Day 233 Practice

Meditate: Awake

Topic:
Wisdom Builder
Timeless ideas at the intersections of science, philosophy, critical thinking, and history.
~ 4 minutes

TST Daily Practice, day 233. 

Four ideas in 4 minutes from our greatest minds around the globe and throughout time. 

Today’s topic: Wisdom Builder.

Timeless ideas at the intersections of science, philosophy, critical thinking, and history.
Today’s 4 topics:
1.
Dinosauria Emerge: True Dinosaurs!
2.
What is the nature of timbre?
3.
What is the IQ of a chimpanzee?
4.
Argentinosaurus
The Practice, Day 233:
1.
From History: 238 Million years ago (+/- 5 million).
Dinosauria Emerge: True Dinosaurs!
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Before the famous branches split into predators, long-necks, horned giants, and birds, there was one early ancestral species. One population eventually led to all dinosaurs: Allosaurus, Styracosaurus, and Diplodocus.
Subject: Dinosaur Evolution.
The biggest differences often begin with a shared beginning. T. rex, Brontosaurus, Triceratops, and modern birds seem wildly different, yet all came from the same deep ancestral root: a single population of a single species. A good reminder of evolutionary diversity.
2.
What is the nature of timbre?
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Multiple sound waves including both harmonic and overtone waves, as well as the attack and decay which is the shape of the waves individually and in aggregate.
Subject: Sound.
Timbre comes from the blend of harmonics layered on top of a fundamental frequency, along with how a sound starts (attack) and fades (decay).
3.
What is the IQ of a chimpanzee?
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Comparing the EQ of chimps and humans gives chimps an equivalent IQ of about 35 to 40.
Subject: Intelligence.
Chimpanzee IQ is tricky to pin down because IQ tests are designed for humans, but we can estimate their intelligence with the Encephalization Quotient (EQ). A typical chimp has an EQ of around 2.35, translating to a human IQ of 35 to 40. While it’s fun to speculate, it’s important to remember that chimps don’t think like us—they don’t ask questions or reason abstractly.
4.
From History: Lived from 97 to 93.5 million years ago..
Argentinosaurus
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Argentinosaurus shows how far the sauropod body plan could go. By the Late Cretaceous, some titanosaurs had become the largest land animals known, turning the long-necked dinosaur design into one of evolution’s most extreme achievements.
Subject: Dinosaur Evolution.
Argentinosaurus reminds us that dinosaur evolution did not end with Jurassic giants like Diplodocus and Apatosaurus. Much later, in Cretaceous South America, titanosaurs pushed the sauropod design to an even greater extreme. It stands as one of the best-known symbols of just how massive life on land could become.
And now, a brief recap:
1.
Before the famous branches split into predators, long-necks, horned giants, and birds, there was one early ancestral species. One population eventually led to all dinosaurs: Allosaurus, Styracosaurus, and Diplodocus.
2.
Multiple sound waves including both harmonic and overtone waves, as well as the attack and decay which is the shape of the waves individually and in aggregate.
3.
Comparing the EQ of chimps and humans gives chimps an equivalent IQ of about 35 to 40.
4.
Argentinosaurus shows how far the sauropod body plan could go. By the Late Cretaceous, some titanosaurs had become the largest land animals known, turning the long-necked dinosaur design into one of evolution’s most extreme achievements.

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