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September 23, 2019
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Math could tell you where to park your car.
Jenna Marshall at the Santa Fe Institute
We’ve lost the ability to agree on what’s true.
William Davies in the Guardian
Our sense of narcissism wanes as we get older.
Chuck Finder at Washington University in St. Louis
This is why harsh sounds — screams, alarms, car horns — are so jarring.
Luc Arnal at the Université de Genève
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