JBAug 11Cognitive biases and brain biology help explain why facts don’t change mindstheconversation.com - Keith M. Bellizzi“Facts First” is the tagline of a CNN branding campaign which contends that “once facts are established, opinions can be formed.” The problem is that …
JB40,000 years of music explained in 8 minutesbigthink.com - Michael SpitzerThe evolution of music over millennia is tied to human civilization. For example, hunter-gatherers, who were very mobile, had to have small, light …
JB22:53Can artificial intelligence become sentient, or smarter than we are - and then what? | TechtopiaDW News on YouTubeThey call it the holy grail of artificial intelligence research: Building a computer as smart as we are. Some say it could help eradicate poverty and create ...
JBMonkeypox is now a global emergency, World Health Organization saysverified_publisherThe Verge - Mary Beth GriggsMonkeypox is now a global public health emergency, the head of the World Health Organization decided on Saturday. The viral disease is officially a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, putting it in the same league as polio and COVID-19. In May, clusters of monkeypox cases were detected …
JBPolio in New York – an infectious disease doctor explains this exceedingly rare occurrencetheconversation.com - William PetriThe first case of polio in the U.S. since 2013 was announced by New York state health officials on July 21, 2022. The U.S. resident had not been …
JBNew internal documents show tech giants pushing out competitorsverified_publisherPOLITICO - By Josh SiscoThe emails, memos and strategy documents were provided to POLITICO by the House Judiciary Committee. Internal documents from Google and Amazon provided to POLITICO show new examples of how the companies favor their own products over competitors’ — adding ammunition to the push for Congress to …