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Too many Republicans, such as Elon Musk, Donald Trump and their acolytes, have replaced ‘morality’ with the slur ‘woke’—as if caring about human rights, equality, and basic decency is something to attack.
If compassion is ‘woke,’ then what does that make them?”
If compassion is ‘woke,’ then what does that make them?”
February 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Too many Republicans, such as Elon Musk, Donald Trump and their acolytes, have replaced ‘morality’ with the slur ‘woke’—as if caring about human rights, equality, and basic decency is something to attack.
If compassion is ‘woke,’ then what does that make them?”
If compassion is ‘woke,’ then what does that make them?”
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"Along with top people at Google, we believe consciousness research is the next big quantum use case."
-- @suzannegildert.bsky.social from @nirvanicai.bsky.social
Sounds exciting! Let's dive in...🧵
p.s. But wait, what were the previous "big quantum use cases" that have already changed the world??
-- @suzannegildert.bsky.social from @nirvanicai.bsky.social
Sounds exciting! Let's dive in...🧵
p.s. But wait, what were the previous "big quantum use cases" that have already changed the world??
A new startup in Canada wants to build the first “conscious” artificial intelligence using quantum computing. What’s their definition of consciousness? It’s based on Roger Penrose’s ideas about consciousness, ORCH-OR.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G90M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G90M...
This startup wants to build a conscious quantum computer
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Along with top people at Google, we believe consciousness research is the next big quantum use case."
-- @suzannegildert.bsky.social from @nirvanicai.bsky.social
Sounds exciting! Let's dive in...🧵
p.s. But wait, what were the previous "big quantum use cases" that have already changed the world??
-- @suzannegildert.bsky.social from @nirvanicai.bsky.social
Sounds exciting! Let's dive in...🧵
p.s. But wait, what were the previous "big quantum use cases" that have already changed the world??
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New! Will be doing a monthly podcast with Lawrence Krauss on what's new in science. First episode will go live later today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQD...
What's New in Science | With Sabine Hossenfelder and Lawrence Krauss
YouTube video by The Origins Podcast
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
New! Will be doing a monthly podcast with Lawrence Krauss on what's new in science. First episode will go live later today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQD...
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The release of DeepSeek’s R1 model has thrown the world of AI into chaos, with US firms dropping their safety guardrails in order to keep up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgcj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgcj...
AI Safety Commitments Are Falling Apart
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The release of DeepSeek’s R1 model has thrown the world of AI into chaos, with US firms dropping their safety guardrails in order to keep up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgcj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgcj...
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How did the laws of nature come to be the way they are? A group of physicists have just put forth an interesting hypothesis on that question in a new paper.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aGk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aGk...
This New Idea Could Explain the Laws of Nature
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How did the laws of nature come to be the way they are? A group of physicists have just put forth an interesting hypothesis on that question in a new paper.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aGk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aGk...
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The discovery of a galaxy sporting nine concentric rings of stars sheds light on how such ring galaxies form and evolve
https://go.nature.com/43eSfxF
https://go.nature.com/43eSfxF
Bullseye! Galaxy hosts a record-breaking nine starry rings
Astronomers trace the striking pattern to an encounter between a big galaxy and a much smaller one some 50 million years ago.
go.nature.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The discovery of a galaxy sporting nine concentric rings of stars sheds light on how such ring galaxies form and evolve
https://go.nature.com/43eSfxF
https://go.nature.com/43eSfxF
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Nature research paper: Global biodiversity loss from outsourced deforestation
https://go.nature.com/3EOEdZ2
https://go.nature.com/3EOEdZ2
Global biodiversity loss from outsourced deforestation - Nature
An analysis of global deforestation linked to consumption of products in the supply chains of large economies finds greater losses for vertebrate species’ ranges outside these countries than in them.
go.nature.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Nature research paper: Global biodiversity loss from outsourced deforestation
https://go.nature.com/3EOEdZ2
https://go.nature.com/3EOEdZ2
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Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 Record-breaking neutrino detected by huge underwater telescope
https://go.nature.com/4hR6Va4
https://go.nature.com/4hR6Va4
Record-breaking neutrino detected by huge underwater telescope
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 12 February 2025
go.nature.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Latest from the Nature Podcast 🔊 Record-breaking neutrino detected by huge underwater telescope
https://go.nature.com/4hR6Va4
https://go.nature.com/4hR6Va4
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The debate over when consciousness arises has been revitalised by new tests of awareness in infants – raising the possibility that it emerges just before birth www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
How studying babies' minds is prompting us to rethink consciousness
The debate over when consciousness arises has been revitalised by new tests of awareness in infants – raising the possibility that it emerges just before birth
www.newscientist.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The debate over when consciousness arises has been revitalised by new tests of awareness in infants – raising the possibility that it emerges just before birth www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
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Ancient Mesopotamia comes alive in Moudhy Al-Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script
The story of ancient Mesopotamia and the dawn of the modern world
Ancient Mesopotamia comes alive in Moudhy Al-Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script
www.newscientist.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Ancient Mesopotamia comes alive in Moudhy Al-Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script
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Farmers used trash like bones, charcoal and ash to grow crops in sand in Israel 1000 years ago.
Farmers used trash to grow crops in barren sand 1000 years ago
Crops don't generally thrive in desert-like ground, but 1000 years ago farmers in Israel utilised refuse such as ash and bones to turn sand into fertile land
www.newscientist.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Farmers used trash like bones, charcoal and ash to grow crops in sand in Israel 1000 years ago.
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A study of ancient DNA from people who lived in Europe between 1700 and 45,000 years ago suggests that 63 per cent of them had dark skin and 8 per cent had pale skin, with the rest somewhere in between.
Most Europeans may have had dark skin until less than 3000 years ago
Ancient DNA from 348 individuals suggests that pale skin became the predominant characteristic of people living in Europe much later than assumed
www.newscientist.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:36 AM
A study of ancient DNA from people who lived in Europe between 1700 and 45,000 years ago suggests that 63 per cent of them had dark skin and 8 per cent had pale skin, with the rest somewhere in between.
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A survey of workers who used generative AI found that they used critical thinking less when they trusted the AI to do the task accurately
Using AI tools like ChatGPT can reduce critical thinking skills
A survey of workers who used generative AI to complete tasks found that they use critical thinking less when they trusted the AI to do the task accurately
www.newscientist.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A survey of workers who used generative AI found that they used critical thinking less when they trusted the AI to do the task accurately
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Slices of mouse brains have shown near normal activity after being stored at -150 °C, marking a step towards suspended animation of people.
Mouse brain slices brought back to life after being frozen for a week
In a step towards suspended animation of people, slices of mouse brains have shown near-normal activity after being stored at -150°C for up to a week
www.newscientist.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Slices of mouse brains have shown near normal activity after being stored at -150 °C, marking a step towards suspended animation of people.
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Unexpected epochs of stillness that punctuate the cosmic timeline could offer a natural explanation for dark matter and many other unsolved astronomical mysteries.
How cosmic stasis may drastically rewrite the history of the universe
www.newscientist.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Unexpected epochs of stillness that punctuate the cosmic timeline could offer a natural explanation for dark matter and many other unsolved astronomical mysteries.
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There are many theories about how dynamics in the early solar system led to the cosmic neighbourhood we now inhabit, but beyond computer simulations, direct evidence to support them is hard to come by – that's where meteorites come in
How meteorites are rewriting the history of the solar system
There are many theories about how dynamics in the early solar system led to the cosmic neighbourhood we now inhabit, but beyond computer simulations, direct evidence to support them is hard to come by – that's where meteorites come in
www.newscientist.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There are many theories about how dynamics in the early solar system led to the cosmic neighbourhood we now inhabit, but beyond computer simulations, direct evidence to support them is hard to come by – that's where meteorites come in
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Zero-emission hydrogen could be made using agricultural waste under a new production process researchers say is scalable and commercially viable.
Carbon-neutral hydrogen can be produced from farm waste
www.newscientist.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Zero-emission hydrogen could be made using agricultural waste under a new production process researchers say is scalable and commercially viable.
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Tomorrow, a modest bill to repeal the archaic requirement for non-faith schools to hold acts of worship will receive 2nd reading in the House of Lords. It's an important step toward respecting freedom of belief. Outrageous that the Gov't doesn't back this.
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2024/07...
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2024/07...
Bill to end collective worship in most schools to be introduced
Bill would replace mandatory daily act of broadly Christian worship with inclusive assemblies in nonreligious schools
www.secularism.org.uk
February 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Tomorrow, a modest bill to repeal the archaic requirement for non-faith schools to hold acts of worship will receive 2nd reading in the House of Lords. It's an important step toward respecting freedom of belief. Outrageous that the Gov't doesn't back this.
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2024/07...
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2024/07...
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Freedom of religion or belief belongs to everyone.
Those tasked with promoting #FoRB at a governmental level should exemplify impartiality, inclusivity, and a genuine commitment to protecting the rights of all individuals. This approach is divisive and detrimental to #FoRB.
ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
Those tasked with promoting #FoRB at a governmental level should exemplify impartiality, inclusivity, and a genuine commitment to protecting the rights of all individuals. This approach is divisive and detrimental to #FoRB.
ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
Trump creates task force to root out 'anti-Christian bias'
Trump also announced the creation of a White House faith office led by Paula White-Cain, a longtime pastor in the independent charismatic world
ny1.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Freedom of religion or belief belongs to everyone.
Those tasked with promoting #FoRB at a governmental level should exemplify impartiality, inclusivity, and a genuine commitment to protecting the rights of all individuals. This approach is divisive and detrimental to #FoRB.
ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
Those tasked with promoting #FoRB at a governmental level should exemplify impartiality, inclusivity, and a genuine commitment to protecting the rights of all individuals. This approach is divisive and detrimental to #FoRB.
ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
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Today is #DarwinDay - a day to commemorate and celebrate Charles Darwin, the pioneering mind behind evolution theory who courageously challenged religious orthodoxy to unveil the reality of life on Earth.
February 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Today is #DarwinDay - a day to commemorate and celebrate Charles Darwin, the pioneering mind behind evolution theory who courageously challenged religious orthodoxy to unveil the reality of life on Earth.
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The Government has rejected a bid to limit religious discrimination at new faith schools. A deeply disappointing move that will, as @lizzicollinge.bsky.social said, only exacerbate inequalities in our schools.
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02... @munirawilson.bsky.social @iansollom.bsky.social
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02... @munirawilson.bsky.social @iansollom.bsky.social
Government rejects cap on religious discrimination at new schools
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill committee vote down amendment to stop new faith schools selecting all pupils based on religion
www.secularism.org.uk
February 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Government has rejected a bid to limit religious discrimination at new faith schools. A deeply disappointing move that will, as @lizzicollinge.bsky.social said, only exacerbate inequalities in our schools.
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02... @munirawilson.bsky.social @iansollom.bsky.social
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02... @munirawilson.bsky.social @iansollom.bsky.social
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NEW: A bill to replace mandatory collective worship in schools with inclusive assemblies received cross party support today. But frustratingly the Government is instead choosing to uphold religious privilege by refusing to support the bill. Read more...
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02...
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02...
Cross party support for inclusive assemblies bill
Lib Dem, Labour, Green and crossbench peers unite behind bill to replace collective worship laws
www.secularism.org.uk
February 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEW: A bill to replace mandatory collective worship in schools with inclusive assemblies received cross party support today. But frustratingly the Government is instead choosing to uphold religious privilege by refusing to support the bill. Read more...
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02...
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02...