Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-08-15]: Christ came to Earth 2,000 years ago. He said he would come again. Some wait for that to happen. Others laugh at a promise that they see it… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-08-12]: As people age, they become more easily distracted. But being distracted helps people think creatively and use information that was previously ir… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-08-08]: Some animals can actually taste colour. [1] And yet colours may not even exist. (see colours @ Harmonia Philosophica) We taste nothingness. But… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-08-04]: A small number of people maintain razor-sharp memories into their 90s, despite having brains chock-full of the plaques and tangles linked to Alz… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-07-31]: Players build computers or hard drives inside the virtual world of computer games. [1] You can build anything you want inside a virtual world. A… Read More
- Have your married out of love?- Of course! What a silly question!Is it silly?While in our society and in any other "progressive" society the marriage out of love is the norm, there are sti… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-07-27]: Scientists create heart cells better, faster, stronger: Two chemicals have improved the speed, quantity, and quality of direct cardiac reprogram… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-07-23]: For the first time, scientists have identified a sub-region in the brain that works to form a particular kind of fear-associated memory via the… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-07-19]: A study found that scanning people's brains with fMRI, or functional magnetic resonance imaging, was significantly more effective at spotting li… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-07-15]: Scientists discovered a gene which could be related to the sense of touch and the general sense we have of our body. Mutations in the gene cause… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-07-11]: Scientists discuss of the Born rule in quantum mechanics holds or not. Because if it does not, then a fundamental axiom of quantum mechanics wil… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-07-07]: Scientists have identified for the first time the region in the brain responsible for the "placebo effect" in pain relief. [1] Even the greatest… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-07-03]: Is social media good for you, or bad? Well, it's complicated. A study of 12 million Facebook users suggests that using Facebook is associated wi… Read More
'We promised our little boy every single day that we would take him home',said the mother of little Charlie. We want to give him a bath at home,put him in a cot which he has never slept in b… Read More
'We promised our little boy every single day that we would take him home',said the mother of little Charlie. We want to give him a bath at home,put him in a cot which he has never slept in b… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-06-29]: First known fossilized dinosaur brain unearthed, scientists claim. [1] We admire things. We have even degraded thought, this wonderful “so… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-06-25]: Researchers identify specific areas of DNA sequence that are related with the age at which we have our first child, and the total number of chil… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-06-21]: Men can take birth control shots to prevent pregnancy in their female partners, according to a new study. [1] We are afraid to have children. Be… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-06-17]: New research is calling for inventions by computers to be legally granted patents. [1] Computers will soon take over the meaningless things of l… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-06-13]:We live now.But in a short time, this will be “A long time ago” …Be a prince.It is your life.It is a fairy tale.Someday all ki… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-06-09]: Telling small lies desensitizes our brains to the associated negative emotions and may encourage us to tell bigger lies in future, reveals new r… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-06-05]: Unexplainable activity in distant stars: Researcher pored through more than 10 years of existing Chandra X-ray Observatory data and found stars… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-06-01]: Scientists have now introduced thin, flexible, lithium ion batteries with self-healing properties that even after completely breaking apart, can… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-05-28]:Autism Speaks, one of the largest organization dedicated to autism advocacy and science, recently updated its mission statement for the first tim… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-05-24]: Some planets of the solar system keep spinning the ‘wrong’ way for unknown yet reasons. [1] The definition of the “normal&rdqu&hell…Read More
Do not forget to check out the articles in the Harmonia Philosophica portal @ Wordpress!Besides some basic articles, all other posts are completely different and unique to that portal!Μ&e&hell…Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-05-20]:Possibly cloudy forecast for parts of Pluto. [1]…(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-05-16]: Depersonalization-derealization disorder occurs when you persistently or repeatedly have the feeling that you're observing yourself from outside… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-05-12]: UK spy agencies 'broke privacy rules', says tribunal. [1] The world of political correctness cannot handle the (hash and non-“correct&rdqu&hell…Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-05-08]: A skeleton was found during construction work at Leine castle in Niedersachsen, Germany in the summer of 2016. This is where Swedish count Phili… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-05-04]: A recent study has found that circumstances in childhood, such as parental occupation at birth and neighborhood income, might be associated with… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-04-30]: Baby humans’ brain cells take a while to get situated after birth, it turns out. A large group of young nerve cells moves into the frontal… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-04-26]: A baboon who was employed as a signalman on the railroads – never made one mistake in his work. [1] We all admire the people who perform w… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-04-22]:Theory says that we should not use “Ad hominem” arguments for any discussion. It is not “proper”. It is not “right… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-04-18]: Yoga could help reduce symptoms for people with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, according to a study published by Georgia State University researc… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-04-14]: A dispute about building a telescope on sacred land. [1] We used to worship the gods on this Earth. Now we have reached the stars and we see not… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-04-10]: Scientists claim that now we can make babies only with sperm, without the need of a mother. [1]Science of the 21st century. Science without ethi… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos[2017-04-06]A baby in China was born without eyes. [1] We fear sorry for it. And yet it is just unfortunate. It will be the only one seeing in a world full of… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-04-02]: A new study revealed that people with high IQ spend less time with close friends and face difficulties in their social interactions. According t… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-03-29]: The older we get, the more difficult it becomes to put the world around us in order. Yet, our brain develops strategies to slow down the effects… Read More
Finland - National library...Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-03-25]: You may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but MIT can. They've created a new computational imaging camera t… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-03-21]: A new map of the galaxy, the most precise to date, reveals positions on the sky for over 1 billion stars both within and beyond the Milky Way. [… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-03-17]: Engineers have happened upon a way to stop the movement of the colorful eddies on the surface of soap bubbles. The results are works of art that… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-03-13]: MIT has used machine learning to create video from still images, and the results are pretty impressive. The system "learns" types of videos (bea… Read More
Although the term 'Dark ages' is connected (wrongly) with the Middle Ages [see here for more on that], the truth is that today our time is more dark.We live in the era of world wars, of comm… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-03-09]: Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology show catastrophic declines in wilderness areas around the world over the last 20 years. [1]… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-03-05]:Life. Life. Life. Life. Life.Repeat the same word over and over again.Until it loses its meaning.Until the cosmos finds its own.(c) Philosophy WI… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-03-01]: We use maps inside our brain to find our way every day. [1] We want to know where we are. But how can we create maps in the first place? Somethi… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-02-25]: He who acts will suffer. Pain is the only lesson of life. Logic despises antiphaseis (contradictions), however life is full of them. (Logicomix… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-02-21]: One should be a good and ethical person. Difficult to prove why. And that is why being good is so important. The most important things in life c… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-02-17]: In the age of democracy people live by the axiom that “The view of the many should prevail”. But can a society be built on such a va… Read More
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-02-13]: Spatial reasoning measured in infancy predicts how children do at math at four years of age, finds a new study. It provides the earliest documen… Read More