This thread echoes this article, which talks about the decline of human "brain power". This is based on test scores, especially PISA scores, but relying just on this assessment is tricky.
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I see it especially in the caliber of politicians today, compared to what they were like when I was growing up. When I was growing up, we have TV shows where they would invite Milton Friedman to talk. We had Ted Koppel and McNeil-Lehrer news hour. Now we have The View and Joy Reid (well, not anymore).The share of adults in high-income countries who are unable to use mathematical reasoning when evaluating simple statements, or who struggle to integrate multiple bits of information from a piece of text, has climbed to 25 per cent.
Tinnitus may result from the brain sending signals to the cochlea to increase gain. Until recently, it wasn't known that there was an afferent feedback loop between the brain and the cochlea.
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Another article on why Oregon is short on public defenders, and they still skirt around why there is a shortage of good attorneys. It's crap like this:
Timeless. Portland protestors want city leaders to tax the rich, and spend the proceeds on them. There already aren't enough rich to tax to satisfy them, so shut up already. And they call it "investing" locally. Throwing good money after bad is not investing.
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This is funny. So in Fresno, there was a Kid's Day fundraiser, where they raised money for the local hospital. Yeah, how did that go? Suckers.
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Lake Oswego lakefront residents are learning some valuable lessons about living in Oregon. Build something nice that wasn't there before, and maintain it with your own money and some judge will say everyone should have access, too.
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Another "cure" for baldness? UCLA scientists have found that a protein PP405 keeps hair follicle cells dormant. Inhibiting that protein may induce hair growth.
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All the major search engines make up references a lot. For mission-critical searchers, Perplexity is the go to site, but it still misses a lot. This is where improvements need to be made.
There is likely a genetic basis for the reserved, risk-averse, pragmatic, no physical affection personality of Asians. And it seems to be a dominant trait. You can even see it in Asian babies vs White babies, the latter of whom are outgoing and friendly, while Asian babies hide behind their mothers. The author calls it Arcticism.
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Some Israeli startup wants to foist AI nurses on us. I don't think people want uncanny valley nurses. This is not how I envisioned AI to be involved in medicine. The technology is not ready yet. It just superficially looks that way.
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