I knew GI to be influenced by mel composition but actually knowing the mechanism is much more useful.

>>4453539
>It's very good. You're not going to grab a steak in the middle of a marathon.

It's very good under some circumstances. It's fine for exercise, but comsumed genereally it contributes to an already sedentary lifestyle.

>>4453505
Let me remind you of glycemic index, glycemic load and addictive substances.

Now let's consider what sugar has going for it. It's cheap... Aaand.... that's it. It's easily absorbed, which is now not so good a thing considering it's the vast majority of the modern diet.

Guess who else loves sugar? Bacteria.

So does anyone know the link between sugar consumption and cardiovadcular disease?

For a large cat and a small human, I guess. Most cats are rather small though. I'm unsure of how big housecats can get.

I think you should probably follow your urge to go running. Couldn't hurt. Just dress for the weather.

Exercise and healthy diet do good for many things.