In theory, the computing speed of the human brain can be quantified, but since our understanding of the brain is extremely limited, some scientists have used a very visual metaphor to illustrate how limited our understanding of our brain is:…
Life is a computer: Conway’s Game of Life
About 3.6 billion years ago, the first living cells arose.
About 600 million years ago, multicellular plants were born.
Slightly later, about 550 to 570 million years ago, multicellular animals began to appear.
It took 3 billion years for life …
Life is a computer: from biological virus to computer virus
In 1898, Martinus Bergerinck proved through filtration experiments that the pathogen of tobacco mosaic disease was smaller than the bacteria, and thus deduced the existence of the virus.
Today, more than 120 years later, people generally think that viruses are …
Life is a computer: think about life in a different way
What is life?
From a biological point of view, it is the combination of sperm and egg (of course there are other ways to breed life, such as asexual reproduction).
More than 70 years ago, the famous physicist Schrödinger started …
Life is a computer:the Infinite death loop of ants
In 1936, when ant biologist T.C.Schneirla was studying ants, he discovered a strange phenomenon:
Hundreds of ants form a strange circle, and the ants keep rotating around this circle.
This phenomenon lasted all day, and even a heavy rain failed …
Can AI face recognition distinguish clones?
First, we assume that clones already exist.
First let’s talk about the twin face recognition.
In general, whether it is AI or human, as long as you train deliberately, you can identify twins who look the same, not to mention …
From Schrödinger’s cat to Schrödinger’s girl
What is Schrödinger’s cat? The emphasis is on Schrödinger or the cat?
I believe many people, like me, first heard of “Schrödinger’s Cat” is from the sitcom “The Big Bang Theory”, a group of scientists always talked about “Schrödinger’s cat.”…
Beyond Bitcoin: How Developers are Helping Traditional Banks Modernize
This article was originally published by Index Code
Bitcoin and blockchain tend to grab headlines in the world of banking. Cryptocurrency is the poster child of “disruptive technology” in the traditionally slow-moving finance industry. But, there are other areas where …
Can dad be younger than his daughter?
Compared to the Star Wars series of sci-fi movie, “Interstellar” can be said to be a real hard sci-fi movie, because when the film is produced, there is really a scientist involved, the scientist is called Kip Thorne. He is …
Which robots in the movie are closest to us?
Nothing is popular with robots in movies. There are countless movies with robots.
Clumsy and cute Baymax in “Big Hero 6”:
Loyal and humorous TARS in “Interstellar”:
Vision in “Iron Man”:
Super powerful but clumsy robot cat in “Doraemon”:
The …