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Why is a bigger, deeper neural network more prone to overfitting?

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When talking about chirality of molecules, is the choice of which one is left-handed and which one is right-handed arbitrary as long as it's consistent? Or is there a way to look at a molecule and tell that it is definitely right-handed?

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Scott Aaronson: "...the ability to solve NP-complete problems would give us 'godlike' powers - arguably, even more so than the ability to transmit superluminal signals or reverse the Second Law of Thermodynamics." <- how come?

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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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Do electrons have a directional orientation, or are they spherically symmetrical?

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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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I flip a fair coin over and over. I stop after the proportion of heads among all flips exceeds 80%, but not earlier than after 10 flips. What is the expected time before I stop?

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What are the physical properties of DNA as a substance?

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

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Are there plane-filling curves that fill an infinite plane?

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Why is a bigger, deeper neural network more prone to overfitting?	9	askscience
When talking about chirality of molecules, is the choice of which one is left-handed and which one is right-handed arbitrary as long as it's consistent? Or is there a way to look at a molecule and tell that it is definitely right-handed?	9	askscience
Scott Aaronson: "...the ability to solve NP-complete problems would give us 'godlike' powers - arguably, even more so than the ability to transmit superluminal signals or reverse the Second Law of Thermodynamics." <- how come?	8	askscience
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	askscience
Do electrons have a directional orientation, or are they spherically symmetrical?	8	askscience
Can we consistently define a set of all possible ways a function can asymptotically grow with total ordering on it?	8	askscience
I flip a fair coin over and over. I stop after the proportion of heads among all flips exceeds 80%, but not earlier than after 10 flips. What is the expected time before I stop?	8	askscience
What are the physical properties of DNA as a substance?	8	askscience
What problems exactly would we run into if we include non-unitary evolution in quantum mechanics?	8	askscience
Are there plane-filling curves that fill an infinite plane?	8	askscience