Category: Doing
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Faster… Faster… Faster… To nothing and beyond…
Researchers have developed a new software that could revolutionize how DNA is sequenced, making it far faster and less expensive to map anything from yeast genomes to cancer genes. (1) Poor humans. Trying to make things faster. So that they have time to do more things. Things that they will need to do faster as…
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The era of AI and the role of humans
The think tank 2050withHumans has started publishing some ideas on how humans will stay relevant in the era of AI until 2050 and beyond. One can view the relative article at https://www.2050withhumans.com/post/2050-with-humans-what-humans-do-not-do-is-what-defines-them. In a nutshell, this article entertains the idea that what defines us as humans is not what we do and what we think…
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Goals. Lost goals.
A team of leading environmental experts have warned that the current war on plastic is detracting from the bigger threats to the environment. (1) Harmonia Philosophica has been saying this a long long time ago. Ecology to-day is just an excuse for not being ecological. Because any goal, besides serving itself, also distracts from... other…
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Rewards. Creativity.
Creativity is one of humanity's most distinctive abilities and enduring mysteries. Innovative ideas and solutions have enabled our species to survive existential threats and thrive. Yet, creativity cannot be necessary for survival because many species that do not possess it have managed to flourish far longer than humans. So what drove the evolutionary development of…
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Infants. Predictions. Gods.
Infant temperament predicts personality more than 20 years later: Researchers investigating how temperament shapes adult life-course outcomes have found that behavioral inhibition in infancy predicts a reserved, introverted personality at age 26. For those individuals who show sensitivity to making errors in adolescence, the findings indicated a higher risk for internalizing disorders (such as anxiety…
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