Category: Assumptions
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Think! Decide! Think! Decid... STOP! [Harmonia]
Although choosing to do something because the perceived benefit outweighs the financial cost is something people do daily, little is known about what happens in the brain when a person makes these kinds of decisions. Studying how these cost-benefit decisions are made when choosing to consume alcohol, a researcher identified distinct profiles of brain activity…
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Dark matter. Obvious dogmatism.
Dark matter, the mysterious substance estimated to make up approximately more than one-quarter of the mass of the universe, is crucial to the formation of galaxies, stars and even life but has so far eluded direct observation. At a recent UCLA symposium attended by 190 scientists from around the world, physicists presented several analyses that…
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Robots. Words. Egoism.
Automation [CPU-based supercomputers] is not the same as autonomy [GPU-based supercomputers], according to the experts in AI. (1) Words conveying meaning we have chosen to accept as true - without realizing it. Autonomy. Automation. But "autonomy" FROM WHO? Automation (2) for WHO to control what? A subject is always hidden behind anything seemingly objective. Behind…
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Leaves, colours, assumptions...
A research answers the question "why all leaves have different colours?". (1) But why should all leaves have the same colour in the first place?
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Non-treatment - The best option?
Parasitic worms may have their perks. For indigenous people at the Amazon's southern edge, infection with the slithering gut hitchhikers may protect against other parasites, a new study shows. The finding calls into question whether parasitic infections should always receive treatment. "By treating one thing, we may increase susceptibility to something else," says anthropologist Aaron…
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