Pareto principle, the 80/20 rule
States that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes.... It is an adage of business management that "80% of sales come from 20% of clients" -- wikipedia.
Science
level: smoking is harmful
By request. Also calibrated: smoking causes lung cancer.
Are microplastics a public health crisis?
Priority request: I'm seeing a lot of news lately about microplastics and how they're in everything and slowly killing all of us, that sort of thing. Wondering how legit this is.
black hole
A region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape — Google dictionary.
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.