I work in industry, developing scientific measurement equipment. So I'm right in the thick of things. There are still plenty of problems in theoretical physics that are not quantum gravity. A better understanding of…
Anecdotally, I had an adjunct teaching gig at a state university many years ago while I was in between jobs. My mom is a retired public school math and science teacher, and was on her district's union negotiating team.…
An odd thought keeps running through my mind. We don't yet know if AI has replaced mathematicians. But if AI can do homework and exam problems, then it means AI has replaced students.
Indeed, to support your point, I had a teaching assistantship for my first two years of grad school, meaning that I worked on an as-needed basis for things like supervising labs, proctoring exams, grading papers, etc.…
I'm still better at soldering, and machining. ;-)
True, but secondary school teaching requires additional training, so it's not an option for most students thinking about applying for graduate programs. And it's a very high-attrition occupation.
Without novel proofs. If AI can churn out proofs, then anybody's work can get "scooped." I've seen this happen to students in other fields, where it has reached the point that students refrain from giving conference…
They certainly are, but the question is about the adoption of washing machines. It required a lot of things to come together: Electricity, plumbing, space, money, availability of comparative services, etc. Great user…
I read Robert Caro's biography of LBJ. The first volume talks about conditions in rural Texas. He describes the nonstop, grueling labor for women supporting a farm family. One of the chores was washing clothes. In…
I'm just an old industrial physicist, but as I understand it, quantum gravity has yielded no testable predictions so far, and neither have multiple-worlds theories.
The place where quantum and gravitational effects are thought to become significant to one another is at energy levels that cannot be obtained in our experiments, either in the lab or through astronomical observation.
In addition to knowing how much stuff is released by one particle, we have a decent handle on how much is needed in order to be dangerous, due to us being constantly bombarded by various cosmic rays. That's how we can…
>>> I would argue that this is probably a western-classical view of music. Music can be quantified/measured, but those numbers are just a tiny part of the listening experience. Actually in practice, stuff that goes…
It's interesting how Airbnb has diverged from its original vibe of "staying at somebody's house." When I "stay at somebody's house" I wash the dishes, take out the trash, etc. Essentially, leave it as I found it, if not…
It's interesting to see different perspectives on this. For me, calculus was the first math I learned, where symbols represented something other than pure numbers or tangible points on a plane, and we proved things…
I wonder if this means there are giant balls of dark matter hurtling around the universe.
I've learned to boil stuff for managers down to just a few bullets. Er, I mean bullet points. And no equations.
The ethics of academic research weren't idyllic, but they were the devil known. It was at least informally accepted that a student should have a fair chance of finishing their project. Cherry picking student projects…
This was already why people went to grad school. I think people weigh a complex bag of known and perceived motivations and risks. One of the risks is that your project gets "scooped." There were some weak ethical and…
In my view, whether a field is competitive or collaborative, depends a lot on the ethics of the people involved. I'm not saying that the ethics of academic research were idyllic, but at least they were the devil known.…
The tradeoff for consumers is that convenient returns are cheaper to implement than quality control.
Okay, that makes sense. I play bass in a Big-Band, and some of our newer charts are this way, including some Metheny arrangements. I'm fine with it, and might even lean towards saying it's easier to sight read, but on…
Does modern notation just mean no key signature and all accidentals?
Area Man has them.
Until we design fittings and fixtures that just snap together. This has already happened to some extent in the construction trades. It doesn't outright replace labor but it reduces the labor content of trade work. It's…
I work in industry, developing scientific measurement equipment. So I'm right in the thick of things. There are still plenty of problems in theoretical physics that are not quantum gravity. A better understanding of…
Anecdotally, I had an adjunct teaching gig at a state university many years ago while I was in between jobs. My mom is a retired public school math and science teacher, and was on her district's union negotiating team.…
An odd thought keeps running through my mind. We don't yet know if AI has replaced mathematicians. But if AI can do homework and exam problems, then it means AI has replaced students.
Indeed, to support your point, I had a teaching assistantship for my first two years of grad school, meaning that I worked on an as-needed basis for things like supervising labs, proctoring exams, grading papers, etc.…
I'm still better at soldering, and machining. ;-)
True, but secondary school teaching requires additional training, so it's not an option for most students thinking about applying for graduate programs. And it's a very high-attrition occupation.
Without novel proofs. If AI can churn out proofs, then anybody's work can get "scooped." I've seen this happen to students in other fields, where it has reached the point that students refrain from giving conference…
They certainly are, but the question is about the adoption of washing machines. It required a lot of things to come together: Electricity, plumbing, space, money, availability of comparative services, etc. Great user…
I read Robert Caro's biography of LBJ. The first volume talks about conditions in rural Texas. He describes the nonstop, grueling labor for women supporting a farm family. One of the chores was washing clothes. In…
I'm just an old industrial physicist, but as I understand it, quantum gravity has yielded no testable predictions so far, and neither have multiple-worlds theories.
The place where quantum and gravitational effects are thought to become significant to one another is at energy levels that cannot be obtained in our experiments, either in the lab or through astronomical observation.
In addition to knowing how much stuff is released by one particle, we have a decent handle on how much is needed in order to be dangerous, due to us being constantly bombarded by various cosmic rays. That's how we can…
>>> I would argue that this is probably a western-classical view of music. Music can be quantified/measured, but those numbers are just a tiny part of the listening experience. Actually in practice, stuff that goes…
It's interesting how Airbnb has diverged from its original vibe of "staying at somebody's house." When I "stay at somebody's house" I wash the dishes, take out the trash, etc. Essentially, leave it as I found it, if not…
It's interesting to see different perspectives on this. For me, calculus was the first math I learned, where symbols represented something other than pure numbers or tangible points on a plane, and we proved things…
I wonder if this means there are giant balls of dark matter hurtling around the universe.
I've learned to boil stuff for managers down to just a few bullets. Er, I mean bullet points. And no equations.
The ethics of academic research weren't idyllic, but they were the devil known. It was at least informally accepted that a student should have a fair chance of finishing their project. Cherry picking student projects…
This was already why people went to grad school. I think people weigh a complex bag of known and perceived motivations and risks. One of the risks is that your project gets "scooped." There were some weak ethical and…
In my view, whether a field is competitive or collaborative, depends a lot on the ethics of the people involved. I'm not saying that the ethics of academic research were idyllic, but at least they were the devil known.…
The tradeoff for consumers is that convenient returns are cheaper to implement than quality control.
Okay, that makes sense. I play bass in a Big-Band, and some of our newer charts are this way, including some Metheny arrangements. I'm fine with it, and might even lean towards saying it's easier to sight read, but on…
Does modern notation just mean no key signature and all accidentals?
Area Man has them.
Until we design fittings and fixtures that just snap together. This has already happened to some extent in the construction trades. It doesn't outright replace labor but it reduces the labor content of trade work. It's…