Category: Insight
Aristotle and the Pleasures of the Table
by Dwight Furrow: It might strike you as odd, if not thoroughly antiquarian, to reach…
Preparing For the Unknown
Shocks will continue. Building resilience is one of the most critical skills we can develop,…
Marshall McLuhan on Good News, Bad News, Advertising
Shared by Irshad Salim: “We are completely immune to advertising, do you know why? It’s…
Why Christmas is Celebrated on December 25th
by Carol A Westbrook: It all began about 4.5 billion years ago, give or take…
How the Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions
Yasemin Saplakoglu in Quanta: Memory and perception seem like entirely distinct experiences, and neuroscientists used…
How Online Mobs Act Like Flocks Of Birds
By Renée DiResta in Noema: You’ve probably seen it: a flock of starlings pulsing in…
AI uses artificial sleep to learn new task without forgetting the last
Many AIs can only become good at one task, forgetting everything they know if they…
Why Aesthetic Value Should Take Priority Over Moral Value
Aesthetic value is a catch-all term that encompasses the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the…
Math behind the image (or the face behind the mask)
GHULAM MUSTAFA: At the time of this writing, there are about 6 billion smart phones…
Self-Taught AI Shows Similarities to How the Brain Works
Anil Ananthaswamy in Quanta: For researchers interested in the intersection of animal and machine intelligence,…
What’s Strange But True About Japanese Kids, School Rules, Cities, Canals (Videos)
Here are some reasons why Japanese kids are different than the rest of the world:…