Category: Knowledge
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The apple...
The apple. A mysterious fruit, once symbolizing all fruits and being synonym to evil. Playing a significant role in many stories in the mythologies of many people and in Christianity as well. From the apples of Hesperides and the apple with which Paris started the Trojan War, to the apple for which the ghost of…
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Intuitionism (Constructivism) vs. Logicism vs. Platonism.
Does infinity exist? Is the whole larger than the parts? Are all the numbers either negative, positive or zero? Phenomenally simple questions. With no definite answer! Is everything “out there” for us to discover? (Platonism) Is everything we can “write on paper” true? (Logicism) Or only the things we can construct do exist? (Intuitionism/ Constructivism)…
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The truth. NOT as 1+1=2… [Pythagoras, Hippasus, Silence]
Physicists avoid highly mathematical work despite being trained in advanced mathematics, new research suggests. The study, published in the New Journal of Physics, shows that physicists pay less attention to theories that are crammed with mathematical details. This suggests there are real and widespread barriers to communicating mathematical work, and that this is not because…
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Speaking English. Speaking Spanish. Speaking… whatever. [Ghosts in the machine, or in the brain instead…]
The family of a 16-year-old Georgia boy is describing how he woke from a coma speaking Spanish instead of English. Reuben Nsemoh was playing goalie for a Gwinnett County team late last month when another player accidentally kicked him in the head while he was diving for the ball, local ABC affiliate WSB-TV reported. The…
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The new. The old. Selecting. Living true.
As contributors to businesses, sports teams, or governments, most of us take part in some sort of group problem solving. But what is the best way to collaborate on a difficult problem like developing a budget or designing a new product? Past research on collective problem solving has come to conflicting conclusions. Some studies have…
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