eSagan 🇮🇳 @crackurbones@qoto.org
Joined Nov 2019
Ancient burial site found in Uttar Pradesh’s #Sinauli is 3,800-years old, indigenous warrior tribe inhabited the region
https://www.opindia.com/2020/02/uttar-pradesh-sinauli-3800-year-old-burial-site-warrior-tribe/
Rediscovering ‘Sunyata’: Unifying Buddhism and Vedanta
https://www.opindia.com/2020/02/rediscovering-sunyata-unifying-buddhism-and-vedanta/
Buddha was a great Vedantist (for #Buddhism was really only an offshoot of #Vedanta), and Shankara is often called a “hidden #Buddhist.” Buddha made the analysis, Shankara made the synthesis out of it. #Buddha never bowed down to anything—neither #Veda, nor caste, nor priest, nor custom. He fearlessly reasoned so far as the reason could take him. Such a fearless search for truth and such love for every living thing the world has never seen. #Buddha was the Washington of the religious world; he conquered a throne only to give it to the world, as Washington did to the American people. He sought nothing for himself.
A study published in Nature claims that natural language skills are a better predictor of ability to learn programming (Python) than mathematical aptitude https://nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60661-8
(Fluid reasoning and working-memory capacity was the best predictor)
@freemo True. People who are already having cardiac disease have the urge to nap more. The headline here, like other such headlines posted by media, can be confusing for the mass, when not misleading.
Nothing in the wild goes to waste—not even a footprint https://t.co/VAKYJYtUE4
Older people who nap in the daytime are more than TWICE as likely to be diagnosed with heart disease
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8064761/Older-people-nap-daytime-likely-diagnosed-heart-disease-cancer.html
Hang out in a greenhouse
https://www.reddit.com/r/CozyPlaces/comments/fc364y/hang_out_in_a_greenhouse/
It's a solarium, not a greenhouse.
Since the article is behind a paywall
Are you good at putting yourself in someone else’s shoes? Then there’s a good chance that you enjoy R&B. If, instead, you are drawn to take things apart to understand how they work, you likely prefer punk music.
That’s the conclusion of a new study on how musical tastes relate to cognition. “We wanted to address this longstanding question, Why do people like the music that they do?” says study author David Greenberg. “Because you could have one person, for example, who loves Metallica or Rage Against the Machine and then another who would rather listen to Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan.”
The study, published this week in the online journal PLOS ONE, shows that the way someone thinks – his or her cognitive style – is a better predictor of the songs they’ll like than is their personality type.
\section{Music and Mind}
Personality measures are commonly used in psychological studies. Traditional tests measure five major personality traits: agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism, and openness to experience. Previous music research has focused on connections with these characteristics.
However, another way of looking at people’s minds is via so-called cognitive style, which ranges from empathetic to systemizing. Empathizers, on the one hand, are strongly interested in understanding others’ emotions and thoughts. At the other extreme, systemizers are more adept at identifying patterns and analyzing systems.
For the study, over 4,000 participants completed online questionnaires rating their agreement with such statements as “I can pick up quickly if someone says one thing but means another” or “If I were buying a stereo, I would want to know about its precise technical features.” Based on their answers, participants were scored somewhere on the spectrum from empathizer to systemizer. (You can take the test yourself here.)
The participants then listened to 50 musical excerpts, across a range of genres and musical dimensions. They ranked them on a scale from 1 (dislike extremely) to 9 (like extremely).
When they analyzed these results researchers found that empathizers were more likely to enjoy mellow music, such as R&B/soul, adult contemporary, and soft rock. Meanwhile, systemizers enjoyed more intense music, including punk, heavy metal, and hard rock. These traits better predicted musical tastes than any of the five standard personality traits.
And the findings held true even at very granular levels within a given musical genre. For example, highly empathetic individuals preferred mellow rock over intense rock, selecting Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” over “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys. The opposite was true for the systemizers.
\section {Emotion and Analysis}
The findings make sense in light of how we relate to music, both connecting with it emotionally and analyzing its composition. Empathetic individuals were inclined towards songs that were relaxing and melancholy, while systemizers enjoyed the fast-paced and complex examples.
