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What problems exactly would we run into if we include non-unitary evolution in quantum mechanics?

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What are the physical properties of DNA as a substance?

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What exactly changes in a person's cognition and behaviour after a lobotomy? How do they live out their lives post-operation? The Wikipedia page is pretty abstract.

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Can we consistently define a set of all possible ways a function can asymptotically grow with total ordering on it?

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In the xkcd comic about average yearly temperatures, how do we know what the temperatures were at like 2000 BC?

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When Turing came up with the Turing machine, how did he justify that it is indeed the essence of computation? Did he know for sure, that you can't build a more powerful computer in real life?

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If I have a non-random sequence, what should I append to it to make it look random? (explanation below)

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What exactly does the No-Cloning Theorem forbid?

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Why do they talk about inflation as if it were an inevitable evil you have to fight an uphill battle against? Can't the government stop inflation by not printing any more money?

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What exactly makes some species unable to breed in captivity?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What problems exactly would we run into if we include non-unitary evolution in quantum mechanics?	8
What are the physical properties of DNA as a substance?	8
What exactly changes in a person's cognition and behaviour after a lobotomy? How do they live out their lives post-operation? The Wikipedia page is pretty abstract.	8
Can we consistently define a set of all possible ways a function can asymptotically grow with total ordering on it?	8
In the xkcd comic about average yearly temperatures, how do we know what the temperatures were at like 2000 BC?	6
When Turing came up with the Turing machine, how did he justify that it is indeed the essence of computation? Did he know for sure, that you can't build a more powerful computer in real life?	6
If I have a non-random sequence, what should I append to it to make it look random? (explanation below)	6
What exactly does the No-Cloning Theorem forbid?	6
Why do they talk about inflation as if it were an inevitable evil you have to fight an uphill battle against? Can't the government stop inflation by not printing any more money?	5
What exactly makes some species unable to breed in captivity?	5