Category: Religion Philosophy
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Unpredictable love. Unpredictable cosmos.
Here’s some heartbreaking news for people pinning their hopes on online matchmaking sites: It’s virtually impossible to forecast a love connection. Maybe that’s not so shocking to survivors of the dating wars. But now science is weighing in. Extensive background data on two individuals — comparable to that collected by digital dating services — can’t…
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Dogs love. Prejudice. Carbonara.
Dr. Gregory Berns, 53, a neuroscientist at Emory University in Atlanta, spends his days scanning the brains of dogs, trying to figure out what they’re thinking. The research is detailed in a new book, “What It’s Like to Be a Dog”. Among the findings: Your dog may really love you for you — not for…
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Testability. The criterion for good theories. The death of modern humans.
Scientists are testing a theory of particles in a Weyl semimetal instead of testing it near a black hole. Because the behavior or particles in a semimetal is similar to the behavior of particles near a black hole. At the same time string theory has been maligned because it makes predictions that cannot be tested.…
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Give. And you shall receive…
Generosity makes people happier, even if they are only a little generous. People who act solely out of self-interest are less happy. Merely promising to be more generous is enough to trigger a change in our brains that makes us happier. This is what UZH neuroeconomists found in a recent study. (1) Religion teachings are…
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Blips of light. Cosmos full of nothing…
Observations of the dense remnant of an exploded star have provided the first sign of a quantum effect on light passing through empty space. Light from the stellar remnant, a neutron star located about 400 light-years away, is polarized, meaning that its electromagnetic waves are oriented preferentially in a particular direction like light that reflects…
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