Kids see right through our “intellectual humility”｜「知的謙虚さ」を見透かすこどもたち

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素材記事：https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/even_young_children_prefer_people_who_act_with_humility素材写真：the same as above site Despite being only children, or, because of being children? Psychological experiments have shown that even children as young as five years old have a very keen sense of the “intelligence” displayed by adults. It turns out that children prefer people who have “intellectual humility,” who “humbly ask for instruction on

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Emotionally dependent on ChatGPT?｜ChatGPTって依存効果があるの？

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素材記事：https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_you_get_emotionally_dependent_on_chatgpt 写真クレジット：the same as above As a psychological scientist, I find this a very interesting and entertaining phenomenon, but the fact is that this trend is growing rapidly and experts are becoming increasingly concerned. Alarm bells are ringing on the provider side, too, with OpenAI’s Sam Altman recently stating that he is “concerned.” The real

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Top scientist demands more inclusivity｜トップ科学者の包括性メッセージ

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素材記事： https://engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/06/leadership-and-legacy/写真クレジット： from the above site｜上のサイトから How many more years do we have to wait for a female scientist to sit at the top of the engineering faculty at a leading Japanese university? I seem to recall a bit of such talk at Tokyo Institute of Technology once, but it did not surface at full.

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Implantable Brain Device Cures Epilepsy｜埋め込み型脳内デバイスでてんかんを治す

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It is almost a frightening scientific and technological advancement…. A medical device has been developed that dramatically reduces seizure symptoms in patients with chronic epilepsy, which until now was considered nearly impossible to cure. Although neurosurgery is required because the device is placed directly over the brain, considering the fact that patients with this condition

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Screw the “genetic mess”!｜糞くらえ「遺伝子ガチャ」！

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https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/healthy-lifestyle-can-overcome-poor-genes-by-60-386316 It’s really important, daily physical activity and exercise. That is the result of a large study that found that environmental factors may reverse the effect of genetic risks for a longer or shorter life span. “The researchers maintain that their results indicate that genetic risks for a shorter lifespan may be offset by a

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Deep security risk of generative AI｜生成系AIの深すぎるリスク

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https://govinsider.asia/intl-en/article/organisations-scarily-unprepared-for-generative-ais-security-risks-extrahop-report Generative AI can be a very powerful supporting tool in company operations, but it continues to be compromised with little or no thought given to security. Still, it is amazing that “81 per cent of Singaporean organisations report their employees are using generative AIs in the workplace”. Wow. workers in Singapore are basically using

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Comprehensive Strategic Agreement between UNIQLO and University of Malaya｜ユニクロとマラヤ大の包括的戦略協定

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https://um.edu.my/news/uniqlo-and-universiti-malaya-forge-partnership-to-nurture-future-leaders Late last year, the top Malaysian university and UNIQLO entered into an in-depth and comprehensive strategic partnership. I am not involved, by the way. LOL. If I were to use a Japanese analogy, it would be like the partnership between the University of Tokyo and GAP. The purpose of the partnership is “comprehensive leadership

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wasabi can boost memory function?｜ワサビで記憶力増強？

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wasabi-memory-boost-japanese-study-finds/ This is a pretty good story! It’s a report on an experiment at Tohoku University showing that Wasabi, a Japanese spice that is the pride of Japan (it’s on sushi all the time!), boosts memory in the elderly. It seems that a rare substance called 6-MSITC contained in Wasabi is responsible for this effect.

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