Life, the Multiverse and Everything...
A leaked internal memo from physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva reports a whiff of the Higgs boson, the long-sought theoretical particle that could make or break the standard model of particle physics. The preliminary note, which is still under review, was posted April 21 in an anonymous comment on physicist Peter [...]
You know one of those ordinary sunday mornings when you get up, it’s a beautiful day, you look out of the window, you see a yellow bulldozer, you make a toast, make some coffee, look once again out of the window, reed an article about some guy claiming he has found evindence of alien life, [...]
In the weird world of quantum physics, two linked particles can share a single fate, even when they’re miles apart.Now, two physicists have mathematically described how this spooky effect, called entanglement, could also bind particles across time. If their proposal can be tested, it could help process information in quantum computers and test physicists’ basic [...]
“Can a Victoria’s Secret shopping bag make you feel glamorous?” -Via PhysOrg Certain brands have personalities that can actually change the way some people feel about themselves, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. “Why are brands such as Cartier, Harley-Davidson, and Nike so well-liked by consumers? One of the reasons [...]
Original source: SimoleonSense.com I find this very hard to believe…oh wait, the science might be so so but the link with facebook, that’s very questionable. Excerpt (Via Wired) The size of your amygdala might indicate how large and complex your social network is. Amygdala volume has been connected to social network and behavior in past [...]
Original source: SimoleonSense.com Introduction Via Nancy Miller @ Fortune Richard Bookstaber, veteran Wall Street risk manager and hedge fund manager, made a splash on the eve of the financial meltdown with the publication of Demon of Our Own Design, a book that warned the markets had grown too complex and were headed for a crash. [...]
Original source: SimoleonSense.com Excerpt (Via Economic Logic) Many governments try to encourage home ownerships by various means. I am not convinced this needs encouraging, as it leads to over-acucmulation of residential capital. Additionally, it is a myth that home ownners are happier and better citizens, as I reported previously. But suppose, for a moment, that [...]
Since Tim Geithner did not predict the economic crisis, Nassim Taleb has no interest in listening to him talk about it now. The author of The Black Swan, a book about risk and … [Read More...]
A leaked internal memo from physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva reports a … [Read More...]
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