Science General Discussion

[DD_Bwest]

yea i saw a fb post about that.    found it quite odd they were looking for public info.

something tells me future static fires will have a series of cameras on them

[Legend]

yea i saw a fb post about that.    found it quite odd they were looking for public info.

something tells me future static fires will have a series of cameras on them

SpaceX has loads of cameras. They want public stuff so that they can triangulate probably.

[Legend]

NASA to hold teleconference about collaboration on the Red Dragon mission with SpaceX on 21 September, 3PM ET

[DD_Bwest]

NASA to hold teleconference about collaboration on the Red Dragon mission with SpaceX on 21 September, 3PM ET

interesting. i wonder what they have to say.  any rumors?

[Legend]

interesting. i wonder what they have to say.  any rumors?

Probably just share some details.

[Legend]

Well that was crazy.

Got out of the car and looked up in the night sky like I usually do. Instantly spotted a faint satellite moving slowly since it was passing next to a planet. Within a second of spotting it, the satellite turned on a dime and launched roughly 90 degrees in a different direction and zoomed out of sight. WTF!?!? Took a while just staring at the sky coming to terms that what I witnessed was real and wasn't my brain doing any tricks. Whatever I saw, I really saw it. But since I'm a man of science and kept staring in the sky, I noticed the original satellite emerge from behind a tree and along its original course. Yay mystery solved! A second object, probably a shooting star, just happened to appear at the exact same spot as the satellite was. Since the second object was much brighter, it hid the original one and my brain tracked it as if they were the same thing. Was flipping cool.

[the-pi-guy]

Well that was crazy.

Got out of the car and looked up in the night sky like I usually do. Instantly spotted a faint satellite moving slowly since it was passing next to a planet. Within a second of spotting it, the satellite turned on a dime and launched roughly 90 degrees in a different direction and zoomed out of sight. WTF!?!? Took a while just staring at the sky coming to terms that what I witnessed was real and wasn't my brain doing any tricks. Whatever I saw, I really saw it. But since I'm a man of science and kept staring in the sky, I noticed the original satellite emerge from behind a tree and along its original course. Yay mystery solved! A second object, probably a shooting star, just happened to appear at the exact same spot as the satellite was. Since the second object was much brighter, it hid the original one and my brain tracked it as if they were the same thing. Was flipping cool.

Funnily enough, if aliens ever did come no one would believe it.  
"i'm a rational man of science, it can't be aliens."
*ends up being aliens*

That would be my second favorite bit, just the skepticism and ending up being wrong.  

[DD_Bwest]

i guess this is sorta science related..

i clicked on this on youtube,  and within 10 minutes i have laughed aloud many times. they essentially threw an ant colony at a wasp nest, blamed the wind and filmed what happened.   then decided it wasnt good enough, so they added sound effects of like alien noises and swords clashing lol

[the-pi-guy]

MIT scientists use radio waves to sense human emotions - NeoGAF

http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/20/tech...inkId=29006898
 Interesting where this could lead.
 

[Legend]

NASA to Hold Media Call on Evidence of Surprising Activity on Europa : space

[DD_Bwest]

probably water vapour?

[the-pi-guy]

One thought that i have had for a while about AI is the ability to do neural profiling. 

I can imagine two types of profiling.  Behavioral profiling which analyzes behavior. Could be useful for creating a template AI that acts the same as a character or person.  Even ones that don't exist. 
And psychological profiling which would probably be better called real neurol profiling.  My idea would be probably scan the brain and create the template that way. 

My thoughts on this, is it could be used for tons and tons of things. 

I had an idea today of learning.  Basically test what would be the best way to learn a specific topic for a specific topic. 

This is person A, person A learns best by seeing pictures.  Person B learns best some other way. Person A could expect to learn this specific topic using these resources in about 45 minutes.  Or if they use these resources it might take closer to 2 hours. 

Person B should use the latter resources and they can expect to understand the material in about 55 min. 

That's the kind of stuff I'm pretty excited about.  If we are ever able to make great AI systems (basically near perfect) I think it would have a lot of potential that could utilized.  Basically harnassing the brain. Practically limitless potential I think. 

It could maybe even be utilized for therapy.  Person A's path to recovery is best done this way.  Etc. 

[DD_Bwest]

SpaceX Falcon Accident Investigation Points to Breach in Rocket's Helium System

well thats a step closer to an anwer

[Legend]

SpaceX Falcon Accident Investigation Points to Breach in Rocket's Helium System

well thats a step closer to an anwer

Wonder if it was overpressurized or the tank was faulty?

[DD_Bwest]

Wonder if it was overpressurized or the tank was faulty?

wouldnt an over pressure be seen on sensors?   im going with a fault in the tank.