black hole
A region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape — Google dictionary.
Science
Riemann hypothesis
One of the Millennium Prize Problems, which offers a million dollars to anyone who solves any of them.
polyvagal theory
"A collection of proposed evolutionary, neuroscientific, and psychological constructs pertaining to the role of the vagus nerve in emotion regulation, social connection and fear response... [It] is not endorsed by current social neuroscience" -- wikipedia.
propositional logic
Request: Used in designing computer circuits, developing artificial intelligence systems, proving mathematical theorems and exploring logical relationships between concepts; used to analyze arguments, identify fallacies, and explore the nature of truth and knowledge.
Your Consciousness Can Reach Back in Time to Shape the Past (article)
"Retrocausal consciousness says that your thoughts, feelings, or decisions today might influence events in the past—not by physically changing them, but by subtly shaping how they unfolded, like ripples flowing backward in time."
The Power of Neuroplasticity, by Shad Helmstetter
The breakthrough scientific discovery that every thought you think rewires your brain, and changes your life -- subtitle.
artificial intelligence
Any system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of achieving its goals -- wikipedia.
T/F: women live longer than men due to biological reasons
Request: Is it because of bodies themselves, like it is commonly believed?
butterfly effect
Idea that small causes can have large effects in complex or nonlinear dynamic systems -- wikipedia.
fact vs. data
There's an important difference. Also calibrated: information.
applied technology
The practical application of scientific knowledge and technical skills to solve real-world problems and perform specific functions -- Brave AI.
nuclear power plant as a stable, ecological source of energy
"As of 2018, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported there were 450 nuclear power reactors in operation in 30 countries around the world" -- wikipedia.
observer effect
"the disturbance of an observed system by the act of observation. This is often the result of instruments that, by necessity, alter the state of what they measure in some manner" -- wikipedia.
placebo effect
A phenomenon in which some people experience a benefit after the administration of an inactive "look-alike" substance or treatment. This substance, or placebo, has no known medical effect -- verywellmind.
the universe
Defined as "the totality of existence", or everything that exists, everything that has existed, and everything that will exist -- wikipedia.