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How do we know TREE(3) is not infinite but at the same time don't know the upper bound for it?

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How is the human brain able to discriminate faces so well despite many faces being quite similar? How much of the brain is devoted to facial recognition?

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When an animal dies, their muscles experience a period of rigidness called "Rigor Mortis" -- does the heart also experience this condition after death?

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If I had some superconducting wire and made a coil, could I just keep pushing more amps through it for a stronger magnetic field?

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Would it be a big deal if someone found two different strings that produced the same SHA256 hash?

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Why are Ramsey Numbers so difficult to find and would finding an efficient algorithm for finding Ramsey Numbers have any benefit for mathematics in general?

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When a radioactive decay event occurs in an element, what determines in which direction an alpha or beta particle is ejected?

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How did one cell organisms evolve into multi-cell organisms? How did multi-cell organisms evolve to have organs?

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What would be the difference in destructive capability between a 10 meter wide asteroid of matter hitting Earth and one made of anti-matter?

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What relationship does entropy have with quantum mechanics? If a box of atoms can exist in all possible states simultaneously on the quantum level, does that eliminate entropy completely?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How do we know TREE(3) is not infinite but at the same time don't know the upper bound for it?	5
How is the human brain able to discriminate faces so well despite many faces being quite similar? How much of the brain is devoted to facial recognition?	5
When an animal dies, their muscles experience a period of rigidness called "Rigor Mortis" -- does the heart also experience this condition after death?	5
If I had some superconducting wire and made a coil, could I just keep pushing more amps through it for a stronger magnetic field?	4
Would it be a big deal if someone found two different strings that produced the same SHA256 hash?	4
Why are Ramsey Numbers so difficult to find and would finding an efficient algorithm for finding Ramsey Numbers have any benefit for mathematics in general?	4
When a radioactive decay event occurs in an element, what determines in which direction an alpha or beta particle is ejected?	4
How did one cell organisms evolve into multi-cell organisms? How did multi-cell organisms evolve to have organs?	3
What would be the difference in destructive capability between a 10 meter wide asteroid of matter hitting Earth and one made of anti-matter?	3
What relationship does entropy have with quantum mechanics? If a box of atoms can exist in all possible states simultaneously on the quantum level, does that eliminate entropy completely?	3