Sabine Hossenfelder reveals what modern academics is all about. It's all about money and preserving the status quo. Just like the government. Research must be tailored to the narrative to keep the money flowing. We saw that with COVID-19. It's a wonder we still see occasional research breakthroughs.
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Hospital voice dictation systems powered by OpenAI's Whisper engine hallucinate. It happens in 1.4% of dictations. This is much too high, especially as some exhibit racist or inappropriate content.
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Someone tell Tina Kotek. Hottest executive trend now? Bring back the White Guy. Yeah, the diversity experiment failed. Let's admit it and go back to what worked.
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Hidden disaster. WordPress-based websites account for 40% of the world's websites. There is an ugly dispute going on between WordPress.com and WordPress.org and because of this, important functionality in WordPress was recently turned off, in a fit of pique. They're going to court. Looks like someone one would rather see the world burn. Here's some background.
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KIBRA anchoring the action of PKMζ maintains the persistence of memory. Short-lived molecules are responsible for making memories last. Fascinating story.
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I read this and was startled that Shaken Baby Syndrome has been discredited. I was also surprised to read that "Accidents result in more severe intracranial pathologies than shaking, aligning with biomechanical studies that have shown that impact exerts greater force on the brain than violent shaking." Wow. So maybe some of the accused were innocent?
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Government and non-profits do not select for managers with the ability to deliver results. They select for people who are good at playing the game of status and power within an organization.
Well, it turns out maybe we don't know who is even governing us. We certainly haven't had a president for the past several months, and no one seems to care. This is why Trump is feared. He will actually be a real president. Not the phony government we have now, and some are afraid they will lose their hidden power. The clues have been before us all, and we just haven't been paying attention.
And look how Left Coast politicians waste our money. Homeless and drug abuse policy is a grift. It's a business model run by people who don't really want the problem solved, because it's their income stream. Solve the problem and it all goes away.
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There might be a gene that makes one excel in math, at least in the Chinese. So it's not just tiger moms. It's genetic.
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