Is the word 'humanist' used for people who study the humanities? I've only ever heard it in the context of humanism. Not saying it's wrong, I'm genuinely wondering
I don't think any modern neuroscientist "fails to see" that modeling the brain as a computer is a hypothesis. Many wouldn't even subscribe to that theory, and those who do undoubtedly treat it as a working model.
Possibly because antibiotic resistance is seemingly imminent, and global warming is only a threat over a much longer timeframe. I can't say definitively whether this accurately reflects reality, but intuitively it makes sense for people to feel this way.
True. The intersection of potential Soylent customers and keto-diet people is probably high. It is funny to see this kind of expectation thrown at an untested type of product, though.
Interesting. Seems maybe journalists should rely on researchers other than a study's authors for interpretation? I don't mean that sarcastically (well, a little), but it seems that there's a fairly simple solution to this problem.
"We’ve heard plenty about activist shareholders, but a bitcoin activist would take the concept to a whole new level. Essentially, some investor or coalition of computers could potentially amass a collection of bitcoins so large that it could change the source code bitcoin uses to operate. This would render the whole currency pretty much useless overnight."
Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. And this article seemed like it was going somewhere...
https://twitter.com/gershbrain/status/994678940043284480