Alles Zufall?
Von der Liebe bis zum Tod – warum wir uns mit dem Zufall so schwer tun. Ein toller Essay.
From Weekly Filet #224, in January 2017.
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How to tell if you’re a jerk
«Maybe nothing is more central to your moral character than your degree of jerkitude.»
From Weekly Filet #224, in January 2017.
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Flip the script
What if you countered islamic radicalisation with…empathy? That’s how two Danish policemen started a fascinating experiment in Aarhus, after dozens of young men had gone missing, presumably joining ISIS in Syria. A brilliant episode of the always fascinating Invisibilia podcast.
From Weekly Filet #-1, in August 2016.
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Artificial Emotions
How long until a robot cries? A closer look at robots that learn to read human emotions – and tell a fake smile apart from a real one.
From Weekly Filet #210, in May 2015.
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The 36 Questions That Lead to Love
So, apparently, discussing these 36 questions makes two people fall in love. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.
From Weekly Filet #192, in January 2015.
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Emotion Heatmaps
Where in your body do you feel anger? Sadness? Pride? That’s what a research team investigated. A GIF-animation nicely illustrates it.
From Weekly Filet #192, in January 2015.
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The Secret History Of Thoughts
Do not listen right before going to bed. The story of a man, who – out of nothing – developed the urge to stab his wife and got cured by holding a knife to his therapist’s throat. And the story of a man who has been trapped in his own body for years, fully conscious without anyone knowing he was still here.
From Weekly Filet #191, in January 2015.
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Fooled By Your Own Brain
A great overview of how easily our brain can trick our senses. That Whodunnit video is a stunner. Tricked me even though I thought I knew what to look for.
From Weekly Filet #182, in November 2014.
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How extreme isolation warps the mind
This piece is a couple of months old, but won’t fail to twist your brain. You’ve probably been lucky enough not to experience such a situation yourself, but solitary confinement and complete darkness do strange things to people’s brains fairly quickly. For example, researchers have found that in darkness, most people eventually adjust to a 48-hour cycle: 36 hours of activity followed by 12 hours of sleep.
From Weekly Filet #178, in October 2014.
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Robin Williams’s death: a reminder that suicide and depression are not selfish
Fact: Any tragic event will be made worse by people voicing uninformed opinions about it. Q.e.d.
From Weekly Filet #173, in August 2014.
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