Tag: death
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Old faded photographs...
We believe sand castles die quickly. But they last more than us. For you see, we die every second! Reborn again. Only to die once more... And our photographs will become faded memories. And the sand will still be there. For the next kid to play as well...
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Irrational Paths: Life and Death...
In a glance: IRRATIONAL PATHS are very short videos that try to provoke unconventional philosophical ideas via the promotion of irrational thoughts on crucial philosophical subjects... Topic: Life and Death Idea: Can life exist without death? Any comments are welcome! Do not hesitate to contact us via the Harmonia Philosophica email or via our YouTube…
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Dementia. Dying. Being born!
It happens unexpectedly: a person long thought lost to the ravages of dementia, unable to recall the events of their lives or even recognize those closest to them, will suddenly wake up and exhibit surprisingly normal behavior, only to pass away shortly thereafter. This phenomenon, which experts refer to as terminal or paradoxical lucidity, has…
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Open-ending algorithms… The end as the beginning…
Evolution allows life to explore almost limitless diversity and complexity. Scientists hope to recreate such open-endedness in the laboratory or in computer simulations, but even sophisticated computational techniques like machine learning and artificial intelligence can't provide the open-ended tinkering associated with evolution. Here, common barriers to open-endedness in computation and biology were compared, to see…
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Sensing atoms… So?
It sounds like an old-school vinyl record, but the distinctive crackle in the music streamed into Chris Holloway's laboratory is atomic in origin. The group at the National Institute for Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, spent a long six years finding a way to directly measure electric fields using atoms, so who can blame them…
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