Philosophy Wire: Teaching. Learning.

Students who get information and tell someone about it immediately, recall the details better and longer — a strategy that could be a great plus for tests preparation, says a researcher. [1]

Watch. Listen. Teach.
It is the best way to learn…
Man is not a vessel.

He is the river and the thunder…

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Philosophy Wire: Skeletons. Humans…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-05-08]: A skeleton was found during construction work at Leine castle in Niedersachsen, Germany in the summer of 2016. This is where Swedish count Philip Christoph Königsmarck disappeared 322 years ago – could it be him? [1] Weird how we have problems talking about the human soul. And yet we easily talk about a cold skeleton as if he is a “person”. No. This is not “Philip”. And no. It never was Philip…

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Philosophy Wire: One. Many. Entanglement. Hybris.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2016-10-29]: Physicists have 'entangled' or linked together the properties of up to 219 beryllium ions (charged atoms) to create a quantum simulator. [1] In a cosmos where everything is by default connected (why shouldn’t they be? Nobody answered to Parmenides simple allegations for thousands of years now), we believe it is not and we cry out Miracle! whenever we manage to do what is already done. Hybris. The curse of human beings. The children of God are so much occupied with becoming gods that they do not see that they are already part of Him…

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Philosophy Wire: Computers. Poker. Calculations. A-noisia.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2015-02-18]: Computers trying to calculate a game to the end. Computers the best undeafeatable players in poker. [1] So? We are unique because we can love without calculating. We are who we are because we can Exist without calculating. Let the machine do the math. What is the point if it cannot feel what the math is for? Lose in poker. And don't ask why. The deck is already shuffled. Just enjoy the game. Think again. You have not even drawn a card. Everything is One. It never was any other way. Look at the deck. It is closed. Inside its box. Your hands empty. Ace of spades.

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Philosophy Wire: Google. Captcha. Being human!

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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2015-01-13]:

Google is making it easier for you to prove your humanity. [1] In the era of computers, the obvious must be proved. What more proof do we want that we are not computers?

Be human.
Without proving it to anyone!

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Philosophy Wire: The "lovely". The "murderer". Human the Unnatural...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-06-10]: What do you think about otters? Are they lovable? Or are they "necrophiliac, serial-killing fur monsters of the sea"? Writer Dylan Matthews explained various things about otters, and listed several reasons why the animals are, in Matthews' opinion, "jerks": they kill baby otters; they have (on rare occasions) attacked people, monkeys, and alligators; and they sometimes copulate with dead otters (and baby seals). [1] What we see as "lovely" could be plainly "monstrous". It may seem funny in this case, but our ability to have wrong perceptions about even the most obvious things is astounding. Nature is not cute. Nature is inherently violent. How weird that we think something - ANYTHING - is cute... Could it be that something in us is... unnatural?

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Philosophy Wire: Eureka! Intelligence. Discoveries.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-05-05]: Eureka! Like Archimedes in his bath, crows know how to displace water so as to solve problems, showing that Aesop's fable The Crow and the Pitcher isn't purely fictional. [1] What separates us from crows is not the fact that we are intelligent or we make discoveries. But the fact that even without any of them, we already know everything...

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Philosophy Wire: Strangers in the night...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-03-29]: A new application helps you let perfect strangers come and help you in your conversations. [1] Sounds weird, but it is the story of our life. How many people do you think you know? We are all strangers. And we simply just learn to trust some strangers with our life from time to time... With or without the help of an app.

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Philosophy Wire: Models, economy, C. difficile, understanding.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-03-24]: Trying to explain economy with the help of a microbe [1] Our mania to see everything as alien to us is astounding. We imagine of a universe functioning on its own and we try to "explain" it and "understand" it with terms that do not take into account its most major protagonist: Our self!

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Philosophy Wire: Be no one.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-12-22]:

Be no one if you want to be someone...
Letters to a young friend (Nandini Mehta, Bombay) - Letter 11, by Jiddu Krishnamurti [1]

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Philosophy Wire: Stay away from me...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-09-17]:

All people have a "personal area" around them which they do not want breached by others. Scientists "measured" it starting from our face and ending at about 20-40 centimeters from it. [1] I wonder, what does it take to be a great man? Reducing that area to zero so as to accept others or expand it to infinity so as to consider others as "you"?

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Philosophy Wire: Goodness instead of Good science...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-09-06]:

Scientists with a bad character. [1]
We admire them.
Could we be wrong in doing so?
What makes our life better?
The theory of gravity or Kindness?

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Philosophy Wire: Singing together...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-07-27]: A study suggests that choir singers not only harmonise their voices, they also synchronise their heartbeats. [1] We all live together. How difficult is it to synchronize?

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Philosophy Wire: Pale blue dot...

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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-07-08]: We celebrate the pale blue dot. [1] Because for some people it is more important to show theis insignificance, than look and acknowledge the grandeur inside them...

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Philosophy Wire: Our DNA... Our?!?

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-06-21]: An artists recreated the people that dropped things on the street (e.g. a cigarrette butt), by analyzing their DNA… [1] Do we "own" our DNA? If the logical answer here is "no" then we are we so much striving to maintain it as a precious metal?

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Philosophy Wire: Two feet animal standing, climber... (?)

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-05-29]: A new study by archaeologists at the University of York challenges evolutionary theories behind the development of our earliest ancestors from tree dwelling quadrupeds to upright bipeds capable of walking and scrambling. The researchers say our upright gait may have its origins in the rugged landscape of East and South Africa which was shaped during the Pliocene epoch by volcanoes and shifting tectonic plates. [1]

Too bad.

The version which wanted us to stand upright because we wanted to look at the stars in the sky was much more nice and romantic...

At the end it may all come down to what we want to believe for our selves.

Are we climbers? Or Philosophers?

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Philosophy Wire: Pain, human, weakness…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-05-20]: Scientists could block the pain. [source: web news] But should we do that? Pain is part of Nature. It could convey an important message. That life is not the only thing in Life. Why hinder one of its basic weapons? On the other hand, I too would like my pain blocked if I suffered. Oh, nasty human nature of me! Why not let me enjoy the superiority of my Philosophy?!?

 

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Philosophy Wire: Herchel, life, death...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-04-30]: The ESA Herchel telescope has closed its eye for the last time. [source: web news] As a friend who died, it leaves us with happy memories. The billion-euro observatory will now be sent into orbit around the Sun, where it will remain indefinitely. Wandering around for a small period of time. Without knowing why. Staring at the stars. The story of our life...

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Philosophy Wire: Feeling important, prisons, humans…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-04-08]: A man who repeatedly used phony credentials to gain entry into New York City's jails may get his wish to do more time. Prosecutors told a judge on Thursday that they want Matthew Matagrano to be locked up for 10 years. Matagrano, a former inmate, pleaded not guilty to felony burglary in Manhattan Supreme Court. The judge doubled his bail to $100,000 and ordered him to get medical attention. The New York Post reports that according to police statements released in court, Matagrano said he repeatedly sneaked into jails because the people inside were "nice" and made him "feel important". [source: web news] Don’t we all choose our own “prison” based on that?

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Philosophy Wire: S. Korea, N. Korea, half-satellites, helplessness..

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-01-30]: North Korea has successfully launched a satellite (see the picture), despite its isolation from the whole world. On the other hand the “civilized” and well into-the-world South Korea had repeatedly failed to launch a satellite and only this week did it manage to make a successful launch the half of which was built by the Russians… [source: 1, 2, 3] Being alone makes you more tough and helps you more to develop character and skills. Always be afraid of having much help from the others. You may end up launching half-satellites…

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