Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# health
This isn’t just younger generations griping, according to a study of over 30,000 baby boomers, the older generations’ mental capabilities are declining faster than expected.
# tech
Computers respect the letter of the law, but they can't understand the spirit. That's why they're terrible at real world policing.
# tech
The problem with John Searle's Chinese Room thought experiment is that its premise is woefully outdated in computer science terms.
# tech
"Listen, sometimes I just get the urge to kill all humans. You know?"
# tech
Turns out, insects have basic forms of intelligence and the path to thinking robots may be through emulating how their tiny minds work.