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Is what I see, what I imagine? Study finds neural overlap between vision and imagination | Catherine Bridges
An ibis as "seen" by a machine, 2015. This processed image, which is based on a photograph by Dr. Zachi Evenor, is courtesy of software engineer Guenther Noack, 2015, and is reproduced from ...
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If Life Feels Bleak, It’s Because Our Civilization is Beginning to Collapse | umair haque
Cole Thomas. The Course of Empire Destruction. 1836. Wikimedia Commons 2030 Will Be Even Worse than 2020. And 2040 Will Be Even Worse than That. Unless... July 3, 2020 (Medium) -- There’s an old ...
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Here's What a White Ally Looks Like (part 2) | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Barney Peterson/The Chronicle Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 7, 2020 The first half of the caption for the above photo reads: “Angela Davis with Rodger McAfee (far left) and his ...
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How Conspiracy Theories Emerge... And How Their Storylines Fall Apart
June 26, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research -- which combines sophisticated artificial ...
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Theorists Calculate Upper Limit For Quantization Of Time | Bob Yirka
Salvador Dali - Art of Tattoo Series by FailunFailunMefailun. Etsy. "The work of Turkish artist Failun cannot go unnoticed." June 26, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A trio of theoretical physicists at ...
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Wanted: People Willing to Stand Up to 'Legitimate Authority' | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 25, 2020 “There is a propensity for people to accept definitions of action provided by legitimate authority … Relatively few people have ...
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Face Masks Critical To Prevent COVID-19 Spread | Texas A&M University
Credit: CC0 Public Domain June 12, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A new study shows that wearing a face mask dramatically decreases a person's chances of being infected by the COVID-19 virus. Renyi Zhang, Texas ...
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COVID-19 Info Links From The National Institutes Of Health
U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health COVID-19 is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation Get the latest public health information from the Centers for Disease ...
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Amidst the racial strife, we’re ignoring a pandemic (no, not THAT pandemic) | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 8, 2020 What if I were to tell you about a virtually ignored state of emergency, a lethal pandemic of which the exact numbers will never be ...
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Political Bias Skews Perceptions Of Verifiable Fact | Christina Pazzanese
Illustration by Mitch BluntWhen we can’t even agree on what is real Study shows bias of left and right extends to perceptions of verifiable fact June 3, 2020 (Harvard Gazette) -- Politics has seeped ...
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Chomsky: Trump Is A 'Sociopathic Megalomaniac' Who Made US 'Singularly Unprepared' For Pandemic
Noam Chomsky. Photo credit: Oliver Abraham (oliverabraham (at) gmx.de)May 25, 2020 (Common Dreams) -- World-renowned intellectual and author Noam Chomsky called President Trump a "sociopathic ...
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