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- Science site The Conversation
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New UK research reveals worrying trend of growing support for strong leadership without parliament and elections – but a deeper understanding of the concerns of the younger generation could change that
- The knowledge site system
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Following the discussions of the heads of the coalition factions (15/12/2024) in which Justice Minister Yariv Levin demanded that the change in the composition of the committee for the appointment of judges, and Israel's transformation into a dictatorship, be brought up, the universities are also hastening to oppose
- Avi Blizovsky
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"The truth is that my candidacy was not liked by the Honorable Minister and those close to the Prime Minister and perhaps even the Prime Minister himself because I am known to be an opponent of him and the political revolution he tried to bring about," said Waldman
- Avi Blizovsky
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A study revealed that solutionism - the belief that technological solutions can address social problems while achieving profit is dominant among the leaders of technology companies and is spreading in the digital economy. The authors of the study criticize
- Ben-Gurion University
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A new book examines the views of the country's founding father
- Tel Aviv University
This is how the constitutional revolution affects our national resilience index
- The Hebrew University
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Forty male and female researchers, the entire staff of the Multidisciplinary Center for Hebrew Brain Research express their fear of limitations that will be imposed on freedom of thought and the politicization of higher education, which will result in limitations on research that may upset
- Avi Blizovsky
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This is according to a survey published by the Start-up Nation Central association. Avi Hasson, CEO of Start-up Nation Central: "Companies and investors are taking active steps to move operations away from Israel and this behavior has increased significantly in the last three months. trends
- Nir Lahav
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In light of claims from readers as if we are citing the various objections to the legislation (for example, by the University Heads' Committee) without citing the reasons of the other side, Nir Lahav has edited an article that presents the claims from the sides of the legislation
- Avi Blizovsky
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The committee of heads of universities published a special announcement this morning following the cancellation of the reason for reasonableness in the Knesset and the fear of the inability of the judicial system to assist in such cases. The universities will assist any faculty member who joins the protest. "And the educated at the time
- Avi Blizovsky
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"The constitutional coup that the government of Israel is dragging the country into will be a disaster for the academy as well! We call from here on the lawmakers in the Knesset - do not reach out to damage the democratic foundations of the State of Israel! Stop before it happens
- Avi Blizovsky
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The declaration is jointly signed by the Max Planck Society, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Helmholtz Society and the German Council for Sciences and Humanities
- Science site The Conversation
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The populists are lying when they claim they want to empower us all by denying judges the authority to oversee democracy. They really want to break through the strongest constitutional barrier against authoritarianism
- Nir Lahav
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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
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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 sure that their effects will be positive and their risks
- National Academy of Sciences
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This is according to a new survey conducted by the Israeli Young Academy during the month of March. In the segmentation of the results by age, it can be seen that there is an increase in the chances of leaving at all ages, but it is more pronounced for faculty members
- Tel Aviv University
In a statement, the members of the Senate and university officials write: "We call on the Israeli government and the Knesset to stop the legislative processes that fundamentally change the order of the democratic regime in Israel." They express fear that the media and academia will be next
- Nir Lahav
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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
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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
- The Technion
"As those entrusted with the research and education of the future generations of the State of Israel, we warn you that the proposed reform of the legal system could result in fatal damage to the Israeli academy," said a statement issued by the presidents of all
- Science site The Conversation
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The first basic principle is that tyranny is defined by the distribution of power within the state and not by ideology or behavior * The second basic principle is that power corrupts and the distribution of power determines behavior
- Avi Blizovsky
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In Democratic districts, death rates have decreased by 22% since the beginning of the century, while in Republican areas they have decreased by only 11%
- Avi Blizovsky
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The scientists were able to predict political behavior just by looking at an fMRI brain scan and published in the rigorous scientific journal -PNAS
- Tel Aviv University
- Science site The Conversation
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A researcher combines psychological theories of human behavior and the field of information science to reach insights. These findings have implications for the way to combat wrong information distributed on the net
- Avi Blizovsky
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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. You have to do everything to stop
- Science site The Conversation
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A new book by American researcher Eve Darian Smith describes how around the world, many countries are becoming less democratic. This retreat in democracy and "creeping authoritarianism," as the US State Department put it, is supported
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
Deepfaked movies can cause harm to real people who appear in them and even cause wars between countries. No wonder the US and the EU recognized Deep Fake as an immediate threat to democracy
- Avi Blizovsky
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The incoming president of the Israeli National Academy of Sciences, Prof. David Harel, is trying to dispel this dichotomy. In a conversation with the science website, he explains that, among other things, he intends to reduce the gap between
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
"Don't Look Up", the new film by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, presents a satirical and poignant look at humanity and the role of the media in the fight against today's major environmental problem
- Avi Blizovsky
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Belief in science has turned from the basis of democratic decisions into a political matter. Researchers who examined the processes are trying to explain how we got to this situation and what needs to be done to stop the phenomenon * This is a coalition in which the people
- Tel Aviv University
A new development will make it possible to reveal "liars" by movements of the facial muscles
- Ehud Amir
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"Brandolini's Law" states that the amount of energy required to disprove a conspiracy theory is ten times the amount of energy required to produce it
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
A survey distributed in eight European countries in 2019. According to the survey results, about a quarter of all Europeans would like artificial intelligence to replace the politicians they currently suffer from * 91 million Europeans support AI
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
Prof. William Nordhaus, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2018. Nordhaus was the first to create a quantitative model that describes the interrelationship between climate and the economy, and he tries to estimate in his works the expected economic price
- Avi Blizovsky
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The journal Nature conducted a comprehensive investigation on the damage that Trump has caused to science in the four years of his presidency, and on the eve of the 2020 election
- Science site The Conversation
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Epidemics of virgin soil - ones that the local inhabitants had not yet encountered - wiped out most of the native populations in America. The lack of local labor made it necessary to import slaves. This established the supremacy of Europe. It's possible
- Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
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Building dams on rivers for the purpose of generating electricity or distributing water has always caused discussions and friction because of the need for "green" energy and the transportation of water, versus the desire to preserve the environment and nature. Ethiopia completed the
- Yoram Soreq
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- Dr.Roey Tsezana
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- Dr.Roey Tsezana
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- Science site The Conversation
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- Science site The Conversation
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- People and computers
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- Scientific American Israel
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- Scientific American Israel
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- Scientific American Israel
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- Avi Blizovsky
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- Scientific American Israel
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