| April Fools. CADIE is a hoax. Google. No Cog-AutoheauristicsThe article Jeriaska linked to below was an April fools joke on the world by Google. It had me going for about 2 seconds. Until I realized that this leap was impossible unless we're 7-15 years from now. Also, they made a mistake which I immediately caught. The article refers to CADIE working on 'Crystal Lattice to form an Einstein-Bose Condensate'. I remembered reading a physics paper a few years back on the subject (I'm a self educated amateur, but literate nonehteless). So I searched for the paper and found who wrote it and is working on this. A physicist by the name of Dr. Alex Zunger. I asked myself why this problem? Why put CADIE on this task? So, I researched (googled) the name Alex Zunger and Lo and Behold, if I shouldn't find a google boss/scientist named Yonatan Zunger. Turns out he's the physicists son. Thus, with my detective work (which I know nobody gives a crap about), I had found not only that it is a hoax but also who is behind it. Yonatan Zunger, or at least someone who knows his fathers' work. 4 votes by methos on 2009-04-03 |
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