A Gesture Is Worth A Thousand Words?
What sets human communication apart from lower animals is its compositionality, which means that units of meaning can be combined and new meanings can be constructed. The words "blue" and "car" have…
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XR - IPCC Are Not Ignoring The Arctic Albedo Effect - Clouds Making World More Reflective In The Tropics More Than Compensate
You’ll often hear about the “Ice albedo effect” as a supposed tipping point that the IPCC is ignoring. The idea is that as the Arctic ice melts, it absorbs more heat from the sun, and so warms the…
The Magic of 10's of Billions in Complex Systems?
Why is it that large important complex systems often have about 10-100 billion (or 1E10 to 1E11 give or take an order of magnitude) objects?
Anthropologists Link Monogamy To Significant Inequalities Among Women
Cooperative breeders, where we count on the help of others to raise offspring,is not unique to humans. It may only appear that way.