Tag: modern civilization
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Lust for knowledge. The sin of our era…
A new computational-model reveals that serotonin, one of the most widespread chemicals in the brain, can speed up learning. (1) Researchers have found that piano lessons have a specific effect on kindergartners' ability to distinguish different pitches, which translates into an improvement in discriminating between words. (2) We live in a knowledge-centric world. Wanting to…
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Constant app updates: The futility of modern philosophy in practice...
You have encountered the problem: your mobile phone applications are constantly updated and this results in their size constantly growing. Dozens of megabytes of updates swarm in your mobile phone every day to make your applications better, safer, more usable, more fun. And no one has ever questioned the obvious: Couldn't this be done via…
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Narcissism. Knowledge. A whispering voice…
A researcher at Queen's University Belfast suggests that the growing rate of narcissism in society could be linked with school achievement. (1) Modern civilization. Increasing knowledge. Growing narcissism. Growing arrogance. It takes a really brave man to admit he knows nothing. It takes a really arrogant man to claim he knows something. We have left…
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Ideological inconsistencies: Why would an atheist want to have children? (and other examples)
Why would an atheist want to have children? No, it is not ironic or provocative. (okay, maybe a bit) It is mostly an honest question. Why would someone who thinks that we are just ordinary lifeless matter in a cosmos without meaning want to have children? If we are nothing more than random sets of…
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Ice loss. From above…
Decades of satellite monitoring reveal Antarctic ice loss. (1) People sitting in the warmth of their home. Never to step on ice at all. Knowing all there is to know about ice… Detecting ice changes from above… Heidegger once said it pretty eloquently. The problem with technology is not that it doesn’t work. But that…
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