The blue stingray’s disc-like shape would have made it ideal for tracing.
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The sculpture might have begun with tracing a blue stingray specimen in the sand.
It’s a mistake to assume that financial enthusiasts can predict the uncertain behaviour of markets.
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The complexity of the financial market is far beyond the information processing capabilities of human cognition.
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The feasibility of mind uploading rests on three core assumptions. How plausible is each one, really?
Norway’s Magnus Carlsen competing in Dubai in 2020.
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Air pollution causes chess players to make more errors – this may have implications for high-skilled professionals.
Music influences our brain from an early age.
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When we listen to music, our brain predicts what will happen next. This prediction then influences whether or not we enjoy a song.
You don’t really need to remember what you ordered at the bakery a couple weeks ago.
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Errors don’t necessarily mean your mind is faulty. They may actually be a sign of a cognitive system with limited capacity working efficiently.
The more politicized an issue, the harder it is for people to absorb contradictory evidence.
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Whether in situations relating to scientific consensus, economic history or current political events, denialism has its roots in what psychologists call ‘motivated reasoning.’
What’s behind this natural tendency?
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Whether in situations relating to scientific consensus, economic history or current political events, denialism has its roots in what psychologists call ‘motivated reasoning.’