Tag Archives: emergent properties
Neuromorphic hype
We all know there’s a difference between operating an Indica Diesel car and a WDP 4 diesel locomotive. The former has two cylinders and the latter 16. But that doesn’t mean the WDP 4 simply has eight times more components … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm, Science
Tagged artificial neural networks, emergent properties, hype, IEEE Spectrum, more is different, neuromorphic computing, Philip Warren Anderson, science communication, superconducting synapse
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The problem with rooting for science
The idea that trusting in science involves a lot of faith, instead of reason, is lost on most people. More often than not, as a science journalist, I encounter faith through extreme examples – such as the Bloch sphere (used … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Scicomm
Tagged arrow paradox, biopolitics, Bloch sphere, common English, emergent properties, expertise, faith, mathematical physics, pseudoscience, quantum superposition, reason, science communication, science journalism, Social Psychology, statistical significance, trust, uncertainty, wave function
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COVID-19, AMR and India
Maybe it’s not a coincidence that India is today the site of the world’s largest COVID-19 outbreak and the world’s most prominent source of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) pathogens, a.k.a. ‘superbugs’. The former fiasco is the product of failures on multiple … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged antimicrobial resistance, broad-spectrum antibiotics, COVID-19, emergent properties, novel coronavirus, One Health, pathogens, public health, superbugs
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