Category: Wisdom
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Avoiding uncertainty. By simply hiding it. Avoiding ignorance. By simply not asking.
Researchers report the discovery of a new technique that could drastically improve the sensitivity of instruments such as magnetic resonance imagers (MRIs) and atomic clocks. The study reports a technique to bypass the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. This technique hides quantum uncertainty in atomic features not seen by the instrument, allowing the scientists to make very…
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Knowing. Bacteria’s memory (x 100). Humans…
Researchers have identified a mutation that prompts bacterial cells to acquire genetic memories 100 times more frequently than they do naturally. This discovery provides a powerful research tool and could bring scientists one step closer to developing DNA-based data storage devices. (1) We insist on making the cosmos a big computer. We want to make…
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Towards the oppression of democracy [majority of the stupid]. Towards the oppression of uncultured (but rich) people…
Is it important to be a noble? Yes. Is modern democracy an atrocity? Yes. Are nobles the hope for the future? Maybe. Perhaps. Will the no-nobles save us after all? It seems so. But let's take things from the beginning... Thesis: The nobles Once upon a time there were noble people. Kings, barons, lords. People…
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Silence. Master. Student.
Only when the student is ready, the master appears. Οἱ δὲ οἰκέται, καὶ εἴ τις ἄλλος ἐστὶν βέβηλός τε καὶ ἄγροικος, πύλας πάνυ μεγάλας τοῖς ὠσὶν ἐπίθεσθε. [And seal your ears to whoever uninitiated comes to you] Φθέγξομαι οἷς θέμις ἐστί· θύρας δ’ ἐπίθεσθε βέβηλοι. [Θα απευθύνω τους λόγους μου προς εκείνους, προς τους οποίους…
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Unseen creatures...
Earlier this month, scientists observed the black seadevil species of anglerfish alive in its natural habitat for the first time. You might recognize this sort of bony monster from Finding Nemo. One of them nearly swallows Marlin and Dory after luring them toward its gruesome jaws with the pretty bauble dangling from its forehead. It…
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