The skeptic
- Avi Blizovsky
- September 15, 2023
- 9 תגובות
NASA will appoint a dedicated research director for the UAP field, which indicates the seriousness of the intention. Head of NASA: No alien remains were found, and the committee will not examine this issue but the aerial phenomena
- Nir Lahav
- July 21, 2023
- 5 תגובות
This week's decision to cancel the status of the women's lobby brought to attention the difference between those who take a rational position and populists who are based mainly on shouting and subjugation
- Avi Blizovsky
- July 13, 2023
- 4 תגובות
This is according to data collected from the 2022 social survey on attitudes regarding the influence of religion
- Science site The Conversation
- June 17, 2023
- 5 תגובות
What can be learned from the NASA panel that investigates observations that until now were not clear what was seen in them
- Avi Blizovsky
- June 16, 2023
- 7 תגובות
A new project called Signal in Space simulates how Earth will respond to a signal from aliens and invites the public to help decode an extraterrestrial message (roughly)
- Science site The Conversation
- June 4, 2023
- 2 תגובות
In recent years there has been an unprecedented increase in technological disruption. At the same time, a Gallup poll revealed a global increase in unhappiness. Gallup's latest Positive Experiences Index showed a decline in happiness
- Avi Blizovsky
- May 31, 2023
- 2 תגובות
Altman joins a number of prominent figures, including Elon Musk and Stuart Russell, in emphasizing the need for careful research and caution in the development of artificial intelligence. The letter highlights the importance of ensuring AI systems are designed with safety and security in mind, as well as the need for international cooperation to address the global challenges posed by AI
- Avi Blizovsky
- March 31, 2023
- 9 תגובות
The signatories of the letter call for a six-month pause in the development of systems more powerful than OpenAI's new GPT-4. "Strong AI systems should only be developed once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable," the letter said.
- chapter number
- March 21, 2023
- 7 תגובות
By Ilon Gilad, published by Am Oved. The section from the first chapter tells how the religion was founded out of nowhere and wrote the history of two Canaanite kingdoms - Judah and Israel at the hands of the writer Shepan and King Josiah who tried to leave the main god Jehovah out of the circle of his gods and become a single god. How long did it take for this belief to take hold?
- Nimrod Bacher
- March 18, 2023
- 10 תגובות
After already retracting a previous article by the same researcher from 2020 that claimed superconductivity at high temperatures, he again publishes a follow-up article even though it also revealed considerable problems
- Avi Blizovsky
- March 6, 2023
- One response
To filter out unwanted noise and identify interesting signals, the researchers used a machine learning algorithm called a convolutional neural network (CNN). CNNs are a type of artificial neural network that can recognize patterns in data, such as images or sound waves
- Nir Lahav
- January 28, 2023
- 5 תגובות
Agassi was born and grew up ultra-Orthodox and left the religion in adolescence. Considered the senior philosopher in Israel and was a student of Karl Popper. He asked to change the nationality on the identity card from Jewish to Israeli and was refused
- Nir Lahav
- January 27, 2023
- 10 תגובות
In the 18th century, the process of turning monarchies into democracies began, but it still took many years for blacks and women to get basic rights
- Nir Lahav
- January 24, 2023
- 16 תגובות
All over the world, including in Israel, there seems to be a wave of populist governments that oppose what are known as Western values - freedom, equal opportunities and globalization (of which science is one of the successful examples). Nir Lahav reviews the development process of these values and why they are threatened now
- Avi Blizovsky
- November 15, 2022
- 3 תגובות
Worse than that, there is a huge increase in the number of injuries to the families of victims of attacks by people who were convinced that the attacks were a production and that the victims were actors
- The Voice of Science website - the National Science Foundation
- November 4, 2022
Doctors who see a bowel cancer patient tend to refer more patients to tests for early detection. Is this a correct response?
- Science site The Conversation
- October 14, 2022
- 6 תגובות
Thomas is a locomotive and his movements are determined by the shape of the track, his operation as a locomotive and the railway workers. So is his free will just an illusion? And what does this mean about humans in reality?
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
- October 6, 2022
Taxi drivers and many others tend to believe any theory as long as it does not appear in the mainstream media but on fringe sites that profit - financially or politically - from these theories
- Science site The Conversation
- September 12, 2022
- 8 תגובות
The Drake equation is not a law of nature, but an educated estimate of the number of intelligent civilizations we can discover, but it is enough to stimulate the imagination.
- Tel Aviv University
- July 20, 2022
- 3 תגובות
According to the researchers: "The method is indeed very effective, but it is not always safe either. Sometimes chromosomes that have been cut in the procedure fail to recover and the stability of the genome is undermined - something that in the long run may even cause cancer"
- Dothan Rice
- July 13, 2022
- 31 תגובות
The Drake formula was an attempt to calculate the probability of intelligent life on other planets. But human history shows that the formula was probably too optimistic, and that there is something missing in the calculation. This missing parameter could be critical to understanding the development of intelligent life in the galaxy, and more importantly: the development of humanity, and its chances of survival
- Ehud Amir
- June 29, 2022
- 30 תגובות
What is the connection between the conspiracy theory about the corona and vaccines, chemtrails and more and the conspiracy theory about evolution and science in general? What does this connection say about the generic, stereotypical and one-dimensional way of thinking of the conspirators?
- Avi Blizovsky
- June 28, 2022
- 15 תגובות
Stupidify Stupidify according to the Oxford dictionary. There are too many people who want the citizens to be stupid. Democracy fell when ancient Rome became an empire, the end is known. Everything should be done to stop the process
- Bar-Ilan University
- May 6, 2022
Prof. Feldman will receive funding of 2.5 million euros over the next five years for his proposal "Understanding the Feasibility of Voluntary Compliance in Different Doctrines and Cultures: Examining Behavioral and Regulatory Aspects in the Ability of Democratic Governments to Trust the Cooperation, Compliance and Ethics of Their Citizens"
- Avi Blizovsky
- March 29, 2022
- One response
As part of its deadly attack on Ukraine, Russia has taken the rare step of using intellectual property rights as a war tactic. In early March, the Russian government issued a decree according to which Russian companies are no longer obliged to compensate owners of patents, service models and industrial designs from "unfriendly" countries. Intellectual property experts explain what the decision means