Category: Life
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Essential for life…
How did life arise on Earth? Researchers have found among the first and perhaps only hard evidence that simple protein catalysts - essential for cells, the building blocks of life, to function - may have existed when life began. (1) We seek what was the essential ingredients for life. But what is essential? Could life…
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Going blind…
Go stand in front of a mirror. Hold still, and look around, moving only your eyes. Look left, right, up, down. Look at one eye, then the other. Their reflection is right there in front of you, but no matter how hard you try, you'll never see your eyes move. That's because when your eyes…
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Dark data. Old fossils. Life long gone.
Researchers estimate that only 3 to 4 percent of recorded fossil locations from across the globe are currently accounted for in published scientific literature. Quantifying 'dark data' in fossil collections is a call to arms; heralds a digital revolution. (1) Once upon life was everywhere. Especially because we did not seek it. Now we started…
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Against Abortions - Summary of arguments
Modern civilization is the civilization of "rights". And this entails the non-existence of any "obligations". The abortions case is the best example illustrating such a way of thinking. Abortions are seen today as a "human right". Never before had anything so dark been painted with so glorious colors. Never before had such an unethical action…
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Psychopath AI… Psychopath humans… Old fashioned prejudice…
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have truly created a monster. A team of researchers who specialize in the darker side of artificial intelligence made news for their latest creation: “Norman”, a machine-learning bot that “sees death in whatever image it looks at”, its creators told HuffPost. Pinar Yanardag, Manuel Cebrian and Iyad Rahwan…
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