Floating in space and time of the brain — with Zhang Cheng, Vice President of reading Science (6)

Introduction · why we read science

"For me, the problem also concerned to another question: why should we in Microsoft Research Asia?

When your manager, corporate leadership, outside of a reporter's question to you, you may put it this way: we are the main force of Microsoft Research Asia; we can make innovation; we are doing world-class research; we prepare those who will the world become better software and so on — this is your standard answers.

But this is not the most correct answer.

In my opinion, it is curiosity and that kind of difficult to drive out to explore, discover, experimental desire will we gathered together, and that is why we are here.

We do not know a lot of things, which prompts us to want to know more. In the end, we might find that we don't understand areas of greater — that seems to be a hopeless loop, a repeated curse. However, this doesn't matter.

This is why we are here, and is also the reason we read science.

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BigBrain Theory: Have cosmologists LostTheirs, by Dennis Overbye, fromThe New York Times

The big brain theory — cosmologists lost their brains?

", the author DennisOverbye, selected from the New York Times

Ludwig was a remarkable name.

Ludwig · where · Beethoven (LudwigVan Beethoven) 9 tells us thoroughly before Carnival is the complete darkness, Ludwig · Wikipedia augenstein (LudwigWittgenstein) is language in saying we, not the language we speak, and Ludwig ·-waves zi Mann (LudwigBoltzmann) is announced in endless hours long, constant fluctuations of the universe, born out of the countless possible, even with isolated no primary brain as a boundless ifaf a in darkness in the swinging.

Fut finally not so tangled up: the so-called samsara is possible, Bozeman as is said, because the Bozeman's brain really exists.

Time's arrow to? next second what happens?

Bozeman is the originator of thermodynamics, his second law of thermodynamics says everything from order to disorder, things always increasing disorder.

Confusion is not a State, but rather a verb, the verb defines the direction of the arrow of time. Bozeman's guess is that the entropy of the universe will eventually be attributed to the hot spot — chaos to the extreme, the world will revert to silence — nothing can gossip, this will be a very harmonious boring world too.

In this silent in time hourglass completely stuck.

Bozeman further speculation, since the cosmic infinity, random fluctuations may occur at any location, there will be a "localized" Blizzard. In some singular indefinite small point entropy rekindle. Reboot, the arrow of time will be fired, and all cycle again.

In Bozeman make this assumption, it does not already exist in the big bang (BigBang) said.

And now the physicist's guess, the big bang more than once or more than one, and may grow around reciprocating, back and forth, each producing a big bang, the universe once again, a star of the past.

Every circle is black and white keys, a brisk.

Beethoven's ninth in a cosmic scale, Bozeman brain were dancing in the dark.

In fact, about the big bang and Bozeman links between the brain and this section, I have not read.

Only know the article to the effect that the big bang theory did not overturn the Bozeman brain possibilities, but it's also very iffy and dark energy (Darkenergy). If you have problems, you should ask questions to the expert (for example limiao teacher). Of course, you also can wait, my future a brain-snow smart, not only will be able to read and would want to quite clear, will be able to challenge a top-level master.

In fact, Bozeman brain paradox in another point is, make a complete world in probability on appears, therefore, more will be broken in the world, the universe would have some magical floating debris, such as, independent of the brain.

Do not need to bother moving arm fixed legs of the brain might have more time to think, it will read the mysteries of the universe really.

Just the Bozeman brain would not be me, might be you, but more likely is the who's not.

Each circle shape is a whole new universe, each universe may have their own material and debris, and the laws of physics. Nüwa myth only half right: days is truly a collapse, but maybe that day was incomplete; samsara are possible, just you and recurrent brain will always be on the signal.

I often hear Science hard into the fairy tale, attempt to use science to explain all the mysterious, in fact, whether it is a myth or superstition, science, it is easy, but a closer look, it seems to exist in two parallel universe, always not above.

TheFinal Frontier, by Karen Olsson, formThe Texas Monthly

The ultimate frontier ", the author, selected from the KarenOlsson Texas Digest

In this volume of 25 article, if any one can make people revisit the essence of the spirit of the United States — the days are not afraid to not fear, CanDo's hero and WillDo — should the momentum is this article.

Of course, if you want to make people happy and pleased to see that were meant to be replaced by "Texas hero wars Japan Japanese" this does not make sense.

The universe is only 4% of material visible, in order to explain why the stars go farther and faster, the universe is not a slow but is accelerated, in order to thoroughly understand is this is dark matter/dark energy behind my back, scientists need a more powerful telescopes.

In related international cooperation projects in the United States and Japan in a large project (WFMOS) is redoubling its efforts to expand in Hawaii.

Texas at Austin College of Colt evil, be sure to catch the Rive, Japan Japanese front with self-made tupao raiding the depths of the universe.

Their weapon is 77 years ago in the depths of Texas no densely build an Observatory HET. HET historically have had a history of niaoqianghuanpao, although finally succeeded, but took several years before finally resize better.

Gary Hill

This new scheme name is HETDEX (DEX —

— Dark EnergyExperiments, dark energy experiment), the first payment of the HET, and then plug in 145 simple photography Spectrum Analyzer. This is a little likecloud computing background framework: no need for expensive supercomputers, but rather a bunch of relatively cheap server like building blocks like tie-up. If successful, will eventually HETDEX once exposure of fire range increased to 30 times as good.

The entire project to $ 38 million dollars, this is pretty big for a fee, although less than many WFMOS (article didn't mention how much less;

I would not find). In the United States, the funding of basic research are generally from the national WWF (NFS), military (DARPA) and so on some official units, competition is fierce.

The Professor impatient, etc, because they are the descendants of the Cowboys.

"In Texas, as long as you have an idea, money, anything can do.

" Like the Sun alone in search of treasure and the beauty of the Western Cowboy, they pride mark and jump on the jeep, traveled to the size of Texas cities, travel and jumped to the parts of the rich ring in lobbying, there is only one purpose: money.

Believe it or not, is how, Texas Cowboy total circle two thousand million, and the project completion in 2013.

In HEDDEX site, have been played "the first dark energy experiment" winner "of the sentence.

Of course, few of wealthy people is not so easy.

For example, often have such a proposal: money line, as long as you can after the dark energy circle.

Chicken and duck story also good deal with the fear of bricks.

In SanAngelo (Texas 28 big cities, leaving HET212 miles) in a cafe, a piece on the fly so that large mirror: what is waht were available, in addition to the Austin Group, were playing Chicken?

Hill replied, no, no, no, we're United States science education and passion on the decline, the project leader can play a role.

Indeed, so the necessary fight first?

An important point in the United States, the spirit is very strong competi

tion. Micro-perspective that might be wasted, but if there is no competition, technological level of the United States today.

China is engaged in the moon.

I always feel that Shanxi coal boss pocket money jingling sound, you should do some great things. Let's explore Mars huyou they invest in?

Rocket's name I have for coal bosses think well, called "fire WA 518", patriotic and fortune.

Perhaps Death is Proud;

More Reasonto Savor Life, by Theresa Brown, fromThe New York Times

The dead give reason to live, the author TheresaBrown, selected from the New York Times

This article why series of essays to this science came instead of entering the year's best selected prose, is a very strange thing: Theresa on not unknown, but is known, is not, and is dead.

But sudden deaths, there is no omen, but have you looked, there is a witness, there is a busy but useless for health care professionals, like Theresa such literature was done professional nurses, University teacher, with extremely brutal and very beautiful writing is recorded.

And science-independent, and life.

If you do not love life to science?

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Authors:

Chang Zheng, 2002 joined Microsoft Research Asia multimedia group, Microsoft Research Asia, Vice President, responsible for system and network research areas.

1984 studied at Fudan University, Department of electronic engineering; in 1987 as the first University of Fudan University class of one of the 13 students entering postgraduate courses; 1990 to Dallas campus student; a master degree in 1992, in the spring of 1993 to Illinois thinking at school, and champagne in the autumn of 1996, PhD. Since then, he has been working in central laboratory Hewlett Packard, its research areas related to high-performance supercomputer system structure and large scale distributed systems. Chang Zheng is the network magazine new threads and the kingdoms of the founders of the "bamboo" is the pen name, edit the annual anthology of overseas students in first and second volumes and has presided over the kingdoms of the Gallery "and" half a bottle of poetry shop "column. At present, "bamboo" is science squirrels will faithfully squirrel, enjoying taste to strip the taste of science nuts.

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