iKripsWhat Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?thecollector.com - Rosie LessoImagine you’re on a beach. You notice the blue water shimmering in sunlight as waves lap upon your feet, bringing with them the scent of salt water. …
iKripsTuskegee Syphilis Study: The US Government’s Infamous 40-Year Experiment on African Americanstalkafricana.com - Talk AfricanaFor 40 years, from 1932 to 1972, the United States government conducted a controversial and unethical experiment known as the Tuskegee Syphilis …
iKripsPerception is Not Only a Matter of Now: Our Past Influences What We Seeneurosciencenews.com - Neuroscience NewsOur past experiences influence our current perceptions. The brain's visual bias merges past and present stimuli, resulting in a perception that is …
iKripsVan Gogh Still Life Renamed After Chef Catches Mistakehyperallergic.com - Rhea NayyarSharp-eyed Dutch chef Ernst de Witte took one look at van Gogh’s “Red Cabbages and Onions” (1887) and knew something was wrong. When Utrecht-based …
iKripsMathematical Platonism: Is Mathematics Found or Made?thecollector.com - Luke DunneMathematical Platonism is the view which holds that mathematical objects exist independently of us and the things we do; how we think, how we speak, …
iKripsSubjecting the problems of ethics to the cool quantifications of logic and probability can help us to be better peopleAeon Media - by Elad UzanThe relationship between mathematics and morality is easy to think about but hard to understand. Suppose Jane sees five people drowning on one side …