AI is getting smarter by the day, but how much do we know about why these models think and behave in the way they do? (video interview) Related article: " What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either " ... And Claude's shares its perspectives with me about this article: DM What are your thoughts, perspectives or counterpoints regarding the above article about you? Sciart, this is a fascinating thing to be asked about — an article about my own nature, written for my own tra

DM Our last conversation regarding "Durable Unknowing ," and its related research document, was certainly sobering!   I'd now like to dive back into these waters, doing so in a particular context which seems to possess a depth, a degree of mystery, and perhaps extraordinary relevance to our prior conversation, and many others which I've enjoyed.   This relates to a formidable "thought dichotomy" which has prevailed as strong and stable since the ancients and now throughout t

There is widespread support for expanding apprenticeships in the United States, but employer participation remains stubbornly low, especially in industries where apprenticeships are uncommon. This isn’t for lack of trying; intermediaries and technical assistance providers have developed workarounds, states and the federal government have launched initiatives and grants, and funders have supported pilot programs and communities of practice. But it’s not enough.

Breaking new ground in understanding human bonds is the mission of a diverse cadre of UCLA researchers.

Good morning! I've increasing concerns regarding cognitively myopic, limited, narrow and/cloistered phenomena of "The Sciences" within modern societies. Here I refer widespread institutional prejudice, paradigmatic hobbles, reductionist fiefdoms, mathematics worship, overt hubris and empirical tethering, all of which which seems to be failing today's humanity (as to the myriad wastes, needless sufffering/despair and onto dangerous trajectories). There were pre-enlightenment w

Some U.S. leaders thinks the Enlightenment was a mistake

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Leslie returns with a look at the psychological power of self-disclosure. She says the moments of oversharing that we often consider “TMI” can actually strengthen our relationships. Then, in the second half of the show, listeners share their thoughts and questions about the expectations we put on modern marriages.

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This ‘NOVA’ presentation focuses on therapsids, lizard-like creatures with distinctly mammalian characteristics that lived on Earth more than 200 million years ago.

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A lesson in attention from a place where speed has never been the point.

In the study, employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day, often without being asked to do so. That may sound like a win, but it’s not quite so simple. Thanks Kimberly!

DM Related to our prior conversation about "Presence" (Senge, et al), more specifically as relates to Goethe's thought leadership:  How does Goethe's extraordinary works correlate with, validate or invalidate my related work; and as so, should his body of work be added to my attention? This is a question that deserves careful, systematic treatment. Let me map the actual architecture of Goethe's thought against your frameworks rather than just touching the surface the way Pres

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