Happily, de Waal believes that we are starting to emerge from this dark period and learning to think of animal intelligence on a continuum with that of humans.
The range of validity of the effective continuum obtained by the discrete homogenization has been assessed by comparing the frequency band structure of this continuum with that obtained by a Floquet-Bloch analysis.
Comparing the frequency band structure of the effective continuum with that obtained by Floquet Bloch analysis extended to a 3D context shows that the wave propagation characteristics can be directly obtained from the homogenized continuum at low frequencies.
Before turning to it, it will be useful to look at the array of views about the existence conditions of properties as a continuum, with claims that the realm of properties is sparse over on the right (conservative) end and claims that it is abundant over on the left (liberal) end.
Transcriptomic studies based on lasI and rhlI mutants revealed that the regulons are on a continuum, with some genes that respond dramatically well to OdDHL (e.g. lasA), some with BHL specificities (e.g. rhlAB), and some equally well to both signals (Schuster and Greenberg, 2006; Schuster et al., 2003).
As an alternative, each element can be treated as a meso-scale continuum with constitutive properties that reflect the characteristics of the underlying microstructure.
This distinction itself is one that Markoff perhaps makes too much of to begin with: the technology that allows you to summon an Uber, after all, and allows the Uber driver to navigate you to your destination, is on a continuum with the technology that will eventually displace the driver entirely.
An advantage of this approach is that it combines atomistic with continuum models that consider inhomogeneity and interphase morphology.
The current literature shows that the building blocks of resilience are not merely the positive ends of a continuum with risk, but that they are separate (biological and psychological) qualities of wellbeing and mental health that enable successful adaptation or swift recovery from life adversity.
However, a new study shows that, like a great many other characters of Archaeopteryx, this is far more of a continuum with other forms that an outstanding feature.
Besides providing a rigorous mathematical solution to the problem, the paper explains the physical origin of super-stable behavior, introduces the new concept of super-unstable behavior, and points out that these regimes of behavior are intricately connected with the continuum model that is used.
