“Science denialism”, which counters “science” with to direct a “selected knowledge” has caused “gap of truth” as in hoax that led doubts knowledge, is phenomenon skepticism the digital era. “Cartesian” verification knowledge limited because an algorithm-psychological-based “tool” can and utilize scientific data/values support/negate for particular purpose regardless objective truth. Thus, diffe...

of Dissertation Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy DISCRETE GROUPS FROM A COARSE PERSPECTIVE By Justin I. Smith May 2007 Chair: Alexander N. Dranishnikov Major: Mathematics We first use the functorial properties of coarse structures and coarse maps as well as algebraic properties to dedu...

Birds in the infraorder Corvida [1] (ravens, jays, bowerbirds) are renowned for their cognitive abilities [2-4], which include advanced problem solving with spatial inference [4-8], tool use and complex constructions [7-10], and bowerbird cognitive ability is associated with mating success [11]. Great bowerbird males construct bowers with a long avenue from within which females view the male di...

The Star Wars Scroll Illusion is a dynamic version of the Leaning Tower Illusion. When two copies of a Star-Wars-like scrolling text are placed side by side (with separate vanishing points), the two scrolls appear to head in different directions even though they are physically parallel in the picture plane. Variations of the illusion are shown with one vanishing point, as well as from an invert...

We present a geometrical description of the space of density states of a quantum system of finite dimension. After presenting a brief summary of the geometrical formulation of Quantum Mechanics, we proceed to describe the space of density states D(H) from a geometrical perspective identifying the stratification associated to the natural GL(H)–action on D(H) and some of its properties. We apply ...

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