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We Tell Men to Stay Fit. We Tell Women to Stay Thin.
One of the biggest misunderstandings about attraction is the belief that men’s attraction to women is mostly about thinness.
Jun 25 • Mark Changizi
Let’s stop using the term “Zionism”
Let’s stop using the term “Zionism.”
Jun 23 • Mark Changizi
Neither 5D Chess Nor Idiocy
I’ve found myself surprisingly flat-footed trying to make sense of Trump’s behavior regarding the Islamic Republic.
Jun 19 • Mark Changizi
Skin is not upholstery
Moment 618
Jun 19 • Mark Changizi
A two-fer on LLMs: do they think, and are they conscious?
Do LLMs think?
Jun 17 • Mark Changizi
Machinimals: What the Aliens We Meet Are Likely to Be
Moment 617
Jun 15 • Mark Changizi
Why “Musk creates value” misses the point
Moment 621
Jun 14 • Mark Changizi
The Four Crazy Options of Quantum Mechanics
The trilemma of quantum mechanics interpretations strikes me as a picture-perfect case of a reductio ad absurdum argument.
Jun 11 • Mark Changizi
The Intelligence in the Prompt
The Intelligence in the Prompt
Jun 8 • Mark Changizi
“Where are the secular Muslim leaders?“
Moment 616
Jun 6 • Mark Changizi
Interstellar travel is a vision problem
The pebbles will kill you way before you get to relativistic speeds
Jun 4 • Mark Changizi
“Why don’t moderate Muslims demonstrate against Islamists?”
People in the West often ask, “Why don’t moderate Muslims march in huge numbers against Islamists?”
Jun 2 • Mark Changizi
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