Daniel Levitin, a musician, neuroscientist, and author of This is Your Brain on Music, feels that this study fits nicely into our broader understanding of how personal qualities shape our artistic inclinations. “This is situated within a series of studies that are pointing to the relationship of personalities and now brain styles… to an underlying aesthetic sense,” said Levitin. “Things that seem to have nothing to do with music can help us better understand musical preferences.”
🎻 🎶 You are what you listen to: Your Musical Tastes Reflect Your Thinking Style
https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/your-musical-tastes-reflect-your-thinking-style
🐤 https://twitter.com/DiscoverMag/status/1234425776587575296
[...] कुछ संकेतों के 32 बिट के #यूनिकोड में शुरू में शून्य ही शून्य हैं (जैसे अंग्रेजी के संकेतों के लिये)। यदि शुरुआती शून्यों को हटा दिया जाय तो इन्हें केवल 8 बिट के द्वारा भी निरूपित किया जा सकता है और कहीं कोई भ्रम या कांफ्लिक्ट नहीं होगा। इसी तरह रूसी, अरबी, हिब्रू आदि के यूनिकोड ऐसे हैं कि शून्य को छोड़ देने पर उन्हें प्राय: 16 बिट = 2 बाइट से निरूपित किया जा सकता है। #देवनागरी, जापानी, चीनी आदि को आरम्भिक शून्य हटाने के बाद प्राय: 24 बिट = तीन बाइट से निरूपित किया जा सकता है। किन्तु बहुत से संकेत होंगे जिनमें आरम्भिक शून्य नहीं होंगे और उन्हें निरूपित करने के लिये चार बाइट ही लगेंगे।
Insert ASCII or #Unicode Latin-based symbols and characters
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/insert-ascii-or-unicode-latin-based-symbols-and-characters-d13f58d3-7bcb-44a7-a4d5-972ee12e50e0
Joint 2D-3D Breast Cancer Classification. (arXiv:2002.12392v1 [cs.CV])
Joint 2D-3D Breast Cancer Classification. (arXiv:2002.12392v1 [cs.CV]) http://arxiv.org/abs/2002.12392
To fight #coronavirus, #France urges no more greetings with kisses, bans large gatherings
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fight-coronavirus-france-urges-no-more-greetings-kisses-bans-large-n1145906
How Are Innovative Economies Measured?
Each year, the index assesses over 200 economies across seven weighted metrics.
R&D Intensity
Annual research and development spending, as a % of an economy’s gross domestic product (GDP).
Patent Activity
The number of annual patent and grant filings, and the 3-year average growth of filings abroad and filings growth, as a share of the world’s total patent growth.
Tertiary Efficiency
The total enrollment in higher education, the share of labor force with advanced education levels, and the share of STEM graduates and in the labor force.
Manufacturing Value-added
Manufacturing output levels—contributing to exports—as a % of GDP, and per capita.
Productivity
GDP and gross national income (GNI) in the working age population, and the 3-year improvement.
High-tech Density
The volume of domestic, high-tech public companies as a share of the world’s total companies. Examples of high-tech companies include: aerospace and defense, biotech, internet services, and renewable energy.
Researcher Concentration
Professionals (including postgraduate PhD students) engaged in R&D across the population.
Ranked: The Most Innovative Economies in the World
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/world-most-innovative-economies/
Physicists Have Filmed The Moment an Atom Undergoes a Quantum Measurement
https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-filmed-the-moment-an-atom-undergoes-a-quantum-measurement
#IndianPhilosophy: The theology of Vaikuṇṭha: Why should you want to be in heaven?
http://indianphilosophyblog.org/2020/02/28/the-theology-of-vaiku%e1%b9%87%e1%b9%adha-why-should-you-want-to-be-in-heaven/
Scientists discover animal that doesn't need oxygen to survive | Deccan Herald
https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/scientists-discover-animal-that-doesnt-need-oxygen-to-survive-808611.html
Major study reveals people reach their happiest at 82 and parts of the brain improve as we get older https://t.co/ATpQDUWHe4
https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1234082208001949696?s=09
Scientists show how brain distinguishes lyrics from music
https://zeenews.india.com/science-environment/scientists-show-how-brain-distinguishes-lyrics-from-music-2266973.html
Joined Nov 2019
