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.
Science
Integrated Information Theory (IIT)
Priority request. A "system's consciousness (what it is like subjectively) is conjectured to be mathematically described by the system's causal structure (what it is like objectively)" -- wikipedia.
surrogate pregnancy
Priority request. "an arrangement where a woman, known as the surrogate or gestational carrier, carries and delivers a baby for intended parents who cannot carry a pregnancy themselves" -- Brave AI.
T/F: man has set foot on the moon
Request: Some people believe it was faked.
Artemis II Moon Mission
Priority request: NASA's first crewed lunar flyby in 50 years. "The first crewed Artemis flight marks a key step toward long‑term return to the Moon and future missions to Mars."
central nervous system
The part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord, the retina and optic nerve, and the olfactory nerve and epithelia -- 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.
statement: the future cannot be predicted
Priority request: the future is hypothetical and does not exist.
development of AI is beneficial for humanity
By request: "Topic that is very actual, automation will take over soon. there is AI that replace copywriters, musicians and soon coders."
Is climate change an existential threat to humanity?
By request: "While weather and environmental patterns are certainly changing, it is important that we have a realistic understanding of the relationship between us and the natural world."
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held to be one of the greatest and most influential scientists of all time -- wikipedia.
saying "Source of Life" rather than "God"
Priority request: Could language such as this be one way for atheists and agnostics or even comfortably religious people to avoid some of the resistance, anthropomorphism, and other issues associated with speaking of God?
Essentia Foundation
"we aim to create intellectual space and legitimacy for the notion that, at its most fundamental level, all reality unfolds in an extended field of mentation" -- essentiafoundation.org
Itzhak Bentov
Priority request. "was a Czechoslovakia-born Israeli-American scientist, inventor, mystic and author. His many inventions, including the steerable cardiac catheter, helped pioneer the biomedical engineering industry" -- wikipedia.
correlation of psychiatric pharmaceuticals for adolescents and school shootings
Request: the school shooting phenomenon seems to coincide with increased adolescent use of antidepressant and antipsychotic medications. Is there a connection?