Cognitive Skills

Cognitive Skills

ai physics
An average undergraduate student in physics is better than the AI.
theory
Even the dictionary doesn't get the definition right.
Could anyone still meet the Theoretical Minimum?
Until recently, video games were accused of killing brain cells. Now, researchers are trying to understand how they help players get smarter.
Screens were around in previous generations, but now they truly define childhood.
navigation
A large study concludes that people who grew up in rural areas are superior at navigation, likely because cities tend to be less complex.
parrots
Parrots outlive other birds and most mammals.
quadratic formula
The quadratic formula isn't just something that teachers use to torture algebra students. The Babylonians once used it to calculate taxes.
philosophy
Even some philosophers don’t think highly of philosophy, but we need it now more than ever.