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#1 2012-03-08 23:34:59
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Shrinking brains means we are smarter?
Some scientists will say anything to back up what they think is correct. Because they assume we must be getting smarter, after all we have the Bill Maher show, smaller brains must mean more processing power.
Supposing it is just the opposite?
http://discovermagazine.com/2010/sep/25 … -shrinking
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90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#2 2012-03-09 06:26:14
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Re: Shrinking brains means we are smarter?
Hi bobbym
Unlike the general opinion, the size of the brain has nothing to do with being smart.It's only the cuttings in the brain that determine the 'smartness'.
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#3 2012-03-09 06:34:22
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That is their opinion. So when our brain has shrunk to the size of a marble...
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#4 2012-03-09 07:04:06
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So people without brains are smart beyond smart.So politicians are the smartest people in the world!
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#5 2012-03-09 07:12:36
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According to them, yes.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#6 2012-03-10 03:03:06
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yup.
i love when other sciences get involved into math like this.
there's a sequence of formula that derives:
intelligence = money/work
rearranging we get:
money = intelligence*work
which,by your formula, gives us:
money=∞ as brain size tends to zero assuming work is positive,meaning that you do something.
this leads to the conclusion is that if your brain is tiny,you will be rich if you do at least a little.that's why our politicians and Bill Gates are rich.
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The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#7 2012-03-10 06:26:51
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I do not like it either. Watching those guys play with mathematics gives me indigestion.
So we have some conclusions of our own.
1) No brain implies infinite intelligence. This should be strived for and I have made many advances in this direction.
2) Bill is already ahead of me.
3) The current administration works for Bill so they are already there too.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#8 2012-03-10 06:44:21
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hi bobbym
i agree very much with those conclusions.if i were to guess gates is much much richer than you.
this could connect very nicely to the syllogisms thread.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#9 2012-03-10 06:52:29
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Agreed, he is much further along in his brain reduction techniques than the average person. My hat is off to him, if I wore a hat.
I would not post any of these ideas in that thread.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#10 2012-03-10 06:56:49
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hi bobbym
what about ole Stevey? RIP
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#11 2012-03-10 06:58:48
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It is not nice to speak ill of the dead.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#12 2012-03-10 07:04:49
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i was asking you what you thought about him and his brain.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#13 2012-03-10 07:05:49
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Yes, I know and I answered in an oblique way.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#14 2012-03-10 07:12:12
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ok.so you won't express your opinion.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#15 2012-03-10 07:17:58
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I think I did. But if even you can not find the sarcasm then I am safe.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#16 2012-03-10 07:20:06
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hi bobbym
sarcasms are hard to pick up on forums and in typing in general.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#17 2012-03-10 07:27:07
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Hi;
Better! Have you read any Oscar Wilde or Charles D?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#18 2012-03-10 08:09:52
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nope.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#19 2012-03-10 08:11:26
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No David Copperfield, A Christmas carol...
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#20 2012-03-11 07:21:04
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hi bobbym
neither of those two.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#21 2012-03-11 08:51:49
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Then I guess everything I was going to say is going to be hard to say.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#22 2012-03-11 09:11:04
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say it anyway.
The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#23 2012-03-11 09:12:23
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What were we talking about?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#24 2012-03-11 09:14:22
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The limit operator is just an excuse for doing something you know you can't.
“It's the subject that nobody knows anything about that we can all talk about!” ― Richard Feynman
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
#25 2012-03-11 09:37:51
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Could be my brain shrunk and I forgot.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.