Post No.: 0560 Furrywisepuppy says: As far as we can currently tell, there seem to be no fundamental neurological or structural differences between the brains of newborn boys and girls, thus some people contest whether gender identities are … Read More
Post No.: 0559 Furrywisepuppy says: We usually think that qualitative information is always subjective or vague (e.g. ‘the dog smells like a rower’s armpit’) whilst quantitative information, involving numbers, is always objective or definite (e.g. ‘the dog measures … Read More
Post No.: 0558 Fluffystealthkitten says: Furrywisepuppy has covered a lot about the problem of racism already, such as in Post No.: 0516, but I want to share what I think too because clearly more still needs to be … Read More
Post No.: 0557 Furrywisepuppy says: The purported 5 states of grief are denial/isolation, anger, bargaining/regret, depression and acceptance – but this is only a rough guide and isn’t the same for everybody. Not everyone goes through these steps … Read More
Post No.: 0556 Furrywisepuppy says: What is art? Well Marcel Duchamp was arguably the first to blatantly demonstrate that it’s contextual – stick a urinal in an art gallery setting and suddenly it’s considered art(!) Some, though, will … Read More
Post No.: 0555 Fluffystealthkitten says: We tend to see that, as the basic necessities become easier to secure within a country, as the environment and life becomes less tough – people gradually dedicate more time towards their own … Read More
Post No.: 0554 Furrywisepuppy says: If someone puts up, on social media, a picture of a random stranger with the caption ‘rapist’ and a short story about what he/she allegedly did – too many people who come across … Read More
Post No.: 0553 Furrywisepuppy says: Some quirky eating rituals are normal, such as the order you choose to eat the food on your plate. Well really, the immediate culture decides what rituals are considered ‘normal’, such as eating … Read More
Post No.: 0552 Furrywisepuppy says: When it comes to making predictions, algorithms – at least decent ones, that have been trained with sufficiently accurate and complete datasets if machine learning – beat or do no worse than the … Read More
Post No.: 0551 Furrywisepuppy says: The belief in an afterlife can provide one with existential security and a sense of immortality, which is comforting. But afterlives can serve a double-duty – you could go to heaven… but you … Read More
Post No.: 0550 Furrywisepuppy says: With ever-advancing technologies, the fleshy human meatbag will increasingly become the limiting factor. For example, vehicles could potentially drive at much higher average speeds on the roads safely… as long as every single … Read More
Post No.: 0549 Furrywisepuppy says: During decision conflicts, different cognitive networks are competing with each other – for example, reason versus emotion, satisfying our present versus our future desires, reading the word or the colour of the word … Read More
Post No.: 0548 Fluffystealthkitten says: Oh my God we’re back again! Furrywisepuppy says: Brothers, sisters, everybody sing. …Erm wait, what are we doing? Fluffystealthkitten says: We’ve got another dog and cat post, that’s … Read More
Post No.: 0547 Fluffystealthkitten says: Urbanisation and land rights were explored in Post No.: 0487 in this multi-post analysis on how countries tend to economically develop. Here we’ll continue to examine industrialisation a little further, with a focus … Read More
Post No.: 0546 Furrywisepuppy says: For most people, kindness feels intrinsically rewarding because kindness is evolutionarily necessary in order to help raise children. It’s a key part of reciprocal altruism, as well as sexual selection i.e. kindness is … Read More
Post No.: 0545 Furrywisepuppy says: For some of us, we can too frequently behave like stressed-out, over-worked ‘control freaks’ when we’d be better off if we had the boldness to delegate some tasks to others. This might mean … Read More
Post No.: 0544 Fluffystealthkitten says: In many situations, there’s a tension between wanting to protect one’s own individual interests and cooperating or sharing for the greater good, such as wanting to pay less in taxes but understanding that … Read More
Post No.: 0543 Furrywisepuppy says: Since most people are biased in thinking they’re great judges of character and honesty – job interviewers think that if they just spend a few minutes with someone, they can predict exactly what … Read More
