Dendrites are the inputs; axons are the outputs. Both tend to branch and each dendrite has many “spines” which form the input synapses.
But yes, that sounds more likely since it is theorized that the basal dendrites in the prefrontal cortex being larger and more complex than others is what allows them to integrate larger amounts of information and could correlate with intelligence.
Not sure about the genes affecting connectivity, but I can tell you that neurons in both chimpanzees and humans connect to wayyy more than 7 neurons. Like orders of magnitude more. In the Prefrontal Cortex, pyramidal neurons can have upwards of 30,000 excitatory inputs alone
I will say that scene in Blade Runner where Tyrell is trying to explain why they can’t extend a lifespan and basically just says “all these things create deadly viruses” instead of literally anything more accurate like disrupting the immune system or causing cancer etc. that scene really does piss me off.
Why the hell would repressing a human gene create a virus in the first place?
Also checking “pupillary dilation” and “blush response” but no “it won’t affect the test” if you’re smoking despite the fact nicotine would probably mess with those metrics as well as basically any other biometric like heart-rate or blood pressure.
That being said, I do actually kinda like watching it (or just having it play in the background while I’m doing something else) just for the vibe of the environment. Cyberpunk megastructures? Cassette futurism? Dense but partly abandoned urban infrastructure? Synth jazz playing over shots of a rainy city night? Hell yeah.
(Tbf I’ve only watched the director’s cut so I dont know if the version with Harrison Ford’s voice over makes any glaring mistakes; it definitely ruins the vibe of the movie imo)
Idk the billionaires and systemic problems seemed to show up without us having to steal them from someone else
I think its actually a reference to Elden Ring not the magic TERF franchise you’re thinking of
Yes and no, technically, in an ion thruster, the gas is still pressurized and let out for propulsion. Its just that after the gas is initially pushed into the thruster, we rip off electrons to make the gas into positive ions which can be further accelerated by an electromagnetic field potential before getting ejected.
You are getting thrust from the depressurization but also from the electromagnetic acceleration of the thruster. The point is that it is more thrust than you’d get from just gas expansion alone and it still would provide basically no delta v for such a massive object.
It took the deep space 1 probe (which only weighed 373kg) 73.5 kilos of xenon through an ion engine to get a delta v of 4.1km/s.
So even if you turned the whole cargo bay into fully ionized plasma and somehow shot it out in a well directed beam, I seriously doubt it would cause any noticeable change in the trajectory of a million metric ton galaxy class starship
This looks a lot like the crystal orientation map of a metal sample
For the first time ever I don’t have class every day and my mind keeps going “OH SHIT WE FORGOT TO GO TO CLASS!” Even though like… we had this same realization five minutes ago you stupid brain. Why are we freaking out again?
Literature isn’t logic, but if you want to describe literature rigorously you will be using a logical system. All science is based on logic.
The scientific method is literally just proving/disproving a logical implication (the hypothesis) using axioms (model assumptions and evidence) to construct a proof (research paper).
Anyway, we’re off from your original statement. You were wondering if math counts as a science. Anything rigorously studied is science.Even in math, hypotheses are formed and tested and occasionally proven wrong.
Non-euclidean space, irrational numbers, Gödels incompleteness theorems, Tarski’s undefinability problem, etc. are all examples of when widely accepted scientific models of sets or geometry or logic etc. were tested and eventually disproven, leading to the creation of new models. That is science.
That’s called Class Logic
(It’s math)
The symbols/notations were invented and axioms are arguably arbitrarily chosen, but the consequences of those axioms are undeniably discovered not invented
You’re heading deeper into the philosophy/study of knowledge which is called Epistemology.
What I think you’re trying to say is you think there’s a divide between sciences which deal with making models about “reality” and testing them versus the sciences like logic and abstract mathematics which constructively discover truth by deriving it from previous truths (axioms/theorems).
However, in a very general sense, any logic whatsoever—written symbolically or in natural language—is mathematics. Making the assumption “matter/energy is not created nor destroyed” and then using that assumption (axiom) to derive “momentum must be conserved in a collision” is mathematics just as much as it is physics. Any time you build ideas on/using a “scientific model” you are using logic/mathematics.
Math is quite literally the most empirical science that exists
Empirical: “Verifiable or provable by means of observation or experiment.”
Ever heard math isn’t invented it’s discovered? Math isn’t about trying to make something new, it’s about trying to make things that were already there obvious.
Other way around. All sciences are philosophy: the “love of knowledge”
Disproof. We will work by counterexample. “1+1=2” can be written/seen/read on the internet. It can be trusted. QED.
Fake: Anon has a gf? Anon can run 20mi?
Gay: Complaining about a relationship with a woman who both cared enough about him to learn and participate in his hobbies AND has now also become a literal fitness goddess?
On a serious note, if you are in a healthy relationship, you should feel comfortable telling your partner(s) when you aren’t interested in doing something they want you to do. Boundaries and communication are important
The black line represents a branching path you can take in a game.
There are points in a game that are impossible to return to after leaving the area or like killing a certain boss enemy. (Red X in the image)
When there are cool/special items only accessible in those areas (yellow star), if you leave and can’t come back, you might miss the item and be unable to get it ever without restarting and playing the game all over again just to get the chance to pick it up this time around.
Things get much worse when there are multiple items or even boss fights like this in the same game, where doing things ouf of order can lock you out of full questlines (like in Elden Ring where reaching Altus Plateau before getting as far as possible through everyone’s questlines will make half of them unable to be completed for no reason whatsoever)