metapsyche @metapsyche@qoto.org

Wow. I'm reading so much faster and smoother now that Kindle introduced the vertical scrolling feature. I mean, what took them so long to implement this UI/UX feature? Thank you thank you. Bye now...{goes back to reading Stuff Matters}

The connection between gut and brain gains more evidence based on the results of this study. Autism symptoms reduced nearly 50% via Microbiota Transfer.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/asu-asr040819.php

I'm still quite skeptical: Electrical jolts to brain restored memory of elderly to that of 20-year-old. Older adults did better on a memory test, but real-world benefits are unclear.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/brain-jolts-revive-memory-in-elderly-turning-clock-back-four-decades/

I disagree with Erisology and I argue against it :)

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/erisology-the-science-of-arguing-about-everything/586534/

This is my best and only Optimus Prime action figure. Studio Series 38. Great engineering on this one! Never have I been so excited of having this classic Optimus, an old man that I am now. A great nod to the 80's, my generation!

This artist, Tu Bui was responsible for the concept artworks for my favorite game, Titanfall.

https://www.artstation.com/2buiart

Physics Is Pointing Inexorably to Mind.
Information realism has some surprising implications

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/physics-is-pointing-inexorably-to-mind/

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prize-Winning Physicist Says

In conversation, the 2019 Templeton Prize winner does not pull punches on the limits of science, the value of humility and the irrationality of nonbelief

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/atheism-is-inconsistent-with-the-scientific-method-prize-winning-physicist-says/

This is very inspiring for #sustainable living and #minimalism. I wouldn't go to that extreme but i would take some action in small steps.
Man builds house for $1,500 and forages his food
https://www.thewaywardhome.com/1500-dollar-tiny-house/

"For true intelligence demands choice, internal freedom. And therefore we have the malingerants, fudgerators and drudge-dodgers, not to mention the special phenomenon of simulimbecility or mimicretinism. A mimicretin is a computer that plays stupid in order, once and for all, to be left in peace."
https://kottke.org/18/04/the-lebowski-theorem-of-machine-superintelligence

The Surprising Reason Zebras Have Stripes

By putting black-and-white coats on horses, a new study shows that the pattern discourages biting flies from landing.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/why-do-zebras-have-stripes-flies/583114/

#patterns

i've begun to appreciate the art of Serge Pelle when i stumbled across Orbital. My one request is for Serge to design and draw Mechs. That would be wonderful. http://www.graphicine.com/serge-pelle/
#SciFi

i'm enjoying aircraft designs in Orbital (by Sylvain Runberg). Been reading the series for the past days.

Infoporn: 100 Years of Sci-Fi, Explored

Using data scraping, network analysis, and machine learning, the Science Fiction Concept Corpus includes more than 2,600 books written since 1900.

https://www.wired.com/story/infoporn-100-years-of-sci-fi-explored/

Currently reading 'Lao Tzu: Tao te ching: a book about the way and the power of the way, by Ursula K. Le Guin'
I just remembered the #fediverse when I got to this part:
"The wise have no mind of their own, finding it in the minds of ordinary people. ....
they mix their mind up with the world."
Because I want to immerse myself with the #federati

"One of the most important forces in history is human stupidity. We should never underestimate human stupidity."
Yuval Noah Harari Is Worried About Our Souls
http://nautil.us/issue/67/reboot/yuval-noah-harari-is-worried-about-our-souls

"there are those people out there who are stupid and don’t realize they are stupid" Now don't be smug about it because "we see it in other people, and we don’t see it in ourselves." That is the Dunning-Kruger Effect. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/1/31/18200497/dunning-kruger-effect-explained-trump

Man, this is so stupid.
$190 Million in Crypto Gone Forever after QuadrigaCX's CEO dies. Sheez.

https://www.ccn.com/190m-gone-how-canada-biggest-bitcoin-exchange-lost-it/

I believe that AI will ultimately become self aware, although not in the way we imagine (not in the same way as our brain implements consciousness)

https://www.techspot.com/news/78519-self-aware-machines-wont-science-fiction-much-longer.html