@seeingwithsound@mas.to2026-04-12 14:24:09
We were wrong about what electrical stimulation can do https://bioniclab.substack.com/p/we-were-wrong-about-what-electrical It is also about time that neuroscientists start rethinking what it really means to "restore vision" to the blind.
@david@boles.xyz2026-04-11 19:12:21
The Genius of Getting It Wrong: What Hawking Teaches Us About Knowing
In 2004, at a physics conference in Dublin, Stephen Hawking stood before his peers and announced he had been wrong for nearly thirty years. The specific error concerned whether black holes permanently destroy the information they consume, a claim Hawking had championed since 1976 against some of the sharpest minds in theoretical physics. He paid off a bet with Caltech physicist John Preskill, handing…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-06-11 22:11:53
"Polanski is right that the consensus assignment has run its course, and the Greens are asking the right questions about who bears the costs of austerity and inflation. But adopting the language of MMT to suggest those costs can be wished away does the left no favours."
Zack Polanski gets economics wrong | LSE British Politics
@yaxu@post.lurk.org2026-05-10 09:28:24
If the best known result from a given research field is always wrong, what is the best know result of the live coding field, and in what way is it wrong?
https://slab.org/2011/12/21/best-known-and-wrong/
@servelan@newsie.social2026-04-10 23:47:59
Pentagon denies wrongdoing for AI manager's return on investment
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-news/2026/04/10/pentagon-denies-wrongdoing/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-06-11 05:15:47
Judge warns DOJ not to 'play possum' with 'anti-weaponization' fund it says is dead (Ryan J. Reilly/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-warns-doj-not-play-possum-anti-weaponization-fund-says-dead-rcna349544
http://www.memeorandum.com/260611/p3#a260611p3
@catsalad@infosec.exchange2026-03-12 10:19:01
It's called fashion, sweetie 💅
@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-06-10 23:36:00
England’s poorest areas face deepest cuts to green space under planning law changes, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/englands-poorest-communities-face-deepest-cuts-gree…
@servelan@newsie.social2026-03-12 05:54:09
AI Chatbots Are Giving Teens Absolutely Terrible Diet Advice, Study Warns
https://gizmodo.com/ai-chatbots-are-giving-teens-absolutely-terrible-diet-advice-study-warns-2000732494
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-05-12 13:01:09
Respecting Reform Voters Means Telling Them They're Wrong and Immoral (Toby Buckle/Liberal Currents)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/respecting-reform-voters-means-telling-them-theyre-wrong-and-immoral/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p23#a260512p23