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How to Convince Someone When Facts Fail
Posted by n-tangled | Dec 24, 2016 | cognitive bias, rationality |
Cognitive bias article of the day: How to Convince Someone When Facts Fail A concise, timely look at how worldview-driven cognitive dissonance leads people to double down on their misbeliefs in the face of challenging evidence....
Read MoreNew gene editing method modifies non-dividing cells in brain
Posted by n-tangled | Dec 16, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Until now, gene editing has relied on cell division to propagate modifications made with techniques like CRISPR Cas9. Researchers at the Salk Institute have devised a new method that can modify the genes of non-dividing cells...
Read MoreExciting emerging energy technologies
Posted by n-tangled | Dec 4, 2016 | battery technology, chemistry, energy, energy production, energy storage, environment, existential risks, global climate change, global warming, government, nuclear energy, nuclear waste, pollution, renewable energy, research and development |
Two promising energy technologies received press coverage recently. The University of Bristol developed a process for capturing the radioactivity from nuclear wastes into diamonds, thereby stabilizing and reducing the risks...
Read MoreLiving in a ‘post-fact’ world
Posted by n-tangled | Dec 3, 2016 | cognitive bias, motivated reasoning, rationality, scientific approach, Uncategorized |
“Once the trained CNN [convolutional neural network] showed solid performance in the simulator, we loaded it onto DRIVE PX [vehicle control computer] and took it out for a road test in the car. The vehicle drove along paved and unpaved roads with and without lane markings, and handled a wide range of weather conditions. As more training data was gathered, performance continually improved. The car even flawlessly cruised the Garden State Parkway.”
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Cognitive aspects of interactive technology use: From computers to smart objects and autonomous agents
That is the title of a recent Frontiers ebook located here. This would make an excellent discussion topic as it’s pretty much the sort of things we’ve been investigating. We are Borg. The blurb from the link follows: Although several researchers have questioned the idea that human technology use is rooted in unique “superior” cognitive … Continue reading Cognitive aspects of interactive technology use: From computers to smart objects and autonomous agents →
Rutt interviews Bret Weinstein
An excerpt from the transcript follows. The podcast is here. Weinstein is an evolutionary biologist. Weinstein: “So more or less our problem is that the magic of humans arose through an evolutionary process driven by an arms race in which human beings were their own worst competitor. So at that point that one reaches what … Continue reading Rutt interviews Bret Weinstein →
The empty brain
Article by Robert Epstein. He begins by noting the various metaphors we’ve used throughout the ages to describe the workings of our mind/brain: clay infused with spirit; the hydraulic model; springs and gears; and now the information processor (IP). While the author claims we can get to a real model without metaphor, he suggests the … Continue reading The empty brain →
Divine transport
From this article. Now if we can only interpret trance states postmetaphysically. The religions that formed around trance states in the article, though evolutionarily adaptive at the time, have solidified into metaphysical dogma and are no longer adaptive to our world today. It though does beckon us to create postmetaphysical rituals with music, dance, invocation, … Continue reading Divine transport →
Krakauer: The landscape of 21st century science
Krakauer is the new President of the Santa Fe Institute. Here is his interview on the above topic. The blurb follows. There’s also a transcript at the link. “For 300 years, the dream of science was to understand the world by chopping it up into pieces. But boiling everything down to basic parts does not … Continue reading Krakauer: The landscape of 21st century science →
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