Category: Against knowledge
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Complex calculations…
A calculation so complex that it takes twenty years to complete on a powerful desktop computer can now be done in one hour on a regular laptop. Physicists have now designed a new method to calculate the properties of atomic nuclei incredibly quickly. (1) Calculating. Calculating. Calculating. But we will never calculate everything. We will…
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Hyperactive. Alive. Dead. (Easiest way to be…)
A psychology and neuroscience professor has just targeted an early biomarker of the disease. He found that Abnormal hyperactivation in the brain may be an early sign of Alzheimer's. (1) Hyper activity. Leading to destruction. The story of our lives. The story of civilization and being. Oh, so many good things happening because they do.…
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Sixth sense…
A researcher may help answer why some animals have a magnetic 'sixth' sense, such as sea turtles' ability to return to the beach where they were born. The researchers proposes that the magnetic sense comes from a symbiotic relationship with magnetotactic bacteria. (1) We believe in sixth sense. Only if we base it on a…
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Disharmony II: Irrational laughter
What is life? What is death? Does it matter what I know? I will still be alive anyway. Why does any knowledge matter, if you haven't experienced it yourself? How can you know how a peach tastes, if you haven't bitten that flesh? We strive for progress. We seek immortality. Only because we like life.…
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Better information. Worst decisions.
Making everyday decisions seems easy enough. But new research from Stevens Institute of Technology suggests that too much knowledge can lead people to make worse decisions, pointing to a critical gap in our understanding of how new information interacts with prior knowledge and beliefs. Kleinberg and her team, found that when the problem was about…
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