Tag: humans
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Is there a black elephant in the room?
Many people are discussing these days the racism topic. A black man – George Floyd – was some days ago killed due to – as it seems – police brutality. This sparked a series of protests some of which were violent. People started to talk against the protests and that violence. Others responded that the…
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I am not a robot. Because… (in a minute!)
If you were trying to convince another human that you yourself are also human, what would you say? Probably something about emotions, right? That might work – but other humans are more likely to believe your humanity if you talk about bodily functions. Specifically, the word ‘poop’. At least, that’s the finding from a study…
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Boosting creativity.
What is creativity, and can it be enhanced – safely – in a person who needs a boost of imagination? Georgetown experts debate the growing use of electrical devices that stimulate brain tissue and conclude there is potential value in the technique. However, use of these machines also raises neuro-ethical, legal, and social issues that…
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Sharing.
In the modern world, people cooperate with other people including strangers all the time. Researchers reporting in Current Biology who’ve studied Hadza hunter-gatherer people in Tanzania over a six-year period have new and surprising insight into why people work together. The findings show that it isn’t that people who like to share choose to live…
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Important work…
A very important question asked in the midst of the greatest replication crisis of modern science: Who will do replication work? (1) Look at those scientists. Doing important work. Analyzing data. Publishing papers. They are not like the people outside. They do not care about love, flowers or romance. They have work to do. They…
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