Category: Thinking
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Distant thoughts…
Worse than a song stuck in your head, negative thoughts that you can't push away can be highly detrimental to your wellbeing. Sometimes, some thoughts just keep coming back. Research suggests this might be because those unwanted thoughts still exist in another part of the brain. (1) Try to not think of something. And you…
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32.
Navigating through life requires balancing emotion and reason, a feat accomplished by the brain region 'area 32' of the anterior cingulate cortex. The area maintains emotional equilibrium by relaying information between cognitive and emotional brain regions, according to new research. (1) Looking at Area 32. Trying to balance the Moon and the Sun. So sad.…
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Not real?!
Physicists have published a review that explores Bell's inequalities and his concepts of reality and explains their relevance to quantum information and its applications. (1) Bell. Quantum mechanics. Mathematics. Physics. Philosophy. Poor humans. Arrogant men. All this effort based on the most absurd of assumptions: That something can NOT be real...
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Explaining. Geometry. Rage!
Geometric storm patterns on Jupiter's south pole have been a mystery to scientists, but researchers may have uncovered how they form. (1) Explaining things. By simply... explaining them. Describing how they are formed. By describing how they are… formed. Humans who learnt how to think. By just... thinking. Oh, dark skies. Now I see why…
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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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