Category: Self
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Understand me.
Around 45% of children in Austrian day nurseries have a first language other than German. Those who our experiencing difficulty in learning the second language are often diagnosed as having a suspected 'impairment of language acquisition'. In fact, this often merely reflects the fact that they have not yet fully acquired the second language. (1)…
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Can you feel what I feel?
Do we always want people to show empathy? Not so, said researchers. A recently published article suggests that although empathy is often portrayed as a virtue, people who express empathy are not necessarily viewed favorably. (1) Do you understand me? I hate you. Nobody understands me but me! And I never understand myself. Except when…
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Venus on Moon…
A growing body of research suggests the planet Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin atmosphere. (1) Read me a poem. Try not to cry. I am here. Just listen to the moon. Will you travel far away? Will you forget me? My thought will always…
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Who are You? Philosophical critique of Severance (and how we see our Self)
WARNING: Spoilers for series Severance are coming in the text below! Go away if you do not want to view anything related to the series Severance. And for sure, go away if you are not interested in Severance, since you will not understand a thing. Who are you? That was the starting line of Severance,…
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Can you accept yourself?
Researchers have now developed a new model that describes driving behavior on the basis of one underlying 'human' principle: managing the risk below a threshold level. This model can accurately predict human behavior during a wide range of driving tasks. In time, the model could be used in intelligent cars, to make them feel less…
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