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Beyond Good and Evil - Copilot Summary

Beyond Good and Evil - Copilot Summary Certainly! Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is a thought-provoking work that challenges traditional morality and delves into the concept of the "superman." Let's explore its key themes and ideas: Aphoristic Structure: The book consists of 296 aphorisms grouped into nine chapters, each ranging from a few sentences to a few pages. These aphorisms cover various topics, making the work both concise and profound.Philosophers and Dogmatism: Nietzsch...

Reviewing AI’s starring role in cinema - ITWeb

Artificial intelligence (AI) has always sparked storytellers' imaginations, bringing them into new, imaginative worlds. Movies, as a strong storytelling medium, provide us a peek into the future possibilities of AI and the impacts it might have on existence.Earlier films such as "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Terminator" depicted AI and robots as entities that develop self-awareness and, consequently, a desire to overthrow or harm their human creators.HAL 9000, the intelligent computer in "...

Complicated conversations - Tactics for dealing with conspiracy theorists

The season is upon us, which means you’ll likely be gathering with family members and friends to share a holiday meal, but that can also mean sharing some dubious claim someone has seen on the internet.  So we’d like to offer you a couple of tactics to use over the holidays to counter those claims you might face from your wacky relatives or friends — and to keep the peace. Moon landing Let’s start with a conspiracy theory that is very common. Ever since NASA sent men to the ...

Science in Glass: Material Pathologies in Laboratory Research, Glassware Standardization, and the (Un)Natural History of a Modern Material, 1900s–1930s | Isis: Vol 113, No 2

Science in Glass: Material Pathologies in Laboratory Research, Glassware Standardization, and the (Un)Natural History of a Modern Material, 1900s–1930s Science in Glass: Material Pathologies in Laboratory Research, Glassware Standardization, and the (Un)Natural History of a Modern Material, 1900s–1930sKijan EspahangiziAbstract At the turn of the twentieth century, so-called "glass diseases" seriously affected the use of scientific and technical glassware. It had become ap...

Mirror-less camera (thing) by The Debutante - Everything2.com

Mirror-less camera (thing) See all of Mirror-less camera, no other writeups in this node. There are lots of different types of camera out there, from pinholes that you can make yourself using a cardboard box, to large format cameras that use one sheet of film per exposure, via instamatics and 35mm single lens reflex (SLR) cameras. Recently, however, there has been a trend towards 'mirror-less cameras'. They are commonly seen as a bridge between compact cameras and SLRs, but there's a b...

Rosa Lyster: At the V&A

In​ the first room of the new Fabergé exhibition at the V&A (until 8 May), there is a display case containing a pinkish columnar table-portrait of Tsar Nicholas II. It is made of variegated gold, in laurels and garlands, with a gold double-headed eagle on top and a gold frame, accommodating more huge diamonds than one would think permissible or even possible, encircling a vague-looking Nicholas and culminating in a crown. It sits on little gold feet. The eagle is wearing a little gold cro...

Predictions from sci-fi movies that became reality

(MENAFN- BreezyScroll) How weird is it to believe that fiction can turn into reality? Well, as absurd it sounds there are certain predictions made by sci-fi movies that did become reality. Here are 5 predictions from sci-fi movies that are now a reality. 5 predictions from sci-fi movies that are now a reality 1. Space travel — ‘Le Voyage Dans La Lune,’ 1902 Space travel — ‘Le Voyage Dans La Lune,’ 1902 – Well, we can’t put our finger on who inspired or initiated space tra...

Reflexive Space -- from Wolfram MathWorld

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Banach Space -- from Wolfram MathWorld

Algebra Applied Mathematics Calculus and Analysis Discrete Mathematics Foundations of Mathematics Geometry History and Terminology Number Theory Probability and Statistics Recreational Mathematics Topology Alphabetical Index Interactive Entries Random Entry New in MathWorld MathWorld Classroom About MathWorld Contribute to MathWorld Send a Messa...

The Classic Album at Midnight – The Who's Who's Next - Nova.ie

Tonight (September 9th) on the world famous Classic Album at Midnight on Radio Nova we’re playing The Who’s Who’s Next.The album is presented in full with no commercials or interruptions.Following 1969’s rock opera Tommy, The Who began developing a similar project provisionally titled Lifehouse. A sci-fi saga, Lifehouse would have told the story of a near future society where live music is banned and people are forced to stay indoors (why does that sound familiar?). That project was ultimatel...

