# Wtf/wtg science **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [January 1, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672 "2021-01-01T15:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/162 "2022-12-12T01:38:52Z")
Fusion! > Edited: for some reason a direct link puts this behind a paywall for me. But a twitter link is not paywalled ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/163 "2022-12-12T02:02:44Z")
Whoa…this could be big ---
**Author:** ![NumericalNeuroticism](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/numericalneuroticism/32/464_2.png) [@NumericalNeuroticism](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NumericalNeuroticism)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/164 "2022-12-12T02:55:04Z")
Science! ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/165 "2022-12-12T14:43:23Z")
He turned back toward the window Crushed out his cigarette Faded off to sleep And somewhere in the darkness The gambler he broke even ---
**Author:** ![magillaG](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@magillaG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/magillaG)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/166 "2022-12-13T03:30:49Z")
> [@ArthurItas](#): > > Fusion! NYT article clarifies this is for fusion created using lasers. The amount of energy released during fusion is equal to the energy from the laser that creates the fusion. This is much less than the energy needed to power the laser, since much of that energy becomes heat. A lot of fusion is done in tokamaks, these donut shaped devices that use alternating magnetic field to contain the plasma that creates fusion. I think most people envision fusion as a power source would come from that kind of setup. Evidently the laser setup is used to research hydrogen bombs without actually testing them. ---
**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/168 "2022-12-13T04:44:01Z")
> **[Hydropower Breakthrough](https://xkcd.com/2710/)** ---
**Author:** ![UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ultimateanyone/32/265_2.png) [@UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/u/UltimateAnyone)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/169 "2023-02-22T17:42:43Z")
[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/first-person-harry-forestell-parkinsons-dbs-1.6752210](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/first-person-harry-forestell-parkinsons-dbs-1.6752210) The short video in the article is worth watching as well. ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/170 "2023-02-22T17:51:42Z")
There was a “60 Minutes”-type story on this type of surgery where the dude gal was awake during surgery & playing the violin. I’ll see if I can find it: [Doctors Perform Brain Surgery To Remove Tumor While Patient Plays Violin - CBS Philadelphia](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/kings-college-hospital-doctors-perform-brain-surgery-remove-tumor-while-patient-dagmar-turner-plays-violin/) Ah, yes, it was for a tumor. ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/171 "2023-02-22T17:56:11Z")
Sounds like a metaphor for abortion. ---
**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/172 "2023-02-22T19:07:48Z")
Aren’t people generally kept awake during brain surgery? On TV they always have someone there asking them questions to make sure something isn’t going wrong. ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/173 "2023-03-07T17:01:55Z")
Current results of training stable diffusion on fMRI scans of people looking at pictures. ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/7/079801b1325c3b885f51058e1255411139f7608f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/174 "2023-03-07T17:20:28Z")
Here’s a story about it: [https://techstory.in/ai-can-read-your-mind-researchers-use-ai-to-generate-images-based-on-peoples-brain-activity/#:~:text=Scientists%20at%20Radboud%20University%20in%20the%20Netherlands%20trained,the%20findings%20of%20brain%20imaging%20into%20actual%20visuals](https://techstory.in/ai-can-read-your-mind-researchers-use-ai-to-generate-images-based-on-peoples-brain-activity/#:~:text=Scientists%20at%20Radboud%20University%20in%20the%20Netherlands%20trained,the%20findings%20of%20brain%20imaging%20into%20actual%20visuals). ---
**Author:** ![tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tommie.frazier)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/175 "2023-03-07T22:45:48Z")
if my thought dreams could be seen they’d probably put my head in a guillotine but it’s alright ma ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/176 "2023-03-08T00:56:40Z")
> **[The car of the future? Ford applies for patent on car that can automatically...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/business/ford-repossessing-car-patent/index.html)** > > Ford has some interesting ideas on what self-driving cars might soon be able to do. Besides freeing us from the tedium of commuting, the company envisions cars that could repossess themselves. If implemented, I’m sure it won’t end badly. ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Papagiorgio](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nick_papagiorgio/32/451_2.png) [@Nick\_Papagiorgio](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Nick_Papagiorgio)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/177 "2023-03-08T11:16:24Z")
Fun with numbers. Well at least fun with some numbers, the rest are just boring. > **[The Most Boring Number in the World Is ...](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-most-boring-number-in-the-world-is/)** > > That prime numbers and powers of 2 fascinate many people comes as no surprise. In fact, all numbers split into two camps: interesting and boring ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/178 "2023-03-08T13:30:56Z")
The story about the cab ride and 1,729 being the smallest number that is the sum of two cubes expressed two different ways was told in the book Innumeracy, IIRC. I’ve certainly heard it before, and I think that’s where. ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/179 "2023-03-08T14:32:02Z")
I know from chapter 1729 of Rivka Galchen’s sweet children’s book. ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/180 "2023-03-15T18:15:07Z")
Gpt-4 is built. Outperforms chat on every test by a decent margin. Crushes AP exams and professional exams. Still struggles with math, and being honest. Once again, the scary thing about AI is not how amazing it is, but how quickly it improves. > **[GPT-4](https://openai.com/index/gpt-4-research/)** > > We’ve created GPT-4, the latest milestone in OpenAI’s effort in scaling up deep learning. GPT-4 is a large multimodal model (accepting image and text inputs, emitting text outputs) that, while less capable than humans in many real-world scenarios,... ---
**Author:** ![SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/srednivashtar/32/2894_2.png) [@SredniVashtar](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SredniVashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/181 "2023-03-15T18:20:11Z")
One very obvious concern is how easy it will be to use these buggers to cheat on exams and classes. But that’s just the most blunt tip of the existential iceberg imo. ---
**Author:** ![John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/john.s.mill/32/9771_2.png) [@John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/u/John.S.Mill)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672/182 "2023-03-15T18:24:42Z")
> [@SredniVashtar](#): > > Once again, the scary thing about AI is not how amazing it is, but how quickly it improves. Certainly improves more than humans. I’m not sure humans are even improving. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672.md?page=8) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/wtf-wtg-science/1672.md?page=10)