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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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How the Black Death Radically Changed the Course of History
link.medium.com/YRFzoB3Xr5 This article is relevant to our recent discussions and Zak Stein’s (see Edward’s recent post) suggestion that great destabilizing events open gaps in which new structures can supplant older, disintegrating systems–with the inherent risks and opportunities.
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A war broke out in heaven
See Zak Stein’s reflections on how the pandemic signals the end of an era and the beginning of a new one. This could be an opportunity to transform our dominant cultural worldview if we but accept the responsibility and get busy enacting it. Just a brief excerpt follows. Click on the link and be rewarded … Continue reading A war broke out in heaven →
Frontiers response to coronavirus
See this link. Their introductory blurb follows: The Frontiers Coronavirus Knowledge Hub provides an up-to-date source of trusted information and analysis on COVID-19 and coronaviruses, including the latest research articles, information, and commentary from our world-class scientific community. Frontiers has also waived Article Processing Charges (APCs) and established a priority peer-review process for manuscripts submitted … Continue reading Frontiers response to coronavirus →
Dual-System theory and the role of consciousness in intentional action
Book chapter by Marcus Schlosser in Free Will, Causality and Neuroscience (2020). From the Introduction: “I will propose a revised version of the standard view according to which automatic action (or so-called automatic goal pursuit) can qualify as derivatively intentional if it has appropriate history of habit formation” (36).
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