MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. CH 12 Gross Anatomy of the Spinal Cord. Exam 4 Review: Chapter 12: Gross Anatomy of the Spinal Cord.
Virtue Ethics Virtue ethics is a broad term for theories that emphasize the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy rather than either doing one’s duty or acting in order to bring about good consequences.
A virtue ethicist is likely to give you this kind of moral advice: “Act as a virtuous person would act in your situation.” Most virtue ethics theories take their inspiration from Aristotle who declared that a virtuous person is someone who has ideal character traits. These traits derive from natural internal tendencies, but need to be nurtured; however, once established, they will become stable. Geneticists Create 'Bi-Fi'—The Biological Internet. What's the Latest Development?
By engineering a parasitical virus, geneticists have taken the first steps toward creating a biological internet in which the body's processes can be improved by controlling the natural communication abilities of cells. Using the M13 virus, Stanford researchers have created a mechanism to send genetic messages from cell to cell. "The system greatly increases the complexity and amount of data that can be communicated between cells and could lead to greater control of biological functions within cell communities. " SCIENCE! 101. Making Sense of Uncertainty · Resources. Why uncertainty is part of science The guide has brought together researchers working in some of the most significant, cutting edge fields.
Making Sense of Uncertainty · Resources. THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2011— Page 14. HAZEL ROSE MARKUS & ALANA CONNER Hazel Rose Markus is the Davis-Brack Professor of Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
Co-author of Doing Race: 21 essays for the 21st century - Alana Conner is a science writer, cultural psychologist, and museum curator, The Tech Museum, San Jose, Calif. The Culture Cycle. Eric Weinstein may have found the answer to physics' biggest problems. Two years ago, a mathematician and physicist whom I've known for more than 20 years arranged to meet me in a bar in New York.
What he was about to show me, he explained, were ideas that he'd been working on for the past two decades. Science Communication at a Tipping Point. On April 30, COMPASS published a paper at PLOS Biology that shared our experiences in science communication over the past decade.
We organized a blog carnival to broaden the conversation about motivations, challenges, and lessons learned. This post is a reflection on public and private responses to the ideas we presented, and an attempt to answer, “Where do we go from here?” Wellcome Trust websites.
Physicist Proposes New Way To Think About Intelligence. (ISNS) -- A single equation grounded in basic physics principles could describe intelligence and stimulate new insights in fields as diverse as finance and robotics, according to new research.
Alexander Wissner-Gross, a physicist at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Cameron Freer, a mathematician at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, developed an equation that they say describes many intelligent or cognitive behaviors, such as upright walking and tool use. The researchers suggest that intelligent behavior stems from the impulse to seize control of future events in the environment.
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The internet was all aflutter last week because Elsevier has sent thousands of take-down notices to Academia.edu, a social networking site where many researchers post and share their published papers.
Science Museum, London. Science is Vital » Science Careers. Science decodes 'internal voices' 1 February 2012Last updated at 04:29 By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News.
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Brain. DNA-Gene-Omics-Netics. Other. Photobiology. Psychology. Seed-newScientific Thinking!@# Technology. Scale of Universe - Interactive Scale of the Universe Tool. Powers of Ten™ (1977) (65) Facebook. TO UNDERSTAND IS TO PERCEIVE PATTERNS. Universe Grows Like A Brain. The universe may grow like a giant brain, according to a new computer simulation. The results, published Nov.16 in the journal Nature's Scientific Reports, suggest that some undiscovered, fundamental laws may govern the growth of systems large and small, from the electrical firing between brain cells and growth of social networks to the expansion of galaxies. "Natural growth dynamics are the same for different real networks, like the Internet or the brain or social networks," said study co-author Dmitri Krioukov, a physicist at the University of California San Diego.
The new study suggests a single fundamental law of nature may govern these networks, said physicist Kevin Bassler of the University of Houston, who was not involved in the study. [What's That? Your Physics Questions Answered] "At first blush they seem to be quite different systems, the question is, is there some kind of controlling laws can describe them?
" Similar Networks Brain cells and galaxies. VISTA gigapixel mosaic of the central parts of the Milky Way. Last Week At Science-Based Medicine. Here is a recap of the stories that appeared last week at Science-Based Medicine, a multi-author skeptical blog that separates the science from the woo in medicine. NIH funds training in behavioral intervention to slow progression of cancer by improving the immune system (James Coyne) The NIH is funding training in psychoneuroimmunological interventions for cancer, questionable treatments based on flawed studies. This highlights the pseudoscience and heavy-handed politics in this field. There is no credible evidence that any psychosocial intervention reduces risk of cancer recurrence or improves survival. Andrew Weil/AAFP Article Rejected by Slate (Harriet Hall) Slate magazine asked Dr.
Hall to write an article criticizing the selection of Andrew Weil as keynote speaker for the American Academy of Family Physicians scientific assembly (akin to asking an astrologer to speak at an astronomy meeting). A visual exploration on mapping complex networks. Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions. Critical Thinking mini-lessons. Topical index: critical thinking. From Abracadabra to Zombies | View All critical thinking. Resources. CSI collects resources of interest to skeptics from around the web. If you maintain a website or know of one we've missed, feel free to contact us! CSI Fellows Stephen Barrett M.D., psychiatrist, author, consumer advocate, Allentown, Pa. The Skeptics Society & Skeptic magazine.