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By Nathan Gardels at Noema: If, through our discoveries, we humans could attain knowledge of the inner truth of how the world works, we would possess the encompassing wisdom of
Continue readingIs Goethe’s Warning of Hubris Outmoded or More Relevant Than Ever?
Albert Li in Science: It sounded like the right thing to do. I was a first-year Ph.D. student in educational psychology, and my research adviser told me I should consider practicing
by Alan Cowell at the Air Mail: Watching the nano-second messaging of modern electioneering from Washington to Paris to London, I couldn’t help but think of pigeons. Carrier pigeons, to
Continue readingAlan Cowell on Using Pigeons to File News From a War Zone
From the Aeon Magazine: Located in the Yukon Valley in a remote stretch of northwest Canada, Dawson City is known as a Klondike Gold Rush town. However, for many centuries
Continue readingAn Indigenous Myth and a Geological Survey of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in People
The Eiffel Tower erected itself in my head,we couldn’t find the lifts, climbed the stairs. Of course there were fireworks. We stared at each other, rare exhibits in the Louvre —you
From the Curiosity Chronicle: Here’s a story about German Nobel Prize winning physicist Max Planck and his chauffeur that I often think about: After winning his Nobel Prize, Max Planck
Grace Wade in New Scientist: A newly identified brain pathway in mice could explain why placebos, or interventions designed to have no therapeutic effect, still relieve pain. Developing drugs that
Continue readingWe May Finally Know How the Placebo Effect Relieves Pain
By Suzy Weiss at The Free Press: Biden dropped out: Six years ago emotionally, but technically this past Sunday, Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. He did it
Continue readingTGIF: The Week Unburdened by the Week That Has Been
It may be in the sky, in sand, in dream you’ll find your Self.For some, the search may never end. Don’t give up! Trust yourself! Whatever you do, don’t sell
Under the volcanoes, beside the snow-capped mountains, among the huge lakes, the fragrant, the silent, the tangled Chilean forest… My feet sink down into the dead leaves, a fragile twig
by Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: Generative AI is a data hog. The algorithms behind chatbots like ChatGPT learn to create human-like content by scraping terabytes of online articles, Reddit
Continue readingThis Is What Could Happen if AI Content Is Allowed to Take Over the Internet
David P. Mindell at Reason: The conventional narrative for evolution is outdated. I am not casting doubt on the fact of evolution. I am saying that the way most people