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lunedì 27 febbraio 2017

# art-moda: creazione collezione autunno-inverno 2017-??

<< Il 22 febbraio è iniziata la #Milano Fashion Week che andrà avanti fino al 28. In foto una modella con una creazione della collezione autunno-inverno di Moschino. Photo: REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini >>

http://m.huffpost.com/it

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/516280/slide_516280_7262050_compressed.jpg

lunedì 20 febbraio 2017

# n-soc: fake news, by slow or/and fast catalysis, everyday, everywhere, in all ages

<< The rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics (..) But fake news is not at all new in the world of science >>

<< Fake news about science has always existed >>

<< What has changed now is social media and the potential to disseminate this kind of news much faster among social networks >>

Dominique Brossard. Communications expert explains  how science should respond to  fake news.  Feb. 18,  2017.

https://scienmag.com/communications-expert-explains-how-science-should-respond-to-fake-news/

False Information Labeled “A Cancer” On Enlightened Democracy. Feb. 18,  2017

https://www.aaas.org/news/false-information-labeled-cancer-enlightened-democracy

venerdì 17 febbraio 2017

# s-brain: reiterating perspectives: the Silhouette Illusion

<< If the foot touching the ground is perceived to be the left foot, the dancer appears to be spinning clockwise (if seen from above); >>

<< if it is taken to be the right foot, then she appears to be spinning counterclockwise >>

<< the way people perceive the Silhouette Illusion , a popular illusion that went viral and has received substantial online attention, has little to do with the viewers' personality, or whether they are left- or right-brained, despite the fact that the illusion is often used to test these attributes in popular e-quizzes >>

<< Niko Troje says that a reported preference for seeing the silhouette spinning clockwise rather than counter-clockwise is dependent upon the angle at which the viewer is seeing the image >>

<< Our visual system, if it has a choice, seems to prefer the view from above >>

New study debunks myth about popular optical illusion (Update). Dec. 21, 2010

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2010-12-debunks-myth-popular-optical-illusion.html

Nikolaus F Troje, Matthew McAdam. The Viewing-from-Above Bias and the Silhouette Illusion. Jan. 1, 2010

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1068/i0408

also:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/?term=silhouette+illusion

lunedì 13 febbraio 2017

# n-usa: tracing Donald #POTUS: a new US triptych (?)

summary:

(1): accelerating the rise of (AI)  bots in the US

(2): pay attention to (Jay)walk; It could effectively be very dangerous ...

(3): gifts for  US Democrats

more (a): Chen' triptych, the first

2150 - il soffio di Chen. Jan 05, 2008.

http://inkpi.blogspot.it/2008/01/2150-il-soffio-di-chen.html

more (b): 'Donald' in:
http://flashontrack.blogspot.it/

(1) << If President  Trump  really does push companies  to base  more of their production  in the US then those  that specialise in  robotics  and  automation  will probably  be  the  winners >>

Paul Diggle. Why  Donald Trump is inadvertently going to accelerate  the rise of robots. Jan. 25, 2017.

http://www.businessinsider.com/hard-to-trump-robotics-2017-1

(2) << “Donald Trump has effectively created a way to deport individuals who have been accused, charged or convicted of anything from murder to jaywalking,” said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles >>

Janell Ross, Aaron C. Davis & Joel Achenbach. Immigrant community on high alert, fearing Trump’s ‘deportation force’.  Feb. 11, 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/immigrant-community-on-high-alert-fearing-trumps-deportation-force/2017/02/11/e5c30d06-f06f-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html

(3) David Weigel, Karen Tumulty. A gift and a challenge for Democrats: A restive, active and aggressive base. Feb. 11, 2017.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/a-gift-and-a-challenge-for-democrats-a-restive-active-and-aggressive-base/2017/02/11/e265dd44-efef-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html

FonT: il prossimo futuro potrebbe essere "facile" da percorrere ...  percio' sara' "difficile"; forse (e si sottolinea forse) nell'ambito di "strane" discipline quali la neuro- farmacologia e la neuro- epi- genetica si trovera' "l'adatta stringa" ...

venerdì 10 febbraio 2017

# n-behav: sometimes, mess is better

<< Sometimes, mess is better than order and precision >>

<< By breaking the rigidity of rules, we expose ourselves to unexpected twists and turns which push us to come up with creative, innovative and improvised ideas and answers >> Tim Harford

Pooja  Singh. The  magic  in  mess.  In this  volatile business world, can a  little messiness help spur creativity? Sun,  Jan  22  2017.  04  15  PM

http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/qo2FKT6SQzkl5onbbtqEML/The-magic-in-mess.html

giovedì 9 febbraio 2017

# s-gst-brain: trigger creativity also by noise in neural forecasting phenomena

<< The theory also posits a role for noise or variability in neural activity to explore different possible interpretations, even when the sensory input and prediction are the same >>

<< This noise-driven process of exploration may be the neural basis of creativity >>

How does the brain make perceptual predictions over time? Feb. 6, 2017

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2017-02-brain-perceptual.html

David J. Heeger. Theory of cortical function. PNAS. Feb. 3, 2017. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1619788114

http://m.pnas.org/content/early/2017/02/03/1619788114