Giambattista della Porta’s contributions to codebreaking changed the course of communication.
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The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.
Always look on the bright side of death.
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A new framework describes how thought arises from the coordination of neural activity driven by oscillating electric fields — a.k.a. brain “waves” or “rhythms.”
Today, the F-word is enjoying a renaissance the likes of which it hasn’t seen since, well, the Renaissance.
Still, the author’s main argument wasn’t totally discredited.
Depression can cause you to think too much — and physically sense too little.
When ancient humans stared into the darkness, they imagined monsters. Today, staring into the future, AI is the monster.
These astounding inventions show that civilizations of the past were a lot more advanced than we might have thought.
We may be on the brink of finally seeing human-level intelligence in an AI — thanks to robots.
Perhaps the most remarkable fact about the Universe is simply that it, and everything in it, exists. But what’s the reason why?
A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”
When you imitate the speech of others, there’s a thin line between whether it’s a social asset or faux pas.
“Less is better” is not a catchy marketing slogan, but one doctor who didn’t shower for five years thinks there’s a lot of truth to it.
Many have argued that morals are relative, but Russia’s war crimes reveal the hollowness of that belief. Morality is universal and objective.
From forgotten Hollywood movies to Frank Herbert’s “Dune,” science fiction illustrates some of our deepest fears about technology.
The emergence of life in the universe is as certain as the emergence of matter, gravity, and the stars. Life is the universe developing a memory, and our chemical detection system could find it.
Alchemy had its golden age in the 17th century, when it counted Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle among its adherents.
The meaning of the cryptic text has eluded scholars for centuries. Their latest efforts include computational analyses seeking new insights into the medieval enigma.
Psychedelics mess with our prior beliefs, and could help us see what forms these beliefs in the first place.