Fred First

Fred First

@fred1st

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Is Consciousness Really a Memory System For Our Interactions With Reality? New Research Says Maybe. - The Debrief

thedebrief.org/is-consciousness-really-a-memory-system-for-our-interactions-with-reality-new-research-says-maybe/

Dec 15, 2022

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The Incarnation or the Resurrection?

www.patheos.com/blogs/freelancechristianity/the-incarnation-or-the-resurrection/

Dec 14, 2022

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Panpsychism, the idea that inanimate objects have consciousness, gains steam in science communities

www.salon.com/2021/07/23/panpsychism-the-idea-that-inanimate-objects-have-consciousness-gains-steam-in-science-communities/

panpsychism
consciousness

Dec 14, 2022

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Ancient viruses gave us a gene called "Arc," and it may explain consciousness

www.salon.com/2022/12/06/ancient-gave-us-a-gene-called-arc-and-it-may-explain-consciousness/?lh_aid=4508135&lh_cid=gklc4midok&di=3d2c991f2719310176024156460840f4

Dec 14, 2022

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What petting a dog can do for your brain | CNN

www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/health/petting-dogs-brain-study-wellness-scn/index.html

Dec 14, 2022

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The Link Between Hearing Loss and Dementia - Health Journal

www.thehealthjournals.com/dementia-hearing-loss/

hearing
dementia

Dec 9, 2022

8

Quantum Gravity: The Quest for the Pixelation of Space — Caltech Magazine

magazine.caltech.edu/post/quantum-gravity

Dec 8, 2022

3

Writing is Thinking: Learning to Write with Confidence

blog.stephsmith.io/learning-to-write-with-confidence/

Dec 6, 2022

18

Dementia risk may increase if you're eating these foods, study says | CNN

www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/health/dementia-ultraprocessed-food-wellness/index.html

Dec 5, 2022

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The insight of Darwin’s work on corals, worms and co-evolution | Aeon Essays

aeon.co/essays/the-insight-of-darwins-work-on-corals-worms-and-co-evolution?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=db67f71bda-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_11_15_04_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-db67f71bda-68706637

geology
terraforming

Dec 5, 2022

6

What Is Entanglement and Why Is It Important?

scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/quantum-science-explained/entanglement

Dec 4, 2022

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The Uncertain Mind: How the Brain Handles the Unknown

nesslabs.com/uncertain-mind

Dec 4, 2022

2

What is Good Within Social Networks

simonsarris.substack.com/p/what-is-good-within-social-networks?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=53881&post_id=81288572&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

Dec 3, 2022

4

The People Cheering for Humanity’s End

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/anthropocene-anti-humanism-transhumanism-apocalypse-predictions/672230/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=one-story-to-read-today&utm_content=20221202&utm_term=One%20Story%20to%20Read%20Today

anthropocene
transhumanism

Dec 3, 2022

21

The Democratic vote in rural areas has collapsed. New report looks at what it would take to change that.

cardinalnews.org/2022/12/02/the-democratic-vote-in-rural-areas-has-collapsed-new-report-looks-at-what-it-would-take-to-change-that/

democrats
voting

Dec 2, 2022

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Science as we know it can't explain consciousness – but a revolution is coming

theconversation.com/science-as-we-know-it-cant-explain-consciousness-but-a-revolution-is-coming-126143

panpsychism

Dec 2, 2022

124

Is the brain a quantum computer? A remarkable pair of studies suggests so

www.salon.com/2022/11/30/is-the-brain-a-quantum-computer-a-remarkable-pair-of-studies-suggests-so/

consciousness
quantum physics

Dec 2, 2022

144

Internet of senses to “fundamentally alter” human consciousness | Cybernews

cybernews.com/editorial/internet-senses-fundamentally-alter-human-consciousness/

metaverse
AI
AugmentedReality

Dec 2, 2022

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The American Scientific Affiliation and the Evangelical Response to Evolution | National Center for Science Education

ncse.ngo/american-scientific-affiliation-and-evangelical-response-evolution

christianity
evolution

Dec 1, 2022

8

A Notorious Invasive Plant Shows Promise in Green Construction

reasonstobecheerful.world/kudzu-invasive-plant-construction-tennessee/?utm_source=Reasons+to+be+Cheerful&utm_campaign=35cae6aa4a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_11_22_04_40_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_89fb038efe-35cae6aa4a-389668613

invasives
infrastructure

Dec 1, 2022

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Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

jamesclear.com/why-facts-dont-change-minds

changing minds
persuasion

Nov 30, 2022

333

What if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct? Why our world might look very different

phys.org/news/2022-11-dinosaurs-hadnt-extinct-world.html

brain
evolution
dinosaurs

Nov 30, 2022

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Winky Dink and You | Wikiwand

www.wikiwand.com/en/Winky_Dink_and_You

Nov 30, 2022

5

Opinion | Are You Really So Different From the Blue Sea Blob?

www.nytimes.com/2022/11/24/opinion/sea-creatures-blue-blob.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20221128&instance_id=78702&nl=opinion-today&regi_id=911182&segment_id=114383&te=1&user_id=942f05b3243c92cbd9290100f18f0684

biodiversity
kinship
biophilia

Nov 28, 2022

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What AI can teach us about human bias in decision making

www.imd.org/ibyimd/magazine/what-ai-can-teach-us-about-human-bias-in-decision-making/

AI

Nov 28, 2022

131

The coming culture peace

on.substack.com/p/the-coming-culture-peace?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1&post_id=86648413&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

Nov 27, 2022

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Craving donuts? Scientists discover urge for junk food comes from gut signal to brain

gutnews.com/gut-brain-signal-junk-food/

obesity
fats
diet

Nov 27, 2022

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AI, Sentience and the Myth of Emergent Consciousness

medium.com/the-modern-scientist/ai-sentience-and-the-myth-of-emergent-consciousness-4e144dc89d56

AI
consciousness

Nov 27, 2022

52

The non-limits of Artificial Intelligence and moral and survival issues

www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/56404

AI

Nov 27, 2022

82

Australia: How 'bin chickens' learnt to wash poisonous cane toads

www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63699884

Nov 26, 2022

6

Let’s not reject new learnings about human behaviour

www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/lets-not-reject-new-learnings-about-human-behaviour-11668619063772.html

decision-making
consciousness

Nov 20, 2022

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"Polytherapeutic" tinnitus treatment app delivers impressive results

newatlas.com/medical/app-based-tinnitus-treatment/

Nov 20, 2022

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Europe’s Energy Risks Go Beyond Gas

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/17/climate/eu-energy-crisis-gas.html

alt-energy

Nov 18, 2022

2

The population question

www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/climate/the-population-question.html

population
future-proofing

Nov 18, 2022

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Students who grew up with search engines might change STEM education forever

www.theverge.com/22684730/students-file-folder-directory-structure-education-gen-z?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Nov 17, 2022

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The Invasion of the Super Insects

nautil.us/the-invasion-of-the-super-insects-246813/?utm_source=nautilus-newsletter&utm_medium=email&he=6a591281cf070f9da0b8ed012ea6da18

Nov 17, 2022

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In the corner of an Australian lab, a brain in a dish is playing a video game - and it’s getting better

www.smh.com.au/national/lab-grown-brains-can-play-video-games-now-do-they-have-rights-20221102-p5butx.html

brain organoids

Nov 17, 2022

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Newly discovered species of bacteria in the microbiome may be culprit behind rheumatoid arthritis

gutnews.com/newly-discovered-species-of-bacteria-in-the-microbiome-may-be-culprit-behind-rheumatoid-arthritis/

microbiome
bacteria

Nov 17, 2022

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Why there's more to being smart than intelligence

www.bbc.com/future/article/20221028-why-theres-more-to-being-smart-than-intelligence

genius

Nov 17, 2022

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The U.S.’s logging plans show it’s easier to make climate promises than to keep them

www.fastcompany.com/90811726/us-logging-climate-promises-deforestation-cop27?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

deforestation
carbon credits

Nov 17, 2022

7

What the Tiny Cluster of Brain Cells in My Lab Are Telling Me

nautil.us/what-the-tiny-cluster-of-brain-cells-in-my-lab-are-telling-me-246650/

brain organoids
consciousness
synthbio

Nov 17, 2022

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An Explosion of Never-Before-Seen Minerals Could Mark The Dawn of Our New Geological Epoch

www.sciencealert.com/an-explosion-of-never-before-seen-minerals-could-mark-the-dawn-of-a-new-geological-epoch

Nov 16, 2022

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How black hole thought experiments help explain the Universe | Aeon Essays

aeon.co/essays/how-black-hole-thought-experiments-help-explain-the-universe?utm_source=rss-feed

Nov 15, 2022

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A Better Vision of the Metaverse

www.barrons.com/articles/metaverse-dead-ar-augmented-reality-51668188175

AI
AugmentedReality

Nov 15, 2022

6

(802) Introducing the Tana Pattern Library - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7edOYGyePM

Nov 13, 2022

2

The Only Crypto Story You Need, by Matt Levine

www.bloomberg.com/features/2022-the-crypto-story/?leadSource=uverify%20wall

Nov 9, 2022

2

How Non-Native Plants Are Contributing to a Global Insect Decline

e360.yale.edu/features/how-non-native-plants-are-contributing-to-a-global-insect-decline

Nov 9, 2022

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Are Trees Talking Underground? For Scientists, It’s in Dispute.

www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/science/trees-fungi-talking.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Nov 8, 2022

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Tiny liquid droplets are driving a cell biology rethink

knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2020/what-is-liquid-liquid-phase-separation?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=e0066e7f1f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_11_04_KM_NEWSLETTER&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-e0066e7f1f-536752488

biology
cell

Nov 7, 2022

11

Lucid Dying: Patients Recall Near-Death Experiences During CPR While They Were Seemingly Unconscious

scitechdaily.com/lucid-dying-patients-recall-near-death-experiences-during-cpr-while-they-were-seemingly-unconscious/

Nov 7, 2022

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