Paranormal
August 1, 2023
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Many of us will remember flicking through a copy of Usborne’s classic picture book ‘The World Of The Unknown: Monsters’ and being wowed by the fantastical creatures it introduced us to. But how much can you still recall about these beasts? We’ve put together 20 tricky question base on the book that was originally published in 1977. 1. The book’s opening line tells us that the ‘term’ monster comes from the Latin word ‘monstrum’, but…
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Subscribe to get Spooky Isles’ free newsletter in your inbox every Friday! Childhood pals SALLY SELL and SAMANTHA DAVIES share their creepy experiences living in a haunted cottage in West Sussex that made them (possibly) believe in ghosts The two of us have been friends since childhood and back in 2012, we were excited to move in to our first home together! We privately rented a spacious three bed cottage that was situated on a large…
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AI Robot Senses Anxiety, Identifies Criminals, Throws Insults and Speaks About the End of the World Source link
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Sign up for the Smarter Faster newsletter A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people Notice: JavaScript is required for this content. The archetypal image of chemistry is a set of glassware, full of colorful liquids about to be mixed. Froth, bubbles, and smoke ensue. Much of industrial chemical synthesis is a tamer version of this. But could we replace the bubbling flask with the slow grind of a ball mill? A…
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Renowned scientist Dr. Donald Hoffman proposes a revolutionary perspective on the nature of consciousness. Hoffman argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, it is actually consciousness that gives rise to our brains and shapes the reality we experience. Dr. Hoffman argues that consciousness does not emerge from the biological processes within our cells, neurons, or the chemistry of the brain. It transcends the physical realm entirely. “Consciousness creates our brains, not our brains creating consciousness,” he…