dealt untold damage onto the collective psyche
Couldn't think of a better way to put it!!
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Unfortunately the original article is based on statistical methods that are today acknowledged, by a large number of statisticians, to be flawed (see this official statement and this editorial of the American Statistical Association). So the findings might be correct, and yet again they might not be.
Fantastic, thank you!
Had never heard about Graphite, thank you! I'll try to stay updated about it. But please feel free to post important news about it in this community, whenever there'll be steps forward.
Absolutely amazing!! I suppose you've seen some renderings like this one.
However, these molecules don't really have a will or a scope, and in fact I don't like how they are deceivingly represented in some of these animations. These animations show, say, some aminoacid that goes almost straight towards some large molecule and does this and that. And one is left with the question: how does it get there and how does it "know" that it should get there? The answer is that it's just immersed in water and moved about by the unsystematic motion of the water molecules. Some aminoacids go here, some go there. In these animations they only show the ones that end up connecting with the large molecule. OK, this is done just to simplify the visualization, but it can also be misleading.
Similarly with molecules like kinesin, which seem to purposely walk around. Also in that case there's a lot of unsystematic motion, that after a while ends in a particular more stable configuration thanks to electromagnetic forces. Simulations such as this or this give a more realistic picture of these processes.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the whole thing isn't awe-inspiring or mind blowing. It is. Actually I think that the more realistic picture (without these "purposeful" motions) leads to even more awe, because of the structured complexity that comes out of these unsystematic motions.
😂 Great choice! I have a friend who wanted to be a fence erector, but after seeing this infographic had a change of hearts.
Got it ;) But I hadn't heard about the award! can you share some link about that? Cheers!
Edit: found it! Well done EFF! (I'm a proud member.)
Cool! Let's see what kind of material people bring out :)
I remember I did a search 5 or more years ago, and it was actually tricky because I only got something after searching for very specific terms, which in turn I had gotten from other searches. I'm trying to remember what they were...
Neat idea! +1
Luckily "effectively the standard" is just a temporary thing. What browser was considered "standard" has changed many times in the past, and will continue to change in the future. Of course for this to happen everyone who cares must keep on pushing.
Superb summary!