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30 minutes with a stranger.

“In this story, we’ll go through 30 minutes of conversation between the people you see here. They are a subset of nearly 1,700 conversations between about 1,500 people as part of a research project called the CANDOR corpus. The goal […]

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Oldest known mechanical clock.

“Here’s a brief tour of the oldest known mechanical clock, which is at the Salisbury Cathedral in the UK. It’s both simple and elegant, considering what tools and technology were available in 1386!” ~ learn more

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Vegetative electron microscopy.

“This phrase, which sounds technical but is actually nonsense, has become a “digital fossil” – an error preserved and reinforced in artificial intelligence (AI) systems that is nearly impossible to remove from our knowledge repositories.” ~ learn more

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PersonalityMap.

“[A] platform to help you understand the relationship between “everything and everything” with regard to human psychology. We provide access to over 1 million correlations spanning personality, demographics, behaviors, and beliefs. In addition, we provide a powerful and one-of-a-kind interface […]

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The ship of Theseus.

One of my favorite’s from ancient Greece. This does it justice! “Jennifer Wang (Stanford University) introduces us to a puzzle that has bedeviled philosophy since the ancient Greeks: the Ship of Theseus. She tells the Ship of Theseus story, and […]

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King of the Hill is coming back.

“Season 14 synopsis: After years working a propane job in Saudi Arabia to earn their retirement nest egg, Hank and Peggy Hill return to a changed Arlen, Texas, to reconnect with old friends Dale, Boomhauer and Bill. Meanwhile, Bobby is […]