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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Machines Are Inventing New Math We’ve Never Seen

Staffer Brittany Higgins allegedly raped in office of senior government minister Linda Reynolds inside Parliament House


In Violation of Einstein, Black Holes Might Have ‘Hair’ Quanta


Photos: Surfing with goats at the San Clemente PierLos Angeles Times 



In the past 45 years, the top 1% of Americans have taken $50 trillion from the bottom 90%. Minutes 



In pictures: Egypt’s epic Zalaga camel race Middle East Eye


Bird population falls 40% in Maine throughout the past 52 years News Center Maine

Conch shell in French museum found to be 17,000-year-old wind instrument Guardian 


Machines Are Inventing New Math We’ve Never Seen Vice


Free legal representation for faculty members at public institutions of higher education whose “expressive rights and academic freedom” have been violated — a new program from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education


“Reciprocity is critical” — Elizabeth Anderson (Michigan) on “talking to the other side”, on The Philosopher & The News


A webinar on writing philosophy for public audiences — featuring past winners of the APA Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest


What “Long Covid” can teach us about standpoint epistemology — Natalie Alana Ashton (Stirling) on the role of collaborative critical reflection


Observations and advice about open access publishing in philosophy — from Bryan W. Roberts (LSE) and David Teira (UNED)


When selling a pirated version of a philosopher’s new book was a money-making scheme — or, the time a philosopher used book piracy to augment standard distribution channels


Intention, collective action, fairness, power, and other issues in the GameStop short squeeze — an ethics explainer from Doug McConnell (Oxford)