The way we feel for strangers is a learned skill, and recommendation algorithms may be quietly teaching us how to do it poorly. #philosophy#psychology
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A twenty-year diet diary from Sebangau forest shows orangutans returning to the same plant combinations, hinting at something close to pharmacy. #evolution
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The gut’s “second brain” has siblings inside the heart, lungs, and pancreas, and each organ builds its own small nervous system from scratch. #neuroscience
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The man who gave us "I think, therefore I am" anticipated almost everything wrong with how we use ChatGPT today. #AI#Philosophy
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Pack too many worms onto a dish and an ancient protein in their bodies starts mutating their DNA. The same protein rises in crowded mice. #Space#DNA#Mutation#Evolution
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The idea that reality goes down forever sounds absurd. A philosopher's new argument suggests it's no stranger than the alternative we already accept. #philosophy#reality
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Somewhere between the chorus and the car ride home, a song becomes a friend, a teacher, a way through the dark. Clinical psychology is starting to notice. #psychology#music#Springsteen
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Studies on fish, worms, and mice converge on the same picture. Interventions that extend life mostly extend the period of decline. #evolution#health#longevity
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Freud's death drive meets modern neuroscience, mapping how psychosis can pull a mind into fragmentation or into endless connection. #psychology#neuroscience#consciousness
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The unconscious mind can't operate in total darkness; evolution required it to surface into awareness to be of any use. #cogsci#philosophy#consciousness
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Population growth in finite environments follows the same math as Kelly betting, a gambling strategy designed to maximize long-term returns without going broke. #evolution
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Fungi send directional electrical signals through their networks, suggesting fungi electrical signals existed long before animals evolved neurons. #neuroscience#evolution
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A philosopher argues that AI beliefs can’t exist because belief, by definition, requires a relationship to truth that language models lack. #philosophy#AI#beliefs
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Perception and memory rely on overlapping brain circuits, meaning what you see is partly constructed from what you've seen before. #cogsci#neuroscience#philosophy
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A philosophy debate asks whether mirrors trick the brain into a picture-like experience rather than showing us the real world directly. #philosophy
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A philosopher argues that parallel worlds in quantum theory don't branch or diverge but split apart like classical waves, reshaping a decades-old debate. #physics#philosophy
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New research argues free will survived neuroscience's assault. Two papers expose cracks in determinism's case against human agency. #philosophy
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Researchers find that when cheap, symbolic gestures can build a reputation, it becomes harder to maintain social trust and the cooperation that depends on it. #evolution
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