Fred First

Fred First

@fred1st

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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

3

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

7

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

5

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

10

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

3

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

11

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

5

"Polytherapeutic" tinnitus treatment app delivers impressive results

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

Nov 20, 2022

3

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

1

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

6

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

1

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

9

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

9

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

4

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

8

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

6

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

7

Philosophy for the End of Growth

medium.com/@thehonestsorcerer/philosophy-for-the-end-of-growth-71b640530113

Nov 5, 2022

3

The four reasons we won’t fix climate change

medium.com/illumination/the-four-reasons-we-wont-fix-climate-change-cd8a4f2789fd

Nov 4, 2022

13

The Brain Maps Out Ideas and Memories Like Spaces | Quanta Magazine

www.quantamagazine.org/the-brain-maps-out-ideas-and-memories-like-spaces-20190114/

Nov 3, 2022

232

Mnemonic Training Reshapes Brain Networks to Support Superior Memory

www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273%2817%2930087-9

Nov 3, 2022

2

The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state

www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221030-the-mysterious-viking-runes-found-in-a-landlocked-us-state

vikings

Nov 3, 2022

52

(752) Obsidian for non-coders (no plugins) - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qRVquqRH0k

Oct 26, 2022

51

The lost art of rest: How to relax

bigthink.com/high-culture/how-to-relax/

human_behavior
human_health
stress_managment

Sep 18, 2022

53

Ag groups receive grant to transition U.S. beef to carbon neutral

www.agriculture.com/news/business/ag-groups-receive-grant-to-transition-us-beef-to-carbon-neutral

meat
soil-ag
biochar
carbon_neutral

Sep 17, 2022

1

What Is the Metaverse? An Explanation.

www.vice.com/en/article/93bmyv/what-is-the-metaverse-internet-technology-vr

Sep 1, 2022

6

A View from Everywhere All the Time

www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2019/06/a-view-from-everywhere-all-the-time/

Aug 31, 2022

122

The silence of the owls

knowablemagazine.org/article/technology/2020/how-owls-fly-without-making-a-sound?utm_source=email&utm_medium=knowable-newsletter&utm_campaign=K_newsletter_2022-08-28

Aug 31, 2022

5

Matter | We Need to Talk About How Good A.I. Is Getting

web.getmatter.app/entry/11596510

AI
technology
future-proofing

Aug 27, 2022

13

The Extended Internet Universe

studio.ribbonfarm.com/p/the-extended-internet-universe?utm_source=url

Aug 26, 2022

3

Interview: Building an infopunk’s digital garden with Sane

nesslabs.com/sane-featured-tool

Aug 25, 2022

1

Video probes methane emissions from Siberian sinkholes » Yale Climate Connections

yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/08/video-probes-methane-emissions-from-siberian-sinkholes/

Aug 24, 2022

1

Tiny device could aid large-scale carbon storage

www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/08/tiny-device-could-aid-large-scale-carbon-storage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tiny-device-could-aid-large-scale-carbon-storage&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tiny-device-could-aid-large-scale-carbon-storage

Aug 17, 2022

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