Group formation & the desire to fit in

Sleep well, be well

Why the heck do we need sleep? Sleep is an essential function that allows your body and mind to recharge, leaving you refreshed and alert when you wake up the next morning. Healthy sleep also helps the body remain healthy and stave off diseases. Without enough sleep, the brain cannot function properly. This can impair your abilities to concentrate, think clearly, and process memories.

Group formation & the desire to fit in

I was talking with some friends about how each and every single one of us thinks of relationships in different ways. But there seems to be some sort of common ground, we all wanna fit in those inner circles. But after talking about it for a while, I reached the conclusion that that desire to fit in, is the root of almost all wrongdoing. Have you ever shared some posts for some social issue you had no knowledge about or changed your profile picture because someone else told you to do so? Or just changed the answer to a math problem because everyone had the same answer? Or maybe pretended to like or dislike a movie or a song because your friends think so?

The thin line between humility and impostor syndrome

Have you ever felt like an impostor? You know, those sort of thought patterns that everyone has every now and then that suggests that you do not deserve whatever you may have achieved? Or maybe just that sense of fear of deceiving others because you are not really as good as they expect you to be? That, friends, has a name, let me introduce you to the so-called impostor syndrome.

Let's talk about AI w/ Michael Wooldridge

In today’s episode, we will be interviewing Michael Wooldridge. He was educated at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) where he was awarded a PhD in 1991. He is now Head of Department and Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and a senior researcher at Hertford College. Before this, he was a professor of CS at the University of Liverpool for 12 years. He has also been chair for the 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, held in Lisbon. Last year, he was awarded the Lovelace Medal from the British Computer Society and in 2006, he was also awarded the ACM Autonomous Agents Research Award. Links to his books: * The Ladybird Expert Guide to Artificial Intelligence [https://www.amazon.es/Artificial-Intelligence-Ladybird-Expert-Book/dp/0718188756] * The Road to Conscious Machines [https://www.amazon.es/Road-Conscious-Machines-Pelican-Books/dp/0241396743/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1612029627&refinements=p_27%3AMichael+Wooldridge&s=books&sr=1-1]

The arrow of time

The arrow of time continues to be one of the great mysteries of the Cosmos. The laws of physics do not distinguish between past, present and future. They apply equally from past to future and from future to past, and nothing indicates that these laws are wrong. This is called symmetry and, with mysterious exceptions, it is the law that governs the entire cosmos.