Tag: stupid science
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Playing itself…
Scientists have created a nano-electronic circuit which vibrates without any external force. Just as a guitar string vibrates when plucked, the wire — 100,000 times thinner than a guitar string — vibrates when forced into motion by an oscillating voltage. The surprise came when they repeated the experiment without the forcing voltage. Under the right…
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Forcing people to enjoy (or dislike) music. Free will. As long as it is… free!
Researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University have proven it is possible to increase or decrease our enjoyment of music, and our craving for more of it, by enhancement or disruption of certain brain circuits. In order to modulate the functioning of fronto-striatal circuits, the researchers from the lab of Robert…
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Changes… Changes? [OR: Why science is a tautology?]
Brain of astronauts changes while living in space. (1) So deep… Like saying that something changes when its environment… changes! Wittgenstein said that mathematics were mere tautologies and conveyed no real message or knowledge. Perhaps we should start thinking the same about sciences… What is is. And you will never know anything more…
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