Harmonia Philosophica

Category: Dying

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    Afraid of being old…

    A new review reports on the available evidence about children and young people specifically, stating that loneliness is associated with mental health problems, including depression and anxiety-potentially affecting them years later. (1) Young men. Afraid of being old. Afraid of being alone. Because they were never old. Because they do not know they have nothing…

  • You are not lonely. Just alone.
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    You are not lonely. Just alone.

    Seeking to develop effective interventions, researchers examined the psychological and environmental factors that lead to patterns of loneliness in different age groups. (1) Feeling alone. When surrounded by so many people. Feeling full. While being totally alone. Listen son. There was never anyone with you. You started walking alone. You will die alone. And in…

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    Doctors. AI. Dead people.

    Could machines using artificial intelligence make doctors obsolete? Artificial intelligence systems simulate human intelligence by learning, reasoning, and self-correction. This technology has the potential to be more accurate than doctors at making diagnoses and performing surgical interventions, says Jörg Goldhahn, MD, MAS, deputy head of the Institute for Translational Medicine at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. It…

  • Noli timere...
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    Noli timere...

    Someone once said that all magnificent things are terrifying. If that is true then death must be glorious. And yet, we are all afraid of it. Those last words that will never get off your mind... Those last moments you never knew were the last... The anguish of the lost loved one you can never…

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    Metamorphosis.

    In the ocean off the coast of Antarctica, a snail lives around scorching hydrothermal vents. Its name is Gigantopelta chessoia. From the outside, it looks like any other shelled slug. But on the inside, something strange is happening, scientists report in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, like no metamorphosis ever observed in any other…

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