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sam-2727

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samchristian at mit dot edu

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    The beginning of the conclusion of the original study [1] is worth repeating: No one should try to reform or rehabilitate the ranking. It is irredeemable. In Colin Diver’s memorabl…

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    Anyone have a link to the source journal article? I can't find it.

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    I think it is pretty standard practice to keep cheating confidential (indeed, I think for a lot of universities professors aren't allowed to publicize student names in incidents of…

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    While it won't be able to image more sharply on its own, JWST can still help to constrain certain factors in their modeling, thus obtaining better images. See, e.g., https://www.st…

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    For context: https://thetech.com/2021/11/22/6-4-ai-d-major-proposed

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    You will likely not have to wait long to see, given that the supreme court is most likely going to strike down affirmative action next year

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    Here's a picture of the same color suit on the same person in 2015: https://twitter.com/OlegMKS/status/605693958015057921

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    Yes, but you have more variables than necessary. Why model all the observables independently when you can model the system with one complex wave function? It's the interaction betw…

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    > Can you do QM with just the real valued probability distribution? You can't. The key fact is that other observables, such as momentum, depend on the complex part of the wave func…

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    1. What do you mean by simulator? The wavelength range/sensitivity of the various instruments has been simulated. 2. I think you use this tool to submit proposals: https://jwst-doc…

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    Press release with more details: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-webb-telescope-rea...

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    Interesting, although I struggle to see how this could be. The collapse (from our point of view, at least) of the wave function is pretty necessary in the math of QM. You can only …

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    Perhaps I'm misunderstanding some of the philosophical aspects here, but the Copenhagen interpretation seems to just a label for the (now) undisputed basic facts of quantum mechani…

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