Tag: knowledge
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I learn. You learn. We learn. (nothing)
"I learn," "you learn," "she learns," "they learn," yet, according to a surprising new linguistic study, in countries where the dominant language allows personal pronouns such as 'I' to be omitted, learning suffers. (1) A more or less logical conclusion. Learning is about you increasing your knowledge. While being, on the other hand, is about…
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Staying awake. Sleeping more. Not understanding. Knowing everything...
New Michigan State University research suggested babies who are less active get less sleep, something new parents may want to consider when looking for possible solutions for the long, sleepless nights. Napping doesn't help either. In fact, babies who slept less at night, yet napped more during the day, still weren't able to get as…
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Spreading bad ideas.
How ideas move through academia may depend on where those ideas come from - whether from big-name universities or less prestigious institutions - as much as their quality, a recent study from the University of Colorado Boulder suggests. The new research borrows a page from epidemiology, exploring how ideas might flow from university to university,…
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Parrots: The most dangerous of (human) animals!
One day during the Covid-19 pandemic, someone asked someone: Why should people going at churches should kiss the icons anyway? They are just objects. They are not needed to prove that you believe. The comment was answered rather dogmatically by others: "Because icons are part of the christian faith. Refer to the ecumenical synods and…
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Knowing things…
By focusing on nervous system circuits of nociception, the body's sensing of tissue damage, anesthesiologists can achieve unconsciousness in patients using less drug and manage post-operative pain better, leading to less need for opioids. (1) We don’t know what consciousness is. Yet, we know when we do not have it. We can’t say what a…
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