did Maxwell need a computer? It seems to me that mans greatest accomplishment is what he does himself.

 

Or in how he improves himself. See my last post.

 

Mans greatest achievement, so far, was started by Dave Bergman in 1990. For the first time he successfully modeled a fundamental particle. Shortly after that Lucas successfully modeled all the nucleates and atomic spectra. QM has never been able to do that. Shortly after that the Universal force law was derived. And of course with that, all phenomena has been explained.
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Enjoy.

 

Someone once said "Every complex problem as an answer that is clear, simple and wrong".

Has it been published in a peer reviewed journal? There is no reason at all why the universe should be "common sense" to us with our extremely limited set of senses (e.g. we can only sense a tiny part of the electromagnetic spectrum).

And of course with that, all phenomena has been explained.

So they have a cure for cancer?

 

Has it been published in a peer reviewed journal?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...etracts-60-articles-smashes-peer-review-ring/

Even peer reviews are suspect with that announcement. I'm sure the move will be towards OPEN peer review vice the anonymous peer review.

Sage press release and the retracted articles are in the below links.

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2014/jul/7.htm

http://jvc.sagepub.com/content/20/10/1601.abstract

 

Yes I am aware of the issues with some peer reviews but in general they are still the best approach and definitely better than some random website.

 

There are always issues when humans are involved. I haven't decided, but, I'm leaning towards the open peer review where the reviewer and the author is not anonymous vice the anonymous peer review.

But brutal honesty is not a common human trait.

That incident raises the caution level on all, unnecessarily. The process has been tarnished.

Just like trolls are identified by their writing style when they change names to regain access to a website, those doing peer reviews probably recognize the "anonymous" author. This could lead to being more favorable to someone sharing your same opinion.

 

how about a written language with number system? without that, how could anything but the simplest be created?

 

... And of course with that, all phenomena has been explained.
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Ummm, sure it has.

Looney bins are full of people who can "explain all phenomena" and so are churches.

So this is not really a precedent.

Belief != fact

 

Judging from the enduring popularity of "the jokes thread" I would seriously consider humour to win the greatest achievement prize.

 

Spam filters.

Just kidding. Computing is certainly among man's greatest achievements. Though there are other great candidates as some members have pointed out.

 

How about
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0

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Yup - zero, first used in the Mathematical sense in India in the 9th century AD. Where would we be without it? And indeed where would a binary based computer be with only ones?

 

How about
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYsgRsNg2s

 

Our technology is only in its infancy.

I always ponder the question, if we had been around for as long as dinosaurs what would we know?

 

sirch, you were just a step ahead of me. 0 is the greatest invention, without it, there would have been no algebra. Without algebra no calculus, without calculus... and so on.

The greatest achievement of humanity is being able to take prior works and build on them. That is our strength. Hopefully we will survive our weaknesses...

 

Vaccination started to be used effectively prior than computing. It made us not stronger but able to trick Nature, helping us (most of) to extend our active life.

If that is actually deemed a progress, advance or achievement, I am not sure.

One thing is true: without that help, most of us would be not posting here (and, I presume, the rest, feeling unconcerned of overcrowding the globe).

 

Certainly was

I found fascinating the ability to link every subject to the next.

 

Vaccination started to be used effectively prior than computing.

Ah, yes. Good ol' Louis Pasteur. Who, btw, was trained as a chemist before he invented microbiology. Many, including myself, also credit him with discovering the antibiotic effect.

John

 

Ah, yes. Good ol' Louis Pasteur. Who, btw, was trained as a chemist before he invented microbiology. Many, including myself, also credit him with discovering the antibiotic effect.

John

Wasn't Jenner the first to vacinate people?

 

Actually microbiology was 'invented' nearly two centuries before Pasteur by Van Leeuwenhoek and Hooke

http://www.smithlifescience.com/celltheory.htm