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Every year, AI models get better at thinking. Could they possibly be capable of feeling? And if they are, how would we know?
A conversation about neuroscience, meditation, and the many paths to insight.
Government-funded scientific research may appear strange or impractical, but it has repeatedly yielded scientific breakthroughs — and continues to pay for itself many times over.
What made a private equity analyst decide to devote his life to tiny aquatic crustaceans?
We tell our children that weirdness is a blessing in disguise. That’s our fantasy, not theirs.
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Steven Strogatz and Janna Levin return for a new season on major scientific and mathematical questions of our time, with 12 all-new episodes and a new format. The post New Conversations, Deep Questions, Bold Ideas in Season Four of ‘The Joy of Why’ first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Plus: Reducing the motherhood penalty by extending fertility, the steam networks of New York City, and the rise and fall of the Hanseatic league.
If you think about the human hand as a work of engineering, it is absolutely incredible. The level of fine motor control is extreme. It is responsive and precise. It has robust sensory feedback. It combines both rigid and soft components, so that it is able to grip and lift heavy objects and also cradle […] The post Hybrid Bionic Hand first appeared on NeuroLogica Blog.
