The scientist knows the guess is wrong, knows the prevailing paradigm is in no danger of being shifted, offers a much better guess that might even be correct, but has a Hell of a time convincing colleagues to let go of a theory that never earned the title. The scientist’s colleagues ca...
I asked Chat GPT to write a song in the style of Nick Cave and this is what it produced. What do you think? Verse 1: In the depths of the night, I hear a call A voice that echoes, through the hall It’s a siren’s song, that pulls me in Takes me to a place, where I ca...
but it takes so much more on our part. Our struggles are daily. Our grief is cyclical and sometimes feels never-ending. Our pain runs deep, and we are forced to face a future of uncertainty and worry. The stress can be overwhelming at times. But just when it seems like you can’t ...
But what happens if John does turn around and return to the earth? Both would agree that John aged more slowly than Hunter did, thus time for John was slower than it was for Hunter. To prove this, all they have to do is look at their watches. John's watch will show that it took...
We hear these fluctuations as sound. This same system can work in reverse, which is what happens in a basic pressure detector. Pressure fluctuations move the cone back and forth, which pushes and pulls the attached electromagnet. When the brain registers a significant current flowing from this ...
"You know, we could walk down this block right here. And could make this turn, and someone could just come out the car shooting," Jones said. "If you just hear gunshots and you don't hear [the ambulance siren in the distance], then you know maybe someone is O...
It also happens to be incredibly powerful and lovely, though it was never intended for a non-participating audience. There’s nothing quite like hearing all those unabashed voices in unison. It takes a strange sort of idealism to think of taking this method and applying it to contemporary ...
While the fact that SoT could shake off of you the stress of a hard day is absolutely true, the same thing could be said of another game or a book or a lot of other things. What is peculiar, at least for me, is how it's done. Don't laugh (at least not too much), but the...
Zilker is the soccer and spikeball capital of Austin. The Austin City Limits music festival happens at the park every fall too. (Source:Sara Marjorie Strick) Austin is a place where you can make last-minute plans. You can thank geography for that. The city’s small and somewhat dense, wh...
The reward is the thing that makes you repeat actions because you desire particular outcomes. Positive reinforcement causes the brain to hardwire neural pathways that retrieve this information when a similar situation happens in the future. This feedback loop can extend to unwanted behaviors. People ...