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Immortal Truth: A Neuroscientific Critique of Postmodernism

16 Nov 2021 38 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

Abstract   In this paper, I juxtapose the postmodern worldview with neuroscientific literature on metaphor, problem-solving and creativity, prediction, value, and theories of perception. By doing this, I highlight how postmodernism, and thus social c...

A Guide on How NOT to Message the COVID Vaccine's Effects

13 Nov 2021 3 minute read 6 comments LateToTheParty

Co-published on Read.cash. As a disclaimer, this article is not a commentary on the efficacy or safety of the COVID vaccines and only serves to critique the messaging behind the vaccines' risk reduction. There's an ongoing debate on whether children...

YouTube Removing Public Dislikes is Pointless

12 Nov 2021 3 minute read 3 comments LateToTheParty

Co-published on Read.cash. On November 10, YouTube announced that it will be removing the public dislike count. In other words, viewers can only see the number of likes, but no the number of dislikes. YouTube claimed that "groups of users have been t...

A Supercomputer's Message to Humanity

11 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments VVoytila

The above is an excerpt from Stanisław Lem's Golem XIV, an essay which this polish futurist published in 1981 and in which he speaks, through the voice of the supercomputer Golem 14, about humanity's journey to where is is now and about where it is...

Few have understood what "Meta"​ will be.

10 Nov 2021 2 minute read 3 comments Andrea Benetton

I will give you the thread of my opinion; let's talk about it if you like. Zuckerberg seems now on the defensive about how he used his subscriber data. He tells us that his next target is a kind of virtual reality that integrates into "real" through...

Mushroom Monday - The North American Relative of the "Mushroom of Immortality"

8 Nov 2021 2 minute read 1 comment tych0_21

Happy Mushroom Monday! I'm very excited to share with you some of my most recent fungal finds from the state of Michigan, USA, including a species that is exceptionally rare for my region: the Golden Reishi (Ganoderma curtisii). Golden Reishi, is a s...

The Sun Always Shines Somewhere

4 Nov 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Debesh Choudhury

It may be bright Sunlight in our place, then some other part of the earth has nocturnal shades of artificial light and shadows. Now it is a Good Morning somewhere on the planet! When in Asia we say "Good Evening," then it is a "Good Morning in Amer...

Greens, Blues, Goops, and Goos

4 Nov 2021 2 minute read 0 comments tych0_21

Hello! I'm back with another collection of fascinating fungi found in the forests of Western Michigan, USA. Over the last couple of days, I've come across a wonderful selection of autumn fungi, some vibrant and bright and others dull and unassuming....

What is MATRICULATION in the Czech Republic? 

3 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Volfik

Today, 03.11.2021, was a special day for all students of the Faculty of Law of West Bohemian university. Today was our matriculation. And I was very surprised when I found out that for not many countries matriculation means the same as for us.   Simp...

Autumn Fungi of Western Michigan, USA

1 Nov 2021 1 minute read 1 comment tych0_21

Over the last week, I have been collecting photos of the many beautiful fungal species I have come across in the woods of Western Michigan, USA. Among my favorite finds this week were two blue fungal species, the Blue Cheese Polypore and the Indigo M...