Sunday, July 31, 2016

The inverted U

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The value individuals add to society appears to be in the shape of an inverted U. On the high end - philosophers, scientists and technologi...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Simplified diagnostics

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Research from Columbia (1) indicates that impairment in odor identification portends cognitive decline and possibly Alzheimer's disease...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Shining a light on a black hole

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Research from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) (1) hypothesizes a measurable and elegant difference between a black ho...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

You are what you learn

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Recent research from MIT (1) shows that the underlying attributes of music – consonance and dissonance – are not hard wired. Contrasting p...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

The failure of finite elements

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Engineers and mathematicians, with a core competence in building complex structures from elemental and standardized components, have had a...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Cognitive monopoly

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Major discontinuities in human history have often led to monopoly positions in subsequent markets, driven by winner takes all characteristi...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Clans continue

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It appears clear that habits formed over hundred thousand years cannot be changed in a mere hundred years. As homo-sapiens ventured out of ...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Redefining Intelligence

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Intelligence, natural or artificial, has been a difficult concept to define and understand. Methods of measuring intelligence seem to favor...