Author: robert.adlington
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I wag, therefore I am: the philosophy of dogs
In the authentic happiness Shadow finds in the most banal of activities, his commitment to life and action is one that we humans find so hard to emulate. This is because of something that happened to us: a great schism in consciousness that we know as reflection. We humans are the world heavyweight champions of…
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Prospera, l’étrange enclave libertarienne totalement privée au Honduras
Ici, sur l’île de Roatan, au Honduras, tout est possible. Prospera est une zone d’emploi et de développement économique (ZEDE), sorte d’Etat dans l’Etat, avec ses propres lois, son système judiciaire, sa police, où tout – éducation, santé, services publics – est privé. Une future ville enclave imaginée par des libertariens convaincus que seule la…
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The weird world of wasps and why we should worry if they are on the wane
“The larvae of parasitic wasp develop in the bodies of other insects and we think that they are really important. To explain it, if you look out of the window and think about why the Earth is so green when there are so many things that eat leaves, it is because caterpillars are controlled by…
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The Icelandic love secret: should we all try ‘sex before coffee’?
When it comes to Iceland, there is no history of bourgeois living. Having courtships, going to institutions, restaurants, it’s so recent. There is no dating culture in an agricultural society, and our city culture has just not been around long enough to become dominant. We still do our own plumbing. Dating is kind of like…
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Indian vultures: Decline of scavenger birds caused 500,000 human deaths
The authors estimated that between 2000 and 2005, the loss of vultures caused around 100,000 additional human deaths annually, resulting in more than $69bn (£53bn) per year in mortality damages or the economic costs associated with premature deaths. These deaths were due to the spread of disease and bacteria that vultures would have otherwise removed…
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The dead hang delight: how this quick, surprisingly simple exercise can change your life
Would you like to strengthen your upper body and core muscles, while improving your flexibility and breathing? Here’s how to do it, in the time it takes to boil a kettle — Read on www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/aug/04/the-dead-hang-delight-how-this-quick-surprisingly-simple-exercise-can-change-your-life
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid
Aside from the corrupting influence of power and money, there is a deep technical issue, too: large language models (the core technique of generative AI) invented by Google and made famous by Altman’s company, are unlikely ever to be safe. They are recalcitrant, and opaque by nature – so-called “black boxes” that we can never…
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Almost half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed, study finds
Writing in the report, the experts said: “The potential for prevention is high and, overall, nearly half of dementias could theoretically be prevented by eliminating these 14 risk factors. These findings provide hope.” Livingston said there was also new evidence that showed reducing the risks of dementia not only increased years of healthy life but…
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Philippe Katerine : « Ce qu’il y a de plus beau dans la foi chrétienne, c’est le pardon »
Une seule personne peut avoir mille façons d’interpréter un objet, il suffit de se déplacer légèrement. On ne peut rien contrôler là-dessus. Je n’ai pas de problème avec les gens qui ne voient pas les choses comme moi. — Read on www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/07/30/philippe-katerine-ce-qu-il-y-a-de-plus-beau-dans-la-foi-chretienne-c-est-le-pardon_6261473_3246.html
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‘Sublime eternal love exists within each one of us’: David Lynch on music, friendship and life’s biggest mystery
“Life is filled with mysteries, just filled,” he continues. “Human beings, we’re like detectives. We like to think about these things, or I sure do, and we want answers. The secret is: the answers are there, and they also lie within. It’s all there for us. If we want to get it, we can get…