Çağrı Mert Bakırcı-Taylor
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PhD (Evolutionary Robotics), Texas Tech.
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✨ Featured in: Nature, Scientific American
📹 Host: https://youtube.com/evrimagaci (Turkish)
🧠 Editor-in-Chief: https://evrimagaci.org (Most visited Turkish scicomm website)
✒️ Columnist: Oksijen
✨ Featured in: Nature, Scientific American
It's cool when magicians do it.
Real life is not magical.
"He who lives trusting, dies betrayed."
Real life is not magical.
"He who lives trusting, dies betrayed."
January 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
It's cool when magicians do it.
Real life is not magical.
"He who lives trusting, dies betrayed."
Real life is not magical.
"He who lives trusting, dies betrayed."
At least do it right(er).
January 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
At least do it right(er).
Embargo is lifted: 2024 is the first year to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial level.
Congratulations, world!
Congratulations, world!
January 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Embargo is lifted: 2024 is the first year to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial level.
Congratulations, world!
Congratulations, world!
What are some movies that have traumatized you as a child?
I'll go first: My Girl, 1991
I've seen some scenes from I.T. as well when I was like 8 and couldn't take a shower for a while. 😂
I'll go first: My Girl, 1991
I've seen some scenes from I.T. as well when I was like 8 and couldn't take a shower for a while. 😂
January 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What are some movies that have traumatized you as a child?
I'll go first: My Girl, 1991
I've seen some scenes from I.T. as well when I was like 8 and couldn't take a shower for a while. 😂
I'll go first: My Girl, 1991
I've seen some scenes from I.T. as well when I was like 8 and couldn't take a shower for a while. 😂
How different would the world be if the USA stayed this big, I wonder.
January 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
How different would the world be if the USA stayed this big, I wonder.
No one's left to do that my boy.
December 30, 2024 at 6:44 PM
No one's left to do that my boy.
Even if you've earned $591.000 PER DAY (yes, per DAY), since the year 0 (yes, for the past 2024 years), Elon Musk would still have more wealth than you do.*
Yeah... Let that sink in.
* Assuming no interest or inflation.
Yeah... Let that sink in.
* Assuming no interest or inflation.
December 30, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Even if you've earned $591.000 PER DAY (yes, per DAY), since the year 0 (yes, for the past 2024 years), Elon Musk would still have more wealth than you do.*
Yeah... Let that sink in.
* Assuming no interest or inflation.
Yeah... Let that sink in.
* Assuming no interest or inflation.
Something like this will be found in the future, when these things will be completely unknown (or there is nothing that can "know" is left)...
December 30, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Something like this will be found in the future, when these things will be completely unknown (or there is nothing that can "know" is left)...
Look at the details of the hand, the veins, the creases...
The subtlety of color in such a small area...
The subtlety of color in such a small area...
December 28, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Look at the details of the hand, the veins, the creases...
The subtlety of color in such a small area...
The subtlety of color in such a small area...
Check this out. This is Rembrandt's "Young Scholar and His Tutor" from 1629. It's a beautiful masterpiece.
December 28, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Check this out. This is Rembrandt's "Young Scholar and His Tutor" from 1629. It's a beautiful masterpiece.
I mean, within the first second of this post, this is what I got...
December 26, 2024 at 2:51 AM
I mean, within the first second of this post, this is what I got...
I love this illusion!
Keep looking at the center and wiggle the phone around and it starts having a 3D effect as if the reds are coming out of the screen.
Keep looking at the center and wiggle the phone around and it starts having a 3D effect as if the reds are coming out of the screen.
December 25, 2024 at 2:23 AM
I love this illusion!
Keep looking at the center and wiggle the phone around and it starts having a 3D effect as if the reds are coming out of the screen.
Keep looking at the center and wiggle the phone around and it starts having a 3D effect as if the reds are coming out of the screen.
A good demonstration of how you can hack your y-axis to tell a non-existing story about your boring data.
December 24, 2024 at 9:05 AM
A good demonstration of how you can hack your y-axis to tell a non-existing story about your boring data.
This is the clearest image of Antares.
It's 620 light years away from us.
That's 39.2 MILLION times the distance between the Sun and the Earth.
And I can't take a photo of my own face this sharp from my arm's reach. 🤦♂️
It's 620 light years away from us.
That's 39.2 MILLION times the distance between the Sun and the Earth.
And I can't take a photo of my own face this sharp from my arm's reach. 🤦♂️
December 21, 2024 at 5:41 PM
This is the clearest image of Antares.
It's 620 light years away from us.
That's 39.2 MILLION times the distance between the Sun and the Earth.
And I can't take a photo of my own face this sharp from my arm's reach. 🤦♂️
It's 620 light years away from us.
That's 39.2 MILLION times the distance between the Sun and the Earth.
And I can't take a photo of my own face this sharp from my arm's reach. 🤦♂️
You gotta be kidding me...
It *only* made people lose 20% on average, not 25%.
Oh no!!!
(The "market" is insane.)
It *only* made people lose 20% on average, not 25%.
Oh no!!!
(The "market" is insane.)
December 21, 2024 at 3:33 AM
You gotta be kidding me...
It *only* made people lose 20% on average, not 25%.
Oh no!!!
(The "market" is insane.)
It *only* made people lose 20% on average, not 25%.
Oh no!!!
(The "market" is insane.)
Tornado alley is shifting eastward with climate change.
December 21, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Tornado alley is shifting eastward with climate change.
Why does a dude that's not elected have this much power over the Congress, on a website that's used by less than 25% of Americans (and less than 10% of them use it regularly in a day)?
December 20, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Why does a dude that's not elected have this much power over the Congress, on a website that's used by less than 25% of Americans (and less than 10% of them use it regularly in a day)?
Strait of Gibraltar from the space looks amazing!
It's Africa to the left and Europe to the right.
Atlantic Ocean to the top right and the Mediterranean to the bottom left.
It's Africa to the left and Europe to the right.
Atlantic Ocean to the top right and the Mediterranean to the bottom left.
December 20, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Strait of Gibraltar from the space looks amazing!
It's Africa to the left and Europe to the right.
Atlantic Ocean to the top right and the Mediterranean to the bottom left.
It's Africa to the left and Europe to the right.
Atlantic Ocean to the top right and the Mediterranean to the bottom left.
A beautiful quote from San Francisco Asian Art Museum.
via: Loree Christie
via: Loree Christie
December 19, 2024 at 6:45 PM
A beautiful quote from San Francisco Asian Art Museum.
via: Loree Christie
via: Loree Christie
Insurers are jumping ship.
December 19, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Insurers are jumping ship.
The unelected President of the USA...
December 19, 2024 at 8:17 AM
The unelected President of the USA...
Humanity is doomed for sure.
December 18, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Humanity is doomed for sure.
Metric system also has its fair share of stupidity.
December 17, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Metric system also has its fair share of stupidity.