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We’re getting outside my domain of expertise. Like I said, I don’t personally work on fluid dynamics – I work…
Nobody uses the NS equations to find their *real actual solutions* in engineering problems. They use approximations. The math question…
Currently I don’t see a reply button to Mark’s post, so I’m replying to my own. This is a reply…
A huge amount of the Manhattan project was fluid dynamics. But the relevant question isnt how much has been spent…
As far as I am aware, your understanding of Navier-Stokes is correct. They created an example where Navier-Stokes breaks down…
Yeah, that comment by Tshilidzi Marwala at Unu.edu had ironically the hallmarks of AI, but nevertheless I thought it made…
I certainly don’t want to deny that there are issues with AI over and above catastrophic / existential risks: The…
One of the creationist conmen associated with the Discovery [sic] Institute has an article in a science journal, which, we can be sure, will be broadcast far and wide by the creationist public relations folks. Details on the article and its real merits are here.
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