Look who's back: 3-meter-tall monolith reappears in Diyarbakır | Daily Sabah - Daily Sabah

A three-meter-tall (9.8-foot-tall) mysterious metal monolith reappeared in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbakır province, just a few months after it was discovered in Turkey’s Şanlıurfa province for the first time and was later revealed to be part of the unveiling of the country's National Space Program. The metal slab has words carved on it in the Göktürk alphabet, the Old Turkic script, with the words "Look at the sky if you want to see the Moon." The monolith, which was placed near...

Islam - pagan origin and Moon god worship

Hubal and Allah the Moon God? Islam: Truth or Myth? start page Introduction to basic facts of history: Moon worship has been practiced in Arabia since 2000 BC. The crescent moon is the most common symbol of this pagan moon worship as far back as 2000 BC. In Mecca, there was a god named Hubal who was Lord of the Kabah. This Hubal was a moon god. One Muslim apologist confessed that the idol of moon god Hubal was placed upon the roof of the Kaba about 400 years before Muhammad. T...

Golden Eagle the book

Golden Eagle the book Contents Preface Picking up my first satellite Sources and methodsTracking Soviet reconnaissance satellites Tracking Soviet piloted spacraft on shortwavesHearing cosmonauts talk from spaceTracking Salyut-4, -5, -6 A cosmic conundrumOn the trail of three space sta...

Parallel Twin Ziggurats: The Tower of Babel and Pyramid of Cholula

From the oasis sands of the biblical cradle of Mesopotamia all the way to the volcanic Valley of Mexico, parallel pyramids and mirroring myths have endured across the ages. Isolated from each other by vast oceans and deserts of time, disperse cultures have incorporated analogous stories into their mythology, building structures, such as the Tower of Babel or the Pyramid of Cholula, that are strikingly similar even though they are located in different corners of the globe. Stories of ziggurat...

Tawny as 2001:A

toowanay Tatoowen tawny as yellow tawny as brown tawny as port - door, portal, monolith? taw·ny /ˈtônē/Learn to pronounce adjectiveof an orange-brown or yellowish-brown color. "tawny eyes" nounan orange-brown or yellowish-brown color. "pine needles turning from tawny to amber"Definitions from Oxford Languages Feedback

HeLA cells

HAL? In a cell? mq480 Skip to main contentSearch LoginExplore Journal info Subscribenaturenewsarticle NEWS · 29 October 2020·Correction 30 October 2020 Wealthy funder pays reparations for use of HeLa cells Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s six-figure donation is a step towards addressing racial injustice in the sciences. Show author information Alexandra Witze PDF version Cells fr...

Philosopher AI - What is the symbolic representation that the color yellow serves in literature and film?

Philosopher AI - What is the symbolic representation that the color yellow serves in literature and film?SourceURL: https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/what-is-the-symbolic-representation-that-the-color-571a19 Philosopher AINew topicWhat is the symbolic representation that the color yellow serves in literature and film? ➹ Share ⟳ Try againI believe that the color yellow is symbolic of a child's naivety. It shows inexperience, and innocence in literature and film. For example, when we s...

Halation | Definition of Halation by Merriam-Webster

Definition of Halation by Merriam-Webster ha·​la·​tion | \ hā-ˈlā-shən \ Definition of halation 1 : the spreading of light beyond its proper boundaries in a developed photographic image 2 : a bright ring that sometimes surrounds a bright object on a television screen First Known Use of halation 1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1 History and Etymology for halation halo + -ation Learn More about halation Time Traveler for halation The first known use of halation was ...

Philosopher AI - Do filmmakers hide secret messages in their films?

Philosopher AI - Do filmmakers hide secret messages in their films?SourceURL: https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/do-filmmakers-hide-secret-messages-in-their-films-f1af72 Philosopher AINew topicDo filmmakers hide secret messages in their films?➹ Share ⟳ Try againArt is a good vehicle for any kind of message, both explicit and hidden. If the artist wants to communicate something, he can do it in different ways.28 Aug 2020, 23:36An explicit message is a direct statement about the topic. It ca...

Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?

Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?SourceURL: https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/what-is-the-literary-significance-of-a-missing-fin-0ab935 Philosopher AINew topicWhat is the literary significance of a missing finger?➹ Share ⟳ Try againFirstly, I have read the work of the philosopher Edmund Burke. He speaks about how people act and perceive one another in society. His theories on human nature derive from a basis of experience as well as observation.29 Aug...