Science, Future and controversy
[raw] The Paradox of Market Street Week 1 Challenge | Deadline: Next Monday “In the bustling city of Behavoria, on the famous Market Street, a peculiar experiment is taking place…” The Scenario Three shops opened on Market Street, each selling
Read moreš¤ Philosopher A š¤Æ Philosopher B “Let’s start our discussion about the Liar Paradox…” Next Step Reset The Liar Paradox is one of the oldest and most famous logical paradoxes, dating back to ancient Greece. In its simplest form, it’s
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Our weekly problem no. 3. Algorithmic problem Solutions to be published on Saturday 26/10/24! Write your thoughts in the comments! Here is the solution to the stable marriage riddle.
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The case of minimum wage laws serves as a poignant illustration of the perils of inductive reasoning. Hayek’s predictions, though grounded in economic theory and empirical observations, failed to account for the multifaceted dynamics shaping labor markets. By extrapolating from limited data and theoretical abstractions, Hayek fell victim to the inherent biases and oversights characteristic of inductive reasoning.
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Being smart is generally considered a great compliment and the good news is that we have some room for cognitive improvement that can simply be achieved by implementing the right habits into your weekly routine. So here are five habits
Read moreThree men received on the 4th October, 2022 the physics Nobel prize āfor experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information scienceā. Their names are Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger. Simultaneously,
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We feel, we control, we lose. Why you maximize pain when you try to reduce it. A paradox is a statement or a concept that refutes itself, but when investigated may prove well-founded or true. To explain the paradox of pain,
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Google engineer Blake Lemoine claimed the chatbot LaMDA was conscious. It was probably a false alert. Why this should still worry us! A few weeks back, I had a heated debate with my best friend, who is an upcoming physicist